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• (2) Bill Anderson is a historic character, a bushwacker nicknamed '''Bloody Bill''' and one of the most notorious Confederate guerrilla leaders during the American Civil War. In spite of the post-war stetting and the fact that Bloody Bill was indeed active in Missouri, no effort is made to make the character look or act like the historic William Anderson. See: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/james-anderson/
• (2) Bill Anderson is a historic character, a bushwacker nicknamed '''Bloody Bill''' and one of the most notorious Confederate guerrilla leaders during the American Civil War. In spite of the post-war stetting and the fact that Bloody Bill was indeed active in Missouri, no effort is made to make the character look or act like the historic William Anderson. See: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/james-anderson/
''Special thanks to'' '''Marc Tommolino'''


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Ringo - The Lone Rider - View Database page

A Paella-Spaghetti western, directed by the younger of the two Marchent Brothers, Rafael Romero, and written by Mario Caiano. It was made in 1967 but lay on the shelf for quite a while. Apparently the movie was devoid of any musical support – it was so to speak a ‘mute’ film – but later no less than two scores were added, one by Manuel Parada (Spanish version) and another one by Francesco De Masi (Italian version) (*1).

The rather intricate story is set immediately after the Civil War. Southern Bushwackers led by a man called Bill Anderson (*2) are terrorising the town of Springfield, Missouri. The local dignitaries decide to seek help, not from the army, but from the Pinkerton Agency. Shortly after two men arrive in town, one of them a talkative Easterner, the other one a taciturn Northener who seems to have special attention for one of the gang members, a young man called Kid who has a sweetheart in town. When the riches of the region dry up, the bandits kill a travelling Mormon family and head West West dressed like Mormons, but the two strangers join forces and start following their tracks …

Ringo the Lone Rider is a fairly modest production; it doesn’t enjoy a great reputation, probably because the cast lacks one of the traditional spaghetti western stars. There’s no Lee Van Cleef or Giuliano Gemma, not even an Anthony Steffen, so it’s up to Peter Martell and Piero Lulli, usually supporting actors, to do the honors. Martell acts in a deadpan manner but Lulli turns in an energetic performance as the more talkative and cheerful of the two leads. The Italian and English title, Ringo the Lone Rider, is by the way a bit odd: neither Martell’s nor Lulli’s character is ever referred to as Ringo and they work together, so there’s no lone rider either …

The film has a clean look and belongs to the more Americanized examples of the genre (there’s even a schmaltzy love story), but there are quite a few brutalities (notably the killing of the Mormons) and various elements of Caiano’s script are typically Italian, such as the post-war setting, a shady dignitary who’s in league with the bandits and the young man who has only joined the bandits because he is traumatized by his war memories. Marchent’s direction is no more than adequate but Caiano’s screenplay – a variation on the For a Few Dollars More type of storylines - is very serviceable; it hardly ever rises above the ordinary, but there are a few nice twists to keep viewers’ attention. The ending at the ranch of the 'False Mormons' could have been a bit more spectacular, but there’s a final (rather dramatic) twist that is particularly well-handled. Overall this is a fairly enjoyable genre outing.


Director: Rafael Romero Marchent - Cast: Piero Lulli, Peter Martell, Armando Calvo, Paolo Hertzl, Dyanik Zurokowska, Jesús Puente, José Jaspe - Screenplay: Mario Caiano, Music: Francesco De Masi (Italian version), Manuel Parada (Spanish version) , Notes:

• (1) Marco Giusti, Dizionario del western all’Italiano

• (2) Bill Anderson is a historic character, a bushwacker nicknamed Bloody Bill and one of the most notorious Confederate guerrilla leaders during the American Civil War. In spite of the post-war stetting and the fact that Bloody Bill was indeed active in Missouri, no effort is made to make the character look or act like the historic William Anderson. See: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/james-anderson/

Special thanks to Marc Tommolino

Simon Gelten
Simon Gelten is a long time contributor to the SWDb. "I'm not as old as Tom B. but I'm working on it. I hope to catch up with him by the end of the next decade.", he says. Simon saw all movies by Sergio Leone and several by Sergio Corbucci in cinema, most of the time in Eindhoven, the city where he was born. Currently, Simon is living in Turnhout, Belgium. Simon is active within the database as both Scherpschutter and his alter ego Tiratore Scelto.
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