5/10
Mediocre Spaghetti/Paella Western shot in Spain with two usual genre stars : Robert Woods and Frank Braña
18 July 2017
A British insurance agent named Pinkerton (Robert Woods) arrives in a little town , Honeyville , to resolve a bank robbery . Earlier an attacker carried out a hold-up , killing witnesses . When he escapes with two accomplices , one of the three thieves killed the other two to take possession of all the money . Meantime , Pinkerton is investigating the bank robbery and offers 200.000 dollars to discover clues about the third bandit . There are several suspects : Sheriff Lewis Burton (Frank Braña) , a saloon girl , Kate , (Nieves Navarro as Susan Scott) , Saloon owner Karl (Carlo Gaddi) , Dr. Torres (Ernesto Colli) , the wealthy owner Clinton (Ivano Staccioli) . A bit later on , some people show up murdered by serpents bites . Who's the killer ? .

This stirring Pasta/tortilla Western packs zooms , thrills , shootouts , go riding , some brief touches of humor with tongue-in-cheek , a lot of murders and brawls in Terence Hill/Bud Spencer wake . It is a moving blending of Pepperone Western and suspense elements . Italian/Spanish production filmed in Madrid surroundings , full of familiar faces , assaults , exaggerated characters , gun-down , red herrings , lots of shots and fights . The film packs action , shootouts , drama , treason , high body-count ; however , being slow-moving but slightly entertaining and approaching increasingly the Giallo style , and keeping some details that make it special in this particular Spaghetti sub-genre . Starring Robert Woods as a peculiar employee of Lloyds of London , he is called Ginsburg , a real government agent , undercover as Jonathan Pinkerton , a tough investigator who attempts to find out a heist and strange killings . Robert is passable , he ravages the screen , he jumps , leaps and bounds , hits and runs ; besides , delivering punches , slaps and kick-ass . Worthwhile watching for a demonstration of the confrontation between Robert Woods and his ominous enemies , the greedy saloon owner , a ruthless rancher and his heinous hired hands , including some looks that say it all , adding an exciting ending . Mediocre performances for the whole casting . "Hai Sbagliato... Dovevi Uccidermi Subito!" or "Creeping Death" or "Kill the Poker Player" is professionally starred by Robert Woods . Robert starred several Tortilla/Ravioli Western as "Five Thousand Dollars on One Ace" , "Seven Guns for the MacGregors" , ¨Four Dollars for Vengeance" , ¨Black Jack¨, ¨El Puro¨, "Gatling Gun" , among others . Support cast is frankly decent , thanks to the appearance important secondaries from Spaghetti/Tortilla or Paella Western , these are the followings : Frank Braña , Nieves Navarro , Saturno Cerra , Rafael Albaicín , Ivano Staccioli and Carlo Gaddi . It contains an intriguing as well as catching musical score by Carlo Savina , Spaghetti's ordinary . And an evocative and adequate cinematography by Rafael Pacheco , shot in Colmenar Viejo , Manzanares Del Real , Madrid .

The motion picture was regularly directed by Mario Bianchi , often using pseudonyms as Renzo Spaziani and Frank Bronston . Mario , son of director Roberto B Montero , was an Italian craftsman , writing and directing ; working from the 70s in all kind of genres and B movies until the late 90s . Most of them starred by Richard Harrison , Frank Braña or Robert Woods . Bianchi directed some Westerns and acceptable action movies , such as : ¨1974 Più Forte Sorelle , ¨1973 Fast hand¨ , ¨1971 Masked thief¨ . And made thrillers as ¨1979 Napoli Storia d'amore and vendetta¨ , ¨1978 Napoli... i 5 Della Squadra Speciale¨ , ¨1978 Provincia Violenta¨ , ¨1977 La Banda Vallanzasca¨ . Mario subsequently directed soft-core and hard-core films until his retirement .
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