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From The Spaghetti Western Database
- This is a well-made genre entry, relying more on atmosphere than action. Combining elements from both The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and A Fistful of Dollars, it might feel a bit predictable, but it has the right ingredients for an enjoyable pizza pasta dish. A great score and good performances by Ghidra and Hundar add to the fun. The film is partly shot in the Grotte di Salone, an archeological area in Lazio, often used (more than half a decade earlier) for peplum movies. The excellent use of this location, gives the film a distinctive look among the spaghetti westerns. – Scherpschutter
- Well directed SW which was made on a shoestring budget with liberal use of the Italian sandpit locations, but director Vari nevertheless succeeds in giving it an interesting look. The beginning, set in a monastery, is especially good, and this is of course another one of the too few SWs which have benefited from the charismatic Anthony Ghidra in the lead. -- Stanton
