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Old man Martinez has struck gold, but that night on the town, his son
Manuel got so drunk that he gave everything about their newfound wealth
away ... and soon enough, daddy Martinez ends up dead and the gold is
gone. Good thing that his adoptive son Ricardo (Richard Harrison) has just
returned from Mexico (where he was playing revolutionary), and he is
hell-bent to find out who killed Martinez, his only clue being it was
three hooded riders. At first, Ricardo wants to take the whole affair to
Sheriff Corbet (Giacomo Rossi Stuart), but the Sheriff shows a remarkable
lack of interest in the case, perhaps because Martinez was a Mexican and
he couldn't care less about Mexicans ... but maybe it's more than that ...
Soon enough though, Ricardo is shot at, and when he shoots his
assailant, he identifies him as one of Martinez' killers.
Then Manuel follows a lead of his own, goes to the saloon where he got
drunk at that fateful day, and forces Maria (Mikaela), the saloon's
co-owner, to open the saloon's safe ... where he finds his father's gold.
Enter Statman, the saloon's other co-owner, who now turns out to be the
second one of Martinez' killers. He treatens Manuel with a gun, but
ultimately Manuel shoots him ... and finds himself on the run from the
law.
Fortunately, his sister Elisa (Sara Lezana) and his adoptive brother
Ricardo hide him, even if that means thatRicardo has to shoot one of the
Sheriff's man, and the Sheriff can arrest him and has now every reason to
hang him. But of course, in no time, Manuel and Elisa free Ricardo from
jail, and when trying to pursue them, the Sheriff instead follows saloon
owner Maria and even shoots her - which is doubly tragic since she was his
sweetheart.
Ultimately, Ricardo and the Sheriff face each other in a duel in the
town's mainstreet. Guess who wins ...
Not that this film wasn't competently made, actually it looks
quite alright (even though the lush [Spanish] landscapes hardly look like
the Texan prairie), it's just that the screenplay never quite takes off.
The story is nothing short of formulaic, the characters remain flat
throughout, the action is rather unexcitingly staged, and even Ennio
Morricone's score (his first Western score ever) is unimpressive. A
rather dull affair, this one.
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