Sartana's Here... Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin

George Hilton replaces Gianno Garko as Sartana and does a competent job and is very cool as he shoots, bluffs, double bluffs, and triple bluffs his way through this fairly entertaining western. It's standard stuff, and though some times the story elements can be puzzling ( its those double bluffs again), it's keeps one watching. It's OTT, but heys it's Sartana with his bag of tricks ( includes a shooting loaf.) Its fun.

Sartana, bounty hunter and gunfighter, witnesses the robbery of a shipment of gold.

He finds his way into town where he meets with a lot of suspicious stares from the locals. He also meets with Samuel Spencer, who seems to own the company in this company town.

The gold shipments are being stolen, so Spencer agrees to hire Sartana to protect the next gold shipment. Numerous dull-witted villains make attempts on Sartana's life, but he survives.

Eventually, Sartana's nemesis Sabbath (he of the white coat and parasol) rides into town. With a showdown inevitable, Sartana and Sabbath square off to settle the score.

I wasn't going to watch this movie because i'm not such a huge fan of spaghetti western, but it's actually quite good. Sartana is a Clint Eastwood clone in looks and acting.

There's more than its share of continual shoot outs to make the movie move along. The story doesn't really matter so much. The action is fun.

It's a mindless but fun 90 minutes.

Sartana (George Hilton) is a freelance gunman who at the initiation of the film works as a bounty killer . After that , he helps a Mexican family against a ¨posse¨ of cruel bandits (whose leader is Nello Pazzafini) who try to kill and reckoning him . He , subsequently , is hired by a wealthy landowner (Piero Lulli) to guard the miners's payroll that is continuously robbed . Another cocky gunman (Charles Southwood) appears in the city and the confrontation will be inevitable .

The first movie on Sartana is made by Frank Kramer (Gianfranco Parolini) interpreted by John Garco (or Gianni Garco) , besides it was starred by Klaus Kinski and William Berger . After being continued by Alfonso Balcazar (Sartana non perdona or Sonora). Miles Deem (Demofilo Fidani) directed two Sartanas which are considered as awful . Anthony Ascott(Giuliano Carmineo) realized several movies with George Hilton who replaces Garco . Hilton plays more natural and roguish than Garco who was cold and peculiar . In this one Sartana has a partner (Charles Southwood) called Sabbath but he isn't the hero named Sabata created by Frank Kramer with Lee Van Cleef . The movie has typical Spaghetti characters , as the violent facing off , greedy antiheroes , bloody and spectacular showdowns , quick zooms , extreme baddies, and musical score with Ennio Morricone influence . In the picture there are the ordinary Western's secondaries as Folco Lulli , Nello Pazzafini (also usual in Peplum), and the Eurotrash Goddess , the babe Erika Blanc . The Francesco De Masi's soundtrack is nice and atmospheric , he's a good Western musician with enough scores . The movie was regularly directed , but is entertaining.

(1970) I Am Sartana, Trade Your Guns For A Coffin/ C'è Sartana... vendi la pistola e comprati la bara!

DUBBED SPAGHETTI WESTERN

The first 20 minutes was kind of too over the top and ridiculous. I could not get into the movie until after I had to make sense to what I just saw, which it was not until after the second or third viewing is when I was able to grasp in terms of events. Bounty hunter, Sartana (George Hilton) is watching from a distance with a telescope of some men traveling with a wagon until he spots someone he recognizes. And it appears one of the wanted men happens to be on one of the posters. But just as he was about to make his move, a group of bandits then show up and kill all of the men there. And just as soon as the bandits finish their business when one of them threw a stick of dynamite. Sartana is seeing all of this, and he manages to put it out by throwing his water pale a mile from where he is standing up at the mountains, shooting the pale of water to put the dynamite out. He then grabs one of the sand bags that is supposed to be filled with gold dust, and he sees that it is filled with nothing but sand. After he collects his bounty award, he then goes to an almost desolate Mexican village or area. As Sartana attempt to ride through the town someone then tries to stop him, and he manages to shoot the sign over the bandit to knock him out. And he then walks into a Mexican saloon, where there is no one other than a bandit on the table stuffing himself and the bar owner, he stirs trouble with the bandit, and he lets him run out. And where is bandit runs off to, he grabs other bandits. Three of them show up to confront Sartana as he is about to eat something sitting exactly at the same spot where the bandit was sitting. As they see Sartana's holster hung on the hanger, they think he is unarmed. But as they draw their guns at him, he shoots all three of them through the round loaf of bread placed on front of him. The other bandits are looking through the window as the young child of a mother held against her will escapes and runs into the saloon. The little child then offers his savings to save his mother, but he refuses. While the bandits are waiting, sticks of dynamite are seen coming through the fire place, and they all run out. Sartana succeeds shooting all of them, for it was obvious the sticks of dynamite are actually candles. He then gives the mother and her child some money before they on their way, and asks for some information regarding gold shipments.

On the third sequel of Sartana left by Gianni Garko and was replaced by the akin George Hilton ensures the same pattern, somehow we don't perceived the changing over such sameness on both, the plot is about a stolen gold, Sartana as bounty hunter observes the robbery, discerns the modus operandi of the gang and headed to find the truth, who are stealing who and something like that, a bit complex screenplay, Sartana will finds clues until reach at gold prospecting area, the city is handled by a Baron of gold, sustained by a Mexican gang led by the filthy and bloody Mantras, Sartana offers to Baron himself to protect the gold shipment, he accepts but plays on both sides when he also contracts the skillful quick draw Sabata (Charles Southwood), also a female presence of the Saloon's owner the attractive Trixie (Erika Blanc), the producers and the writer willfully an incongruent proposal on Sartana's character, foster an unmatched abilities and tricks that reduces the genuineness and hence the decaying process of likelihood, on early sequence to extinguish the burning dynamite's wick he throw his water canteen and shoot up on it and all water falling down and cease the fire, many far-fetched and contrived sequences like that were scattered along the movie, thus staying shapeless in many senses, stylized nevertheless too much foolish, whoever insert it doesn't was enough smart certainly!!

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First watch: 2020 / How many: 1 / Source: DVD / Rating: 6.5