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'''Keoma''' (Italy [[:Category:1976|1976]], Director: [[Enzo G. Castellari]])
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* [[/DVD|Available DVDs]]
* [[/BluRay|Available BluRays]]
* [[/OST|Soundtrack]]
* [[/Pictures|Pictures]]
* [[/Trailers&Clips|Trailers & Clips]]
* [[Keoma Review|Film Review (Scherpschutter)]]
* [[Keoma Review|Film Review]]
* [[And then came Keoma]]
* [http://forum.spaghetti-western.net/t/keoma-1976-castellari/311 Forum Thread]
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*'''Runtime:''' 101 min
*'''Release Date:''' 25.11.1976
=== Also known as ===
Django’s Great Return (Germany) | Keoma - Melodie des Sterbens (Germany) | Coolman Keoma (Germany) | Keoma - Ein Mann wie ein Tornado (Germany) | Keoma - Das Lied des Todes (Germany) | Desperado (U.S.A.) |  Keoma the Avenger (U.S.A.) | Django Rides Again (France) | Mon nom est Keoma (Italy) | Keoma il vendicatore (Italy) | Med Satan i Halarna (Sweden) | Keoma – han kom för att hämnas (Sweden) | Caramba (Finland) | Caramba – paholainen kannoilla (Finland) | The Violent Breed (U.K.) | Keoma - The Violent Breed (U.K.) | Keoma (Czech Republic) | حماسه کئوما (Iran) | ケオマ・ザ・リベンジャー Keoma the Revenger (Japan)

=== Cast and Crew ===
*'''Cast:''' [[:Category:Franco_Nero|Franco Nero]] (Keoma Shannon / Django), [[:Category:William_Berger|William Berger]] (William Shannon), Olga Karlatos (Liza Farrow), Orso Maria Guerrini (Butch Shannon), Gabriella Giacobbe (witch), Antonio Marsina (Lenny Shannon), Joshua Sinclair [as John Loffredo](Sam Shannon), [[:Category:Donald_O'Brien |Donal O'Brien]] [as Donald O'Brian](Caldwell), Leonardo Scavino [as Leon Lenor](doctor), Wolfango Soldati (Caldwell henchman), Victoria Zinny (brothel owner), Alfio Caltabiano (Clay, Caldwell henchman), [[:Category:Woody_Strode|Woody Strode]] (George)
*Also with: Massimo Vanni (Caldwell henchman), Giovanni Cianfriglia (Caldwell henchman), Franco Ukmar (Caldwell henchman), Clemente Ukmar (Caldwell henchman), Antonio Basile (Caldwell henchman), Roberto Dell'Acqua (Caldwell henchman), Riccardo Pizzuti (Caldwell henchman), Giovanni Ukmar (Caldwell henchman), Sergio Ukmar (Caldwell henchman), Roberto Messina (Caldwell henchman), Giglio Gigli (Caldwell henchman), Armando Bottin (Caldwell henchman), Augusto Funari (Caldwell henchman), Pierangelo Civera (plague victim), Aldo Formisano (saloon patron), Sergio Ruggeri (saloon patron)

*'''Story:''' [[Catagory:George Eastman|George Eastman]] [as Luigi Montefiori]
*'''Screenplay:''' Mino Roli, Nico Ducci, Luigi Montefiori, Enzo Girolami
*'''Dialogue:''' Joshua Sinclair [uncredited]
*'''Cinematography:''' Aiace Parolin [Eastmancolor - Techniscope 2,35:1]
*'''Music:''' [[:Category:De Angelis(Guido & Maurizio)|Guido & Maurizio De Angelis]]
*'''Songs:''' “Keoma” sung by Susan Duncan Smith & Cesare De Natale[as [[:Category:Sybil & Guy|Sybil & Guy]]], “In Front of My Desperation” sung by Cesare De Natale[as Guy]
*'''Producer:''' Manolo Bolognini

=== Synopsis ===
Franco Nero plays Keoma, a half-Indian, who returns home from the Civil War. He discovers that the town nearby is plague ridden and unscrupulous Donald O'Brian types are using this as an excuse to keep the town under their tyranical control. Keoma rescues a pregnant woman from being sent to the camp with all the plague victims, which makes him somewhat unpopular with the town's more evil elements. In addition, he comes into conflict with his brothers who are siding with the aforementioned evil elements. 

===Comment===
Alternating between dullness and brilliance, between monstrously kitsch and deeper allegorical meaning, ''Keoma'' was the last hurrah of the SW at a point when the genre was already dead. With its twilight images and its apocalyptical themes, ''Keoma'' became the eponym of these so called twilight SWs (not to be confused with the American twilight westerns about the dying of the west), which marked the last desperate attempts to make a last serious SW when the rule of the day was the parody and the comedy. But even the success of ''Keoma'' couldn't retrieve the interest of the audience for more than this particular film. In parts fascinating, ''Keoma'' was the most ambitious and also the best of Castellari's SWs, which garnered a cult following up to today.

by Stanton

=== External Links ===
* [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074740/combined Internet Movie Database]
* [https://mondo-esoterica.net/Keoma.html Review at mondo esoterica]
* [http://www.filmboob.nl/filmrecensies/1502/Keoma.html Movie Review (Dutch)]
* [http://800spaghettiwesterns.blogspot.com/2008/04/keoma.html Review by 800 SW (Spain)]

[[Category:1976]][[Category:Italy]]
[[Category:Enzo G. Castellari]][[Category:Nico Ducci]][[Category:Mino Roli]][[Category:Carlo Simi]][[Category:De Angelis(Guido & Maurizio)]]
[[Category:Franco Nero]][[Category:William Berger]][[Category:Donald O'Brien]][[Category:Woody Strode]][[Category:Alfio Caltabiano]]
[[Category:Riccardo Pizzuti]] [[Category:Giovanni Cianfriglia]][[Category:Franco Ukmar]][[Category:Roberto Dell'Acqua]][[Category:Giglio Gigli]]
[[Category:Roberto Messina]][[Category:Antonio Basile]]
[[Category:Sybil & Guy]][[Category:Twilight Spaghetti Westerns]]
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