Content: In a small nameless village the upper class under leadership of rich Peter Pritchard (George Rigaud) has well nestled, masked as gentlemen. With the help of gunslinger Moody (Claudio Undari) and his gang they force the local farmers to contract fucking expensive insurances against fire, illness, pestilence, contaminated water and so on. It’s obvious, that the “claim” occurs to those, who refuse signing. Resistance is punished brutally: The arms dealer is blown up with his whole shop, as he denied to sell his toys to Moody’s boys, and the upright sheriff is bumped off by Moody in “self defence” . Things gonna change, as Richard Parkin (Alex Nicol), a well known alcoholic, called “Brandy”, is made for sheriff by the Pritchard-clique, who hopes for undisturbed business. But Brandy gets a grip on himself: Together with his old mate Don Stevens (Luis Induni) he spoils things for the Pritchards.
| The Gunslinger says:This B-Western was realised one year before the SW calendar started. But it’s more entertaining than most of the stuff, made later on. I assume, this goes to the benefit of Mario Caiano, who was the un-credited co-director according to imdb, and who possibly made the lion’s share of the work. Full-time writer José Luis Borau, who is listed as director, gets these credits probably because of production-related reasons. The film comes along as a flawless US-clone without any of the well-known SW-elements. But it’s made skilful, concerning atmosphere, plot and acting efforts. Only the sudden and dramatic metamorphosis from general of the red to seasoned lawman plus the bombastic love story beggar description. It’s not really astonishing, that many of the cast rock up later in the “genuine” SW. The score by Riz Ortolani features classic “US” orchestral patterns.
| Rating: $$$ $$$+
| Bodycount: ca. 32 Gringos, 1 Mexicano
| Explicit Brutalities: Nada
| Luv': Poor Eva (Maite Blasco), employee in the saloon, has inherited a possible rich bonanza from her father. She cares for “Brandy”, who cares for her.
Don, released on bail, considers himself suddenly exposed to the advances of his employer (Natalia Silva). But this nothing, one can’t manage with a peace of lead, folx 1/10
| Gore: 1/10
| Trailer: by SpoonMHD
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| OT:
Cavalca e uccidi
AT:
Brandy (SP)
Brandy, el Sheriff de Lasatumba (SP)
Year: I/SP 1963
D, S: José Luis Borau („J. L. Boraw“)
S: José Mallorqui Figuerola („Joe Baker“)
C: Manuel Marino („Henry Stewart“)
M: Riz Ortolani („Oscar Rice“)
with: Alex Nicol, Luis Induni, Claudio Undari (“Robert Hundar”), George “Jorge” Rigaud
 | Antonio Casas goes for Claudio Undari with Alfonso Rojas and José Canalejas watching
|  | A claim, if one has one
|  | Never fall in love with your employee: Luis Induni and Natalia Silva don't care about
|  | Alex Nicol and José Canaleljas fight for their right
|  | Trouble is coming to town
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