Content: With signing a contract rich gringo Ferguson (Mark Damon) and Mexicano chief Roberto settle their differences about a fertile peace of land. But instead the calumet Ferguson fetches his gatling gun from the attic. Only Roberto’s little son survives the following massacre wounded at the head. He is found by a travelling priest and his housekeeper, where he grows up, but has no remembrance of the incidents.
As Princy (Barbara Frey), the housekeeper’s adventurous daughter, elopes to seek some “fun”, things are changing. The kid (Lou Castel), meanwhile grown up, follows Princy to take her home. During his long voyage he discovers accidentally, that he has a natural affinity to the colt, to which from now on some rogues have to pay tribute with their unexpected death. At least they get an appropriate funeral eulogy in Latin, so that the fast bible student soon is known as “Requiescant”.
Finally Requiscant comes to San Antonio, the village, where Mexicanos still are treated like dirt and Ferguson still controls the whole business. That’s, what I call kismet, folx. Inhere Requiscant finds Princy too, who now works as a hoe in the saloon of Dean Light (Feruccio Viotti), Ferguson’s right hand. Requiescant tries to settle things amically, but Ferguson never gives back, what he owns. Furthermore a silent Mexicano, former follower of his father, leads Requiescant to the place of the massacre, what brings back the remembrance in sudden bursts. Now the actually gentle man plays hardball. He gets unexpected help by the guerilleros of the priest Don Juan (Pier Paolo Pasolini), who fought formerly with Requiescant’s father too.
| The Gunslinger says: Carlo Lizzani, is known for quite commercial cinema with message. With this flick, in which he once again agitates for tolerance, nonviolence and justice, he made his best SW. One can see his feeling for rhythm inhere very good, because he changes skilfully the narrative tempo by setting typical rough action scenes against calm sequences with lots of dialogues.
Acting efforts are remarkable, especially impressive to me is Lou Castel, who switches believably from an innocent youngster to a man with mission. Mark Damon seems to be escaped out of a horror movie: white painted face, dressed in black with piercing looking eyes and an evil sadism, without showing even traces of emotion. But stop, I remember three “emotional” moments: he shuts his men up, as they slag dead Light off; he goes ballistic as his wife calls him murderer in public and finally as he begs Requiescant to kill him, because he doesn’t wanna get killed by the plebs. Furthermore we see some actors out of Pasolin’s orbit like Franco Citti or Ninetto Davoli.
Sandro Mancori once again is responsible for the excellent camerawork. The score by Riz Ortolani is discreet but worth listening to: Basically we have electrical guitars, occasionally supported by church-organ, bluesharp and typical “revolutionary” trumpet a la Mexicana.
| Rating: $$$$+
| Bodycount: ca. 60 Mexicanos, 16 Gringos
| Explicit Brutalities: - Light’s men bash a Mexicano in the saloon, who beseeches the doctor to accompany him to his sick little daughter. But the doc is occupied playing Poker.
- Ferguson and Requiescant play „Drink and Shoot“: A girl (Rossana Krissman) has to carry a chandelier, whereas the opponents have to impose the candle. Before shooting again they have to drink a glass of Whiskey.
- Light drugs Princy by violence and cedes her to his men
- Ferguson’s men question Requiescant about his origin: headfirst, with the help of a filled waterbucket and plenty of hoe. Ferguson, the old aesthete, meanwhile draws the torturing.
- Ferguson strangles his wife with his belt
| Luv': Hm, between Princy and Requiescant? Don’t think so: 0/10
| Gore: 1/10
| Specials: - A thick bible in his pocket saves Requiescant’s life
- Light and Requiescant play “Hanging or not”: The opponents stand on a stool, with a rope around their neck. At the appointed time both tries to shoot away the stool under his combatant’s feet.
| Trailer: by SpoonMHD
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| OT:
Requiescant
AT:
Let them rest (USA)
Year: I/D 1967
D: Carlo Lizzani
S: Adriano Bolzoni, Armando Crispino, Lucio Battistrada
C: Sandro Mancori
M: Riz Ortolani
with: Lou Castel, Mark Damon, Feruccio Viotti, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Franco Citti
 | The gatling kisses a last goodbye
|  | It just fell into my hands: Lou Castel and his first .45
|  | Get a bullet and a prayer for free
|  | Mark Damon is Prince Charming
|  | Hatchet men: Feruccio Virotti, Franco Citti
|  | Habby birthday, sweet sixteen: Mark Damon
|  | Should I suck or should I blow? Ninetto Davoli thinks it over
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