Passa Sartana... è l'ombra della tua morte
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Passa Sartana... è l'ombra della tua morte (Year: 1969 (1968?) / Director: Demofilo Fidani)
Also known as
Sartana and His Shadow of Death | Shadow of Sartana... Shadow of Your Death | Sartana - Im Schatten des Todes (Germany) | El Sartana l'ombre de ta mort (France)
- Running time: 88 minutes
Cast and crew
- Cast: Jeff Cameron, Benito Pacifico (as Dennys Colt), Paolo Figlia (as Frank Fargas), Dino Strano, Simonetta Vitelli (as Simone Blondell), Elisabetta Fanti, Mariella Palmich, Demofilo Fidani (as Miles Deem), Luciano Conti, Franca Licastro, Michele Branca, Fulvio Pellegrino
- Music Coriolano Gori (as Coriolano Cori)
- Cinematography: Joe D'Amato
Synopsis
Sartana, an outlaw whose head has a prize of 12,000 dollars on it, is hired by a group of sheriffs, who entrust him with destroying a band of criminals who spread terror in the towns and countryside of North America. Risking his life, Sartana succeeds in wiping out the criminals, bringing peace to the unlucky victims of their violence. Once his mission is achieved, Sartana goes to the Inspector of the District, who gives him the 12,000 dollars that correspond to his own ransom. Sartana wraps the money in the poster that claimed his capture and gives it back to the Inspector. With this move he intends to pay his debt to justice. Riding his horse, he leaves town into the sunset, for new adventures.
Review
Prolific filmmaker Demofilo Fidani directed this spaghetti western under the pseudonym "Sean O'Neal," and also co-starred as a Texas mayor under the name "Miles Deem." The real star is Geoffredo Scarciofolo (using the pseudonym "Jeff Cameron") as the famed gunfighter Sartana, who is offered a chance at amnesty from the $10,000 bounty on his head if he wipes out Benny Randal (Frank Fargas), his brother Baby Face (Dennis Colt), and an equally nasty sheriff (Dino Strano using the name "Dean Stratford"). Unabashedly heroic, the film mythologizes the fear and power of the Sartana character like few other entries in the long series but might bring unintended chuckles to general audiences. Simone Blondell and Elisabetta Fanti co-star, and the film was photographed by Franco Villa and future cult director Aristide Massaccesi (a.k.a. Joe D'Amato).
