Django Defies Sartana

(1970) Django Challenges Sartana/ Django defies Sartana/ Django sfida Sartana DUBBED SPAGHETTI WESTERN MYSTERY

Written and directed by Pasquale Squitieri that has Django (Tony Kendall) and his posse taking on Cuervo and his gang. And when news hits, Django becomes the talk of the town just as soon as Sartana (George Ardisson) comes into town. Head banker, Phillip Singer (Bernard Faber) asking one of it's employees, Steve Farrell (John Alvar) who happens to be Django's brother to personally deliver $3,000 over to him so that he won't rob the town's bank. Sartana becomes insulted and kicks Steve out of his rented room. And when the head banker, Phillip Singer gets shot, and the banks money goes missing, it is then assumed Sartana conspired with Django's brother to steal the town's money. Leading the entire town to lynch and hang Steve by the townspeople. By the time Django shows up, and finds out what happen he vows retribution assuming that that was exactly what may have happened. What ends up happening is that the head banker, Phillip Singer was alive all along and that it was a scheme to steal the town's money. All he did was change his name to Don Fellippe, both him and his wife succeeded in fooling the townspeople. Django seeking retribution to what happened to his brother with Sartana wanting to clear his name coming with them is a mute named Loco (José Torres).

Watchable quickie mess that consists of an interesting set up that gets bogged down with uninteresting shoots outs and a mediocre fisticuff sequence between Django and Sartana. And like if that was my brother who was falsely accused like Django's brother was, beside the head banker and his wife, I think I'd also go after some of the townspeople who participated in that lynching via "Hang Em High", I assumed the writer and director of this movie by the name of Pasquale Squitieri may not have seen that movie.

If you are familiar with the spaghetti western genre, you have probably correctly guessed that "Django Defies Sartana" was a cash-in, naming its protagonists after the heroes of past popular spaghetti westerns. Actually, the Sartana character in this movie does have some resemblance to the original Sartana character, though the Django character does not (no machine gun, among other things.) But I didn't care if the movie was a rip-off or not, I just wanted it to be entertaining. The movie does get to a slow start, with the plot not starting until a quarter of the running time has passed. But when the plot kicks in, the movie does manage to keep some interest in the viewer, with some action and various plot twists. I'm not saying this is a GREAT spaghetti western, but fans of the genre will probably find it decent enough. And it's the closest we'll ever get to uniting Django and Sartana in the same film!

I am a big fan of westerns, especially spaghetti, some are above average and i think this is one of them. It has a good, well thought out story and there is plenty of action and gun-play, ( fist fights and shoot outs ) to keep your attention. I also think the actors playing Django ( Tony Kendall ) and Sartana (George Ardisson ) are very good. The actual plot keeps you hooked and there are also a few surprises along the way. One thing i really liked was the rousing music score and the title song. There are of course many Django and Sartana movies some very good, some not so good, i have seen most of them and i think that, this is, one of the better one's and would recommend that if you get the chance,catch it.

I'm a fan of westerns, this was watchable, but very average. The story does keep you interested, the lead actors are reasonably convincing, and the camera work is different.

Djangos brother is accused of helping the gunman Sartana rob the bank. The townsfolk take the law into their own hands and hang him. Django blames Sartana for the incident, and goes out to track him down. However, there is a twist to the story and things don't turn out the way we're led to believe.

Worth watching if you've nothing better to do. The music at times leaves a lot to be desired.

While Django is away, the town bank is cleaned out and the bank president killed. Django's brother is lynched by an angry mob, who believe he and Sartana responsible, sending Django on a mission of vengeance...against Sartana!

This has a few effective moments, like when Django discovers his brother's corpse and his first encounter with Sartana. Most of the time though, it's just plain slow, with forgettable title performances by Tony Kendall and George Ardisson. Things pick up in the final third of the movie, though not nearly enough for a recommendation.

If you ask me, Django doesn't get nearly enough revenge here. He should have made like Clint Eastwood in Hang 'Em High and High Plains Drifter, by violently killing the lynch mob and burning the whole crummy town to the ground!