Content: The gangs of Cain (Venantino Venantini) and Vigonza (Cris Huerta) assault a train, killing nearly all passengers, women and children included. Among the passengers is sharpshooter Richard Martin (Enrico Maria Salerno) , who resists against the robbers. Coincidentially Cain once was a disciple of Martin. To humiliate his old master, he doesn’t kill him, but shoots his hands to cure him from his hunger for revenge. From now on Martin does small time as decayed boss of a bush-ligue shooting show, still hoping to find a talent among his shootists, who’ll be able to cope with bloody fast Cain. As escapee Philip Raymond (Terry Jenkins) joins the show, Martin’s dream seems to come true. But Raymond, who greedily soaks up the knowledge of the elder man, follows his own plans: He searchs Cain too and is not willing to serve as a mean to execute Martin’s revenge. So disappointed Martin is forced to search the showdown with his old friend and disciple for himself, despite of his handicap. Finally everyone stands all alone: The lucky one can keep his bare hands, the others can’t even keep their lives.
| The Gunslinger says: The skilled cameraman Massimo Dallamano, who photographed Leone’s first two “Dollar”-films, created with “You die ...” an above average movie. A classic SW, where you can’t detect any positive role models, because there aren’t any. Beginning with the two conductors, throwing a fare dodger out of the rolling train, but keeping his saddle, up to Martin and Raymond , who are only interested in realising their plans. Cain is anyway a hated swine, who likes shooting people in the back and who doesn’t hesitate to kill his own men, if he benefits of it. Only barmaid Betty (Maria Martinez) shows something like gratefulness and loyality, as Raymond saves her ass. Camerawork is superb: many close-ups, subjective camera and some exceptional shots. The fine score by Egisto Macchi is saturated with trumpets. Sadly, that this remained the sole western by Dallamano, who later succeeded in making giallos and thriller-flicks.
| Rating: $$$$
| Bodycount: ca. 25 Gringos, ca. 15 Mexicanos plus many passengers, not counted accurately
| Explicit Brutalities: - First the bandits take all valuables in the train, then they kill them, women and children included
- Because of a bet for five dollars, s spectator bumps off the actual shootist of Martin’s show
- Vigonza kills shoots a prisoner (Aysanoa Runachagua) in his back, after he has promised him to let him go one minute before
| Luv': Nada 0/10
| Gore: 1/10
| Specials: Cain likes to shoot the holster off the belt of his opponent, before killing him
| Trailer: by Mart85
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| OT:
Bandidos
AT:
Crepa tu … che vivo io (I)
Year: I/Sp 1967
D: Massimo Dallamano (“Max Dillman”)
S: Romano Migliorini, Gianbattista Musseto, Juan Cobos
C: Emilio Foriscot
M: Egisto Macchi
with: Enrico Maria Salerno, Terry Jenkins, Venantino Venantini, Chris Huerta
 | Cris Huerta and the mexican food
|  | For a fistful of steaks: Enrico Maria Salerno has to earn his dinner
|  | Terry Jenkins in search for an aim
|  | Venantino Venantini isn't as that sympathetic
|  | | The luckiest men at least save their lives |
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