Content: The frontier to Mexico is the stomping-ground of a notorious villain with the nice french name „En Plein“ (Dan Vadis) and his mob. For their next coup they plan to rob a gold-transport with the little help of post inspector Ross. The bandidos say thanx-a-lot to him with a peace of lead. Coincidentially a stranger (Tony Anthony) enters the scene, kills the three Ross-murderers and takes the papers of the dead official. At the same time the rest of the En-Plein-gang attacks a post station, taking all attendees hostage: He wants to rob the transport in the “safe harbour”. The coup succeeds without resistance. Some hours later the stranger reaches the station, smelling a delicate roast in the form of a well prepared, gold-laden stage-coach. Supplied with the real papers of a post-inspector, he attracts the whole affair as representative of the authorities. He realizes fast, that the stationmaster (Daniele Vargas) cooperates with En Plein, trying to fool the bandits. To start disputes between the parties, the stranger tenders himself to the En-Plein-mob. His plan seems to come out, but then his cover blows and he has to deal with the whole gang.
| The Coffinnail says: Conceived as a sequel to "A Stranger in Town" – by Vanzi/Anthony too - this flick really is a remake of his predecessor: the similarities concerning the plot can’t be overlooked and whole parts are exactly copied. So the subject matter suffers in his endless variations from obvious symptoms of fatigue. At least we’ve got much torturing, raping, shooting and so on to pass the time until the final show-down in a quite entertaining way. Unfortunately Frank Wolff couldn’t show up again as Anthony’s counterpart. His follower is Dan Vadis, an US-bodybuilder, who entered the scene in the countless peplums: He does a solid job, but doesn’t reach his compatriot concerning sadism and charism. Tony Anthony again is a class of his own: I like him, because of his self-deprecating humour. Again and again the stranger with his nearly submissive way provides his opponents a deceiving dominance, which he plays on in the right moment. This feature Anthony adopted and refined in his later coops with Ferdinando Baldi “Blindman” and “Get Mean”.
The film is made skilfully and scores with a fine score by Stelvio Cipriani. Conclusion: An entertaining SW, slightly above the average, but weaker than his predecessor. Those, who like Tony Anthony, will enjoy it anyway.
| Rating: $$$+
| Luv': 0/10
| Gore: 4/10
| Trailer: by ItaloWestern
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| OT:
Un Uomo, un Cavallo, una Pistola
AT.
Shoot first, laugh last
Year: I 1968
D: Luigi Vanzi ("Vance Lewis")
S: Giuseppe Mangione, Tony Anthony
C: Marcello Masciocchi
M: Stelvio Cipriani
with: Tony Anthony, Dan Vadis, Daniele Vargas, Ettore Manni, Raf Baldassare, Marco Guglielmi
 | One of the baddest cigaret-rollers around the Pecos:
Tony Anthony
|  | One of the baddest cigarillo-smokers around the Pecos:
Dan Vadis
|  | Tony Anthony checking the turf
|  | If the shotgun becomes penis
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