Content: blindIt is long time ago, that the sun shined for the adventurers Ringo (Antonio de Teffè) and Tim(Eduardo Fajardo): Now they stroll stony-broke through New Mexico, hoping for better times. These seem to come, as they save the life of Mexican Fidel (Armando Calvo) two times. Namely Fidel wears the tattoo of a treasure map. Unfortunately it’s only one half, the other wears Fidel’s old can college Sam Dellinger (Alfonso Godà), who nowadays even is sheriff of St. Louis. To complete the quartet, the gang is joined by player Tricky (Frank Wolff), who imposes himself upon the three as a partner.
First Sam has to be descried, what is the easiest part of the undertaking. Much more problematic is the greed of some of the involved. So bogus Sam has to be sent to early retirement with the help of one, two bullets. Subsequently Fidel has to forget his dream of quick wealth. In particular Tricky excels as capable schemer, who seeds discord in between the group by using certain amounts of whisky and his venomous tongue. As Manuela (Alejandra Nilo), a Mexican girl, whose life is saved by the remaining treasure hunters, joins up with the group, the end of the collective is near.
| The Gunslinger says: blindMario Caiano is a director, who never produced real blasts as sparse as real duds: a mediocrity, which assures a certain entertainment value. But this flick nearly ends up on boot’s hill, compadres.
The main problem is, that the script imposes a love story to the plot with the unmotivated implementation of the Mexican girl. ‘til then the film staggers along, and furthermore it’s not a secret, that de Teffè doesn’t really suit as Romeo. Instead of concentrating itself on the group dynamics and Tricky’s entertaining trials to bust the group to do his own thing, the flick looses itself in foolish verbiage. Like so often the effectual use of the red pencil would have saved this oeuvre too. After all we have good approaches, which are mainly gambled away in the weak second half.
Anyway we see a good cast, which consists primarily out of Spanish personal. Eduardo Fajardo convinces in an odd role as do-gooder and even “Anthony Steffen” generally is powerful. Really outstanding is Frank Wolff: His out-and-out rotten and two-faced Tricky helps the film mostly to steer a successful course even in it’s darkest moments, if you know, what I mean.
Julio Ortas contributes a competent camera without any escapades, and the score by de Masi is solid and unspectacular with a nice title theme, borne by trumpet, blues harp and guitarrrrrrra.
| Rating: $$$-
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| Bodycount: blindca. 17 Gringos, 35 Mexicanos
| Explicit Brutalities: - blindMembers of the militia wallop the treasure hunters
- The imprisoned adventurers burn out Fidel’s tattoo with a candle to gain a pressurizing medium against sheriff Sam: Now only Ringo has a copy of this part of the map
| Luv': blindWell, there is somewhat like love between Ringo and Manuela, but it mostly wears out in common searching for water: 1/10
| Gore: blind2/10 Specials: blind
| Trailer: by SpoonMHD
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| OT:
blindLos cuatro Salvajes
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blindRingo – Il Volto della Vendetta (I)
Year: SP/I 1967
D:D, S: Mario Caiano
S: Eduardo M. Brochero
C: Julio Ortas
M: Francesco “Franco” de Masi
with: Antonio de Teffè (“Anthony Steffen”), Frank Wolff, Eduardo Fajardo, Armando Calvo
 | blindEven sucking on rabbit's ears isn't crowned with success: "Anthony Steffen, Eduardo Fajardo
|  | blindNot for sale: Armando Calvo's bandana
|  | blind"Steffen" and Fajardo admiring Calvo's kindo of tramp stamp
|  | blindIt's getting...
|  | ... real hot immediately
|  | Tatoo removal with a candle is not really state of the art
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