Duello nel Texas

Duello nel Texas

Spanish film poster
Directed by Ricardo Blasco
Mario Caiano[1]
Produced by Albert Band
José Gutiérrez Maesso
Written by Albert Band
Ricardo Blasco
James Donald Prindle (story)
Starring Richard Harrison
Music by Ennio Morricone
Cinematography Massimo Dallamano
Edited by Rosa G. Salgado
Release date
  • 19 September 1963 (1963-09-19)
Running time
 97 minutes
Country Italy
Spain
Language Italian

Duello nel Texas, also known as Gunfight at Red Sands and Gringo, is a 1963 Italian/Spanish international co-production. Directed by Ricardo Blasco, the film was produced by Albert Band as his first spaghetti western. It was also the first Western to feature a score by Ennio Morricone and the second spaghetti western to star Richard Harrison.

Plot

Outside of Carterville, Texas, the sheepherding Martinez family has discovered gold on their land. Manuel, the wayward youngest son boasts about the fact under the influence of alcohol in a saloon. The next day three masked men ride to the Martinez house where they murder the father, wound Manuel and steal the gold belonging to the family. Unaware of the crimes they committed, the three masked riders are seen by Richard Martinez, called "Gringo" who is an adopted Anglo-American son of the Martinez family. Gringo has been away for four years fighting with guerillas against the Mexican Government. Discovering the tragedies, Gringo seeks the help of Sheriff Lance Corbett to find the killers who Gringo can only identify by their horses. Gringo kills one of the men who attempts to ambush him and gradually discovers that certain people in the town of Carterville want to obtain the land of the Martinez family for themselves.

Cast

Notes

  1. ↑ Cox, Alex 10,000 Ways to Die: A Director's Take on the Spaghetti Western Oldcastle Books, 21 Oct 2010
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