Requiem for a Gringo
1968 film by Eugenio Martín, José Luis Merino
- 23 August 1968 (1968-08-23) (Italy)
- 28 April 1969 (1969-04-28) (Madrid)
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Spain
Spanish
Requiem for a Gringo (Italian: Requiem per un gringo, Spanish: Réquiem para el gringo, also known as Duel in the Eclipse) is a 1968 Italian-Spanish Spaghetti Western film directed by Eugenio Martín and José Luis Merino and starring Lang Jeffries, Fernando Sancho and Femi Benussi. It is most known for the gore and psychedelic elements.[1] It is the only western film of the Eurospy and peplum film genre star Lang Jeffries.[1] The film is partially based on Masaki Kobayashi's film Harakiri.
Plot
Spaghetti western starring Lang Jeffries. A man with special knowledge of the heavens looks to avenge his brother's murder. He targets a gang of Mexican bandits who have occupied a hacienda and picks the day of an eclipse to bring his plan to fruition.
Cast
- Lang Jeffries as Ross Logan / Django
- Femi Benussi as Alma (as Femy Benussi)
- Fernando Sancho as Porfirio Carranza
- Carlo Gaddi as Ted Corbin
- Rubén Rojo as Tom Leader
- Carlo Simoni as Dan
- Aldo Sambrell as Charley Fair
- Marisa Paredes as Nina
- Giuliana Garavaglia as Lupe (as Giuly Garr)
- Ángel Álvarez as Samuel
References
- ^ a b Marco Giusti (2007). Dizionario del western all'italiana. Mondadori, 2007. ISBN 978-8804572770.
External links
- Requiem for a Gringo at IMDb
- Requiem for a Gringo at Variety Distribution
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