Content: It must have been quite a fucking day for Luke Barrett, if he could remember anything. He wakes up with a complete amnesia in the middle of a deserted area, with a big wound on his head, besides him a corpse and some vultures as unasked guests. Without even knowing his name he reaches the next situated little town . In the saloon he is accosted by a strange bloke, who seems to know and await him. He gives Luke more than a fistful of Dollars for a job, he has to carry out the next day. Luke puts a good face on the matter and hides his total memory loss. Anyhow he finds out, that he has to kill his brother, Victor, the other day. Vic feuds with the local bank, because he forces the little farmers, who are hard up because of the lack of workers after Civil War, by violence and murder to stay on their land, instead of selling it to the bank. These farmers have to employ illegal Mexicanos, Vic brings in. His plan: When the farmers are in an economical dependency, he could get their land veeeery cheap. That’s the reason, why bank director Murphy has engaged some killers. The participation of Luke should cover the mission as an escalated family affair. Luke prevents the assassination to reunite the family and to regain his memory. But increasingly he doubts the version of “past”, which Vic tells him. In the course of his research he stumbles across the name “Dingus” again and again, a mysterious killer, who seems to be accountable for his fate and the death of near family members.
| The Gunslinger says: Except for some inconsistencies of the plot a successful SW by Nando Cicero, who made the last of three SW with it, before resorting to military comedies. Like some other films of the genre one of two strands of the plot deals with amnesia and the searching for identity. The atmosphere is credible and completely pessimistic: The world is bad, even without having any memories of the past, and only dominated by the pursuit of money. But as the memory returns finally, everything is worse, than estimated. After the final clean-up Luke only can ride away without many chances for a better future. Kinski is strong as Sabatos demonical counterpart, but even stronger is José Calvo as the alcoholic Dr. Russel: he gives a complete depressing performance of a drinker on his way to boothill. Nice camerawork!
| Rating: $$$$-
| Bodycount: ca. 40, 1 Woman
| Explicit Brutalities: Vic and his mob force desperate settlers by violence to stay on their land instead of selling it to the bank. Newcomers are displaced the same way
| Luv': 0/10
| Gore: 2/10
| Specials: - Charly (Milo Quesada (?)), Luke’s partner in assassination, owns a special rifle unerring on 200 meters – for standing targets only
- For the final payoff Luke uses a self-made shotgun of his father, who made it for chasing Yankees
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| OT:
Due Volte Giuda
AT:
Dos Vezes Judas (Sp)
They were called Graveyard (USA)
Shoot twice (USA, Video)
Year: I/Sp 1969
D: Nando Cicero
S: Jaime Jesus Balcazar
C: Francisco Marin
M: Carlos Pes
with: Antonio Sabato, Klaus Kinski, José “Pepe” Calvo, Emma Baron
 | Millo Quesada (?) presents his toy to Antonio Sabato
|  | Antonio Sabato optimizes ...
|  | .... his handicap continously
|  | 8 Miles high: José Calvo
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