Review of Coffin Full of Dollars

A BARREL FULL OF DOLLARS is a typical mid budget spaghetti western that has some fun with the genre tropes established by Sergio Leone in his seminal trilogy. The story is about a gang rivalry between heroic Jeff Cameron, playing the Nevada Kid, and the slimy and ruthless Hagen, as played by the inimitable Klaus Kinski. Truth be told, Kinski is the most interesting thing in this movie, but his part is very small and he only really features much towards the climax. The rest is a mix of the usual action sequences and gun fights, all shot in a familiar but effective style, and the fun is heightened by the appearance of former peplum star Gordon Mitchell as a goofy, grinning gunslinger.