Content: „Black“ Jack Murphy (Robert Woods) and his gang rob a bank: With the money Jack wants to simplify life for his sister Estelle (Sascia Krusciarska)und her husband Peter (Nino Fuscagni). But after the coup the gangsters start a fight about the distribution of the booty. Finally Jack takes all, leaving his former mates a little bit pissed. With the little help of 2000 dollars and the corrupt Indian Joe (Mimmo Palmara) the gangsters track down their ex-boss. The following special treatment leaves little Estelle raped, scalped and dead, whereas her brother is crippled, nearly insane and thirsting for revenge. With cudgels, knife, lariat, colt and the scalp of his sister Jack chases his old gangmates, who have booked their place in a coffin. Finally the last oddment of humanity is gone, and there are left only the shattered remains of another live for the surviving protagonists.
| The Gunslinger says:Quite brutal flick, made by Gianfranco Baldanello in 1968. No morality, no mercy: The acting persons differ only in the grade of their corruption. Respect for Robert Woods, who I recognized as an actor with extremly limited talents so far: He is great as limping, lunatic angel of the apocalypse. Good acting from the other cast too. Like the atmosphere and the great score of Lallo Gori, which contents a sacral and sinister organ, a jazzy stiffed trumpet, fuzz-guitars and – naturally - churchbells. The predictable story gains some interesting kicks by the explicit brutalities Jack occurs for his victims.
If this film is released in an english version yet, folx, go and get it!
| Rating: $$$$
| Bodycount: ca. 13 Gringos, 4 Mexicans, 1 Indian
| Explicit Brutalities: - The gangsters question Jack over the hidden money. During the questioning they puncture one of his hands, shoot one foot and finally hang him up. Estelle is raped and killed. After that Indian Joe steals her hair.
- After Jack geave them 200 bucks, some mexican citizens slay one of Jack’s torturers. Comment: „Foreign currencies out of the north, amigos.“
- Django forces his ex-mate Gordon (Frederico Chentrens) to shoot his brother Billy (Goffredo „Fredy“ Unger). Then he flock him with a lariat around his neck behind a horse and shoots him in his patellas: Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehaw!
- Indian Joe gets some problems with Estelle’s hair
| Luv': Susan (Lucienne Bridou) loves Jack. But after things have turned out really brutally, there is no place for her any longer: 1/10
| Gore: 2/10
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| OT:
Black Jack
AT:
Un Uomo per cinque Vendette (I)
Year: I 1968
D, S: Gianfranco Baldanello;
S: Luigi Ambrosini, Augusto Finocchi, Mario Mattei;
C: Mario Fioretti;
M: Coriolano (“Lallo”) Gori;
with: Robert Woods, Rik Battaglia, Nino Fuscagni, Larry Dolgin, Mimmo Palmara, Frederico Chentrens
 | Robert Woods gets the stick, ...
|  | ... but enough is enough, folx
|  | Mimmo Palmara will get some problems with his hir
|  | What's up, ole' fart: Larry Dolgin
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