Django the Bastard Review

Django the Bastard (1969) (AKA The Strangers Gundown)

Dir. Sergio Garrone

Starring: Anthony Steffen

A mysterious stranger arrives in town wanting revenge on a group of men. He begins by placing a cross with a man’s name and that day’s day written on it, and slowly begins working his way through his list. But is this a man or an avenging angel?

One Damned Day at Dawn…Django Meets Sartana!

One Damned Day at Dawn…Django Meets Sartana! (1967) (AKA Django Meets Sartana, Django Defies Sartana)

Dir. Demofilo Fidani

Starring: Hunt Powers (Jack Betts), Fabio Testi

The town of Black City is being ransacked by a gang of thugs. New sheriff named Jack Ronson arrives to set things right, but the famed bounty hunter Django arrives with his own score to settle with the criminals.

Django Kill, if You Live, Shoot!

Django Kill, if You Live, Shoot! (1967) (AKA Django Kill and Oro Hondo)

Dir. Giulio Questi

Starring: Tomas Milian

Tomas Milan stars as a bandit that is betrayed and left for dead following an ambush of a gold transport. Armed with some gold bullets he sets off for revenge but ends up involved in a power struggle between several gangs over the stolen gold.

Django (1966) Review

Django (1966)

Dir. Sergio Corbucci

Starring: Franco Nero

A man dragging a coffin walks into town with a score to settle.

This month Western Wednesday is going to be looking at some of the films that feature the character Django, so why not start with the first one?

Silverado Review

Silverado
Dir. Lawrence Kasdan

Staring Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Rosanna Arquette, John Cleese, Kevin Costner, Brian Dennehy, Danny Glover, Jeff Goldblum, Linda Hunt

Chance encounters turn four men into friends and unlikely heroes as they band together to free the town of Silverado from a corrupt sheriff and the wealthy family that has seized control of it.

3 Godfathers Review

3 Godfathers (1948)

Dir. John Ford

Starring: John Wayne, Pedro Armendariz, Harry Carey Jr., Ward Bond

John Ford retells the story of the 3 wise men in a western setting in this film, about 3 cowhands turned bandits who come across a dying woman that entrusts them with care of her newborn child.

My Darling Clementine Review

My Darling Clementine (1946)

Dir. John Ford

Starring: Henry Fonda, Victor Mature, Linda Darnell, Walter Brennan

After the death of his brother James, Wyatt Earp takes the position of sheriff in the town of Tombstone in order to find the people responsible. There he befriends Doc Holiday, and falls for Doc’s former lover Clementine, and culminates in the gunfight at the O.K. Corral.