This scattershot spoof of the spaghetti western genre starts off appealingly enough, with guest appearances from famous characters like Sancho, the Mexican bandit leader, the gunslinger Ringo, and the mysterious Django. However, all of these guys are killed off early on, leaving the film to meander through pointless scenes of romance between its two leads and indulge in some fairly lame humour with a Native American tribe. The biggest flaw is the central casting of Rita Pavone, who may be a good singer but who certainly cannot act; her Calamity Jane-wannabe type heroine is grating and obnoxious to watch throughout, with few redeeming qualities.
For such a hit-and-miss film, there's a large amount of talent involved. The reliable Ferdinando Baldi is the director and works through the film methodically, but without any real style or talent. His pacing is spot on, however. Then there are the stars: Terence Hill is the male lead Black Stan, but fans be warned as his is a boring character who doesn't actually achieve much throughout the film; he plays the straight man to Rita's joker. Former peplum icon Kirk Morris appears all-too-briefly as anti-hero gunslinger Ringo before getting blown up, whilst fellow muscleman Gordon Mitchell has a hilarious role as Native American chieftain Silly Bull. Other than these appearances, the film isn't very interesting, relying too much on dated and unappealing humour and trading on the stereotypes it fails to build on.
For such a hit-and-miss film, there's a large amount of talent involved. The reliable Ferdinando Baldi is the director and works through the film methodically, but without any real style or talent. His pacing is spot on, however. Then there are the stars: Terence Hill is the male lead Black Stan, but fans be warned as his is a boring character who doesn't actually achieve much throughout the film; he plays the straight man to Rita's joker. Former peplum icon Kirk Morris appears all-too-briefly as anti-hero gunslinger Ringo before getting blown up, whilst fellow muscleman Gordon Mitchell has a hilarious role as Native American chieftain Silly Bull. Other than these appearances, the film isn't very interesting, relying too much on dated and unappealing humour and trading on the stereotypes it fails to build on.