A Pistol for Ringo

A Pistol for Ringo (1965)

Una pistola per Ringo

Quick- Treacherous- And Deadly To Anyone Who Tried To Cross Them!

Giuliano Gemma stars as a cool, cocky mercenary enlisted by a sheriff to infiltrate a ruthless gang of outlaws. Ennio Morricone provided the score to this early spaghetti western hit.

Date of release
1965-05-12
TMDB
6.3 / 10 (78)
Runtime
1h 38m
Genres
Western
Director
Duccio Tessari
Collection
Ringo Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Spain, Almería, and Esplugas City

A Pistol for Ringo is a 1965 Spaghetti Western film written and directed by Duccio Tessari, and starring Giuliano Gemma, alongside Fernando Sancho, Nieves Navarro, George Martin, Antonio Casas, José Manuel Martín and Lorella De Luca. The story follows an imprisoned gunfighter (Gemma) who is recruited to infiltrate a ranch that has been taken over by bandits during the Christmas holiday.

Production

Encouraged by the success of Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars the previous year, which he had helped write, Duccio Tessari decided to produce his own western. A well-known screenwriter of horror and "sword-and-sandal" films, he had previously worked with several Spaghetti Western directors, most notably "the two Sergios", as the co-writer of Sergio Leone's The Colossus of Rhodes (1961) and Sergio Corbucci's Romulus and Remus (1961).

He had originally developed the story and co-wrote the script with Alfonso Balcázar. There is more humorous theme, and at times uses slapstick comedy, compared to usual Spaghetti Westerns. The interaction between actors was more relaxed to fully develop the effect of comedic sequences.

This was the Spaghetti Western film debut of Giuliano Gemma, previously having a co-starring role in Tessari's My Son, the Hero, and would go on to star in a number of other Spaghetti Westerns including One Silver Dollar (1965) and Adios, Gringo (1965).

Shot on location in Almeria, Spain, most of the filming took place during early 1965 prior to its premiere in Italy and Spain later that year.

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