A Fistful of Pasta archive

A Fistful of Pasta (fistfulofpasta.com) was a spaghetti western website created by J.D. Ryan. In June 2019, approximately six years after the website became inactive, it found a permanent home with all its articles at the SWDb. This page preserves the reviews and articles published there into the SWDb so they live on and find readers. Please note that some articles may have been updated or improved upon or before being transferred. If you want to read the exact versions of these articles as they were and looked like on A Fistful of Pasta, please have a look at the Web Archive.

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• $10,000 Blood Money (J.D.)
• 13th is a Judas (J.D.)

A

• A Fistful of Dollars (Scherpshutter): for the updated version, see here; for the original one, see here;
• A Hole in the Forehead (Scherpschutter): for the updated version, see here; for the original one, see here;
• A Man Called Noon (Scherpschutter): for the updated version, see here; for the original one, see here;
• A Reason to Live, A Reason to Die (J.D.)
• And For a Roof, A Sky Full of Stars (J.D.)
• And for a Roof, A Sky Full of Stars (Scherpschutter)
• And God Said to Cain (J.D.)
• And God Said to Cain (Len Liu)
• And Now... Make Your Peace With God (J.D.)
• And Then... A Time for Killing (J.D.)
• Any Gun Can Play (Scherpschutter): for the updated version, see here; for the original one, see here;
• Arizona Colt (J.D.)
• Arizona Colt Returns (J.D.)

B

• Bandidos (Scherpschutter): for the updated version, see here; for the original one, see here;
• Barquero (Scherpschutter)
• Barrel Full of Dollars, A (J.D.)
• Beyond the Law (J.D.)
• Big Gundown, The (J.D.)
• Black Jack (Scherpschutter)
• Blindman (Scherpschutter): for the updated version, see here; for the original one, see here;
• Blindman (J.D.)
• Blood Calls to Blood (J.D.)
• Boot Hill (Scherpschutter): for the updated version, see here; for the original one, see here;
• Bullet for Sandoval, A (Scherpschutter): for the updated version, see here; for the original one, see here;
• Bullets Don't Argue (B.J.)

C

• California (B.J.)
• California (J.D.)
• Cemetery Without Crosses (J.D.)
• Challenge of the McKennas (Scherpschutter): for the updated version, see here; for the original one, see here;
• Cjamango (Len Liu)
• Clint the Stranger (J.D.)
• Coffin for the Sheriff, A (J.D.)
• Cut Throats Nine (J.D.)
• Cutthroats Nine (The Western Guru)

D

• Day of Anger (J.D.)
• Dead Men Don't Count (Len Liu)
• Deaf Smith and Johnny Ears (J.D.)
• Death is Sweet from the Soldier of God (J.D.)
• Death Rides a Horse (Scherpschutter): for the updated version, see here; for the original one, see here;
• Death Rides a Horse (Western Guru)
• Death Sentence (B.J.)
• Dig Your Grave, Friend, Sabata is Coming (J.D.)
• Dirty Outlaws, The (J.D.)
• Django Against Sartana (Len Liu)
• Django Kill, If You Live, Shoot! (J.D.)
• Django Shoots First (J.D.)
• Django Strikes Again (B.J.)
• Django the Bastard (J.D.)
• Django the Bastard (Len Liu)
• Don't Turn The Other Cheek! (J.D.)
• Drummer of Vengeance (J.D.)
• Duck, You Sucker (J.D.)

E

• El Puro (Scherpschutter)

F

• Face to Face (J.D.)
• Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe, The (J.D.)
• For a Few Dollars More (B.J.)
• For a Few Dollars More (J.D.)
• Four Dollars of Revenge (J.D.)
• Four of the Apocalypse (J.D.)

G

• Gatling Gun (J.D.)
• God's Gun (Tuco the Terrible)
• Grand Duel, The (J.D.)
• Great Silence, The (J.D.)
• Great Silence, The (Len Liu)

H

• Hate Thy Neighbor (J.D.)
• Hills Run Red, The (J.D.)
• His Name Was Holy Ghost (J.D.)

I

• I Am Sartana, Your Angel of Death (J.D.)
• I Want Him Dead (J.D.)
• If You Meet Sartana, Pray for Your Death (J.D.)
• In A Colt's Shadow (Scherpschutter): for the updated version, see here; for the original one, see here;
• It Can Be Done, Amigo! (Scherpschutter): for the updated version, see here; for the original one, see here;

J

• Jonathan of the Bears (B.J.)

K

• Kid Terror of the West (J.D.)
• Kid Vengeance (Sherpschutter): for the updated version, see here; for the original one, see here;
• Kill Johnny Ringo (J.D.)
• Kill or Be Killed (J.D.)
• Kill The Poker Player! (J.D.)
• Kill Them All and Come Back Alone (Scherpschutter): for the updated version, see here; for the original one, see here;
• Killer Caliber 32 (Len Liu)

L

• Last of the Badmen (J.D.)

M

• Man Called Apocalypse Joe, A (J.D.)
• Mannaja: A Man Called Blade (J.D.)
• Massacre Time (Len Liu)
• Matalo! (J.D.)
• Mercenary, The (J.D.)
• Minnesota Clay (Scherpschutter): for the updated version, see here; for the original one, see here;
• Moment to Kill, The (Scherpschutter): for the updated version, see here; for the original one, see here;
• My Name is Nobody (J.D.)

N

• Navajo Joe (Scherpschutter): for the updated version, see here; for the original one, see here;
• Night of the Serpent (Korano)
• Night of the Serpent (J.D.)
• No Room To Die (Len Liu)
• No Room to Die (J.D.)

O

• Once Upon a Time in the West (Scherpschutter): for the updated version, see here; for the original one, see here;
• One After The Other (Scherpschutter): for the updated version, see here; for the original one, see here;
• One Damned Day at Dawn... Django Meets Sartana! (J.D.)
• One Silver Dollar (B.J.)

P

• Pale Rider (Scherpschutter)
• Pistol for Ringo, A (J.D.)
• Pistoleros (Scherpschutter): for the updated version, see here; for the original one, see here;
• Price of Power (J.D.)

R

• Red Coat (J.D.)
• Red Sun (Scherpschutter): for the updated version, see here; for the original one, see here;
• Return of Clint the Stranger, The (J.D.)
• Return of Ringo, The (J.D.)
• Return of Shanghai Joe (J.D.)
• Ringo and His Golden Pistol (Scherpschutter): for the updated version, see here; for the original one, see here;
• Run, Man, Run (J.D.)

S

• Sabata (Scherpschutter): for the updated version, see here; for the original one, see here;
• Sartana Kills Them All (J.D.)
• Sartana's Here, Trade Your Pistols for a Coffin (Len Liu)
• Sartana: Guide to the Official Films (Len Liu)
• Seven Dollars on the Red (Scherpschutter): for the updated version, see here; for the original one, see here;
• Shane (Scherpschutter)
• Silver Saddle (Korano)
• Son of Django (J.D.)
• Son of the Mountains (J.D.)
• Sonora (J.D.)
• Spaghetti Western Themes for Nylon String Guitar (J.D.)
• Spaghetti Western Themes for Nylon-String Gtr 2 (J.D.)
• Stranger and the Gunfighter, The (J.D.)
• Stranger in Town, A (J.D.)
• Stranger in Town, A (Scherpschutter): for the updated version, see here; for the original one, see here;
• Sugar Colt (J.D.)
• Sukiyaki Western Django (B.J.)

T

• Take a Hard Ride (J.D.)
• Taste of Killing, A (J.D.)
• Texas Adios (Scherpschutter): for the updated version, see here; for the original one, see here;
• The Christmas Kid (J.D.)
• The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (Scherpschutter): for the updated version, see here; for the original one, see here;
• The Good, The Bad, The Weird (J.D.)
• The Hellbenders (B.J.)
• The Magnificent Texan (J.D.)
• The Price (short film) (J.D.)
• The Proposition (Western Guru)
• The Sheriff of Rockspring (J.D.)
• They Call Him Cemetery (J.D.)
• They Call Me Hallelujah (J.D.)
• They Call Me Trinity (Scherpschutter): for the updated version, see here; for the original one, see here;
• Three Musketeers of the West, The (J.D.)
• Today It's Me... Tomorrow It's You! (J.D.)
• Too Much Gold For One Gringo (J.D.)
• Train for Durango (Korano)
• Trinity is Still My Name (Scherpschutter): for the updated version, see here; for the original one, see here;
• Two Faces of the Dollar (J.D.)

U

• Ugly Ones, The (J.D.)

V

• Vendetta at Dawn (J.D.)
• Vengeance (Scherpschutter): for the updated version, see here; for the original one, see here;
• Vengeance Trail (Scherpschutter): for the updated version, see here; for the original one, see here;

W

• W Django! (J.D.)
• Wanted (J.D.)

Y

• Yankee (J.D.)

BOOK REVIEWS

• Once Upon a Time in Italy: The Westerns of Sergio Leone (J. D.)
• Once Upon a Time in the Italian West: The Filmgoers' Guide to Spaghetti Westerns (B. J.)
• Spaghetti Westerns: The Good, The Bad and the Violent (J. D.)
• 10,000 Ways to Die: A Director's Take on the Spaghetti Western (J.D.)
• Fistful of Feet (J.D.)
• Spaghetti Westerns (J.D.)

ESSAYS AND OTHER WRITINGS

• Spaghetti Westerns and Politics (Scherpschutter)
• Top 20 Essential Spaghetti Westerns, Part 1 (Scherpschutter)
• Top 20 Essential Spaghetti Westerns, Part 2 (Scherpschutter)