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Plot Summary:
A former priest becomes embroiled in the drama raging between a Mexican rancher, his unhappy daughter and psychotic son whilst dealing with his own issues of guilt and a loss of faith. A new relationship with the local brothel keeper seems to offer a fresh start but the rancher and his son are set on making him pay for his interference and his own inner demons are never far away.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 84
Genere: Western
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western
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Shoot the Living and Pray for the Dead (1971)
Plot Summary:
Dan Hogan and his gang have held up a bank for $100,000 in gold bars. They meet up at Jackal's Ranch, a weigh station for stage coaches. While waiting for the gold to arrive they encounter a stranger, John Webb, who wants half the gold in exchange for guiding them safely to Mexico. Reluctantly, Dan agrees and they set across the brutal desert for a race to the border with the Rangers hot on their tail. Is John who he says he is? Is he really after the gold or does he have an ulterior motive?.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 798
Genere: Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western, wild
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Stranger in Sacramento (1965)
Plot Summary:
Cowboy Mike Jordan kills two men in self defense and on returning to his herd finds his father and brother killed. He goes to the local sheriff to clear matters up but must settle accounts on his own.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 37
Genere: Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western
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Death Does Not Count the Dollars (1967)
Plot Summary:
Lawrence and Jane White are determined to find the man responsible for their father's murder. They suspect a number of people in the town of Owell Rock and hire a professional gunfighter to help them in their quest for vengeance... Source: SWDB www.spaghetti-western.net.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 206
Genere: Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western
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God in Heaven... Arizona on Earth (1972)
Plot Summary:
A bounty hunter named Arizona helps a group of beleaguered farmers in their fight against a large landowner named Austin Styles and his gang of outlaws.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 105
Genere: Western
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western
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Cjamango (1967)
Plot Summary:
Just when Cjamango has won a bag of gold in a poker game, he is attacked by the gangs of El Tigre and Don Pablo. As he recovers from the injuries caused by the attack, Cjamango becomes attached to a Mexican boy, Manuel, and to a beautiful girl, Perla. El Tigre and Pablo are meanwhile at odds with one another about the gold, and Cjamango tries to play them against themselves.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 317
Genere: Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western
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Hole in the Forehead (1968)
Plot Summary:
A stranger and a bandit seek out a trio of playing cards that will lead them to hidden treasure.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 182
Genere: Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western
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Gunfight at High Noon (1963)
Plot Summary:
Three unequal brothers seek revenge for the murder of their father. Each of them goes a different way.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 169
Genere: Western
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western, crying
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Hour of Death (1964)
Plot Summary:
When Bob Carey is released from prison after a long sentence for murder, begins the search for Mary, his former girlfriend. But soon he finds out that during his absence, she has married Clifford, a wealthy landowner. The happiness of that marriage is only apparent, Mary, in fact, is seriously ill, suffering from a brain tumor whose pains she attributes to an imaginary pregnancy. It becomes necessary to bring to the city of Laredo for an operation, so Clifford sells all his possessions and begins the long journey towards hope. Soon others will join the expedition: a former army scout named Rogers, a nice Chinese cook, Lin-Chu, and a mestizo that responds to the name of "Bets".
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 154
Genere: Western
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western
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A Long Ride from Hell (1968)
Plot Summary:
Mike Sturges and his younger brother, Roy, are sentenced to Yuma Penitentiary on a trumped-up train robbery charge. Both endure cruel treatment before Mike escapes to extract revenge on their enemies.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 409
Genere: Western
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western, psychotronic
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Last of the Badmen (1967)
Plot Summary:
Kitosh, a young cowboy working for Don Jaime Morelos, is beaten almost to death under his employers orders for flirting with Don Jaime's frivolous wife. Full of hatred towards Don Jaime, Kitosh leaves the ranch and begins life as an outlaw joining up with renowned bandit Tracy the Black. Tension sets in between the two men because Kitosh kills only when he has to, whereas Tracy kills just for the fun of it, deriving a sadistic pleasure from other people's suffering. Source: SWDB www.spaghetti-western.net.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 337
Genere: Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western
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Ringo: The Lone Rider (1968)
Plot Summary:
A town is being terrorized by a gang of marauders led by Bill Anderson, a clever bandit boss. The town's leadership is deciding to do something against the problem, but it does not believe bringing in the military will be a solution. It is agreed upon that they will request help from the well-known Pinkerton agency. At the same time, Ringo, a gunslinger, is chasing after the bandits. He suspects a deeper-sitting conspiracy than random bandit assaults. He joins forces with the newly arrived under cover Pinkerton agent, to uncover a plot between a local businessman, the Mexican revolution and bandit's heist loot of gold. But the bandits have long planned to move on. Disguised as Mormons, they are moving west to start a new life of farming during the day and robbing stage coaches at night. Ringo and the agent track them down.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 137
Genere: Western
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western
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Colt in the Hand of the Devil (1973)
Plot Summary:
As a favour for the late Jeremy Scott, who had saved his life while in prison, Roy Koster comes to Silvertown, where he clears the name of the wrongly accused man.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 115
Genere: Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western
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The Belle Starr Story (1968)
Plot Summary:
Dominated by men in her youth, Belle Starr now out-shoots and out-gambles them as she makes her way around the West. One man who's her equal is Larry Blackie with whom she has an on-again, off-again relationship. Together they become involved in a robbery which goes awry.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 358
Genere: Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western
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4 Dollars of Revenge (1966)
Plot Summary:
Bandits ambush Capt. Roy Dexter of the U.S. Cavalry while he and his men escort a fortune in Confederate gold coins. Only Dexter survives the attack. He's subsequently sentenced to life in prison on the false belief he masterminded the ambush. Escaping from prison, Dexter sets about tracking down and exposing the true culprits.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 189
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western
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Death Is Sweet From The Soldier Of God (1972)
Plot Summary:
A man, after being accused of a robbery and escaping from jail with a bandit leader, seeks revenge for his brother and his family.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 83
Genere: Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western
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One Against One... No Mercy (1968)
Plot Summary:
Bill learns that his father, during the American Civil War, was accused of theft and killed. Convinced of his innocence, Bill discovers the true robbers.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 154
Genere: Western
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western
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Seven Guns for the MacGregors (1966)
Plot Summary:
Ranch owner MacGregor has seven sons and oldest Gregor leads his brothers to Las Mesas, a small town where they want to sell horses. They get into trouble with local people who are related with evil Santillana. After getting imprisoned and losing their horses they decide to go after Santillana's gang.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 225
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western
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The Unholy Four (1970)
Plot Summary:
A young man who has lost his memory, escapes from prison with three other convicts. The other men help him find back bits of his past, until they arrive at a village where two warring families recognize him. Apparently he has a reputation for being a fast gun, and he has been paid to kill a man - who says he is his father. His younger brother is jealous of the attention the prodigal son receives, and things come to a dramatic end.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 473
Genere: Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western, psychotronic
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Kill Django... Kill First (1971)
Plot Summary:
Johnny fights the banker Burton, who tries to acquire with the help of the strange bandit Martinez, in an unlawful way, all the gold mines in the nearer environment.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 91
Genere: Western
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western
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Dead Men Don't Count (1968)
Plot Summary:
Damon and Steffen are paired up bounty hunters falsely accused of murder in a lawless town ruled by racketeering lawmen.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 225
Genere: Western
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western
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Halleluja for Django (1967)
Plot Summary:
After robbing $500,000, the Jarret gang hides in a small isolated western town, where they are waiting for a scout to take them through the desert to Mexico. But the unresolved conflicts between Jarret and El Santo, the brains of the bandits, who has also an eye on Jarret's girlfriend, become a problem amongst the bandits. And there is also an underestimated scalawag named Billy Rum and his friend Mark, who are trying to help the captured citizens.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 204
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western
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Black Jack (1968)
Plot Summary:
Black Jack Murphy (Robert Woods) is the brains in an outfit of outlaws who rob the bank at Tusca City. All goes to plan with the heist but once the loot is safely obtained Jack's men lose no time in trying to double cross him. Wily Jack manages to outfox them at first and gets away with the cash but they soon catch up with him again and not only make off with the money but leave him crippled and carrying multiple causes for wanting revenge. This need for amends possesses Jack with an all consuming passion and he sets out to get even with each of his unfaithful former compadres but has his particular sights set on Indian Joe (Mimmo Palmara) and Sanchez (Rik Battaglia) who abused and killed his beloved sister. Source: SWDB www.spaghetti-western.net.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 355
Genere: Western
Country: Italy, Israel
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western
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Stagecoach of the Condemned (1970)
Plot Summary:
Bruno Corazzari and his gang are in jail awaiting trial. They hire Fernando Sancho's gang to kill the only witness who then take all the passengers of a stagecoach hostage, in Richard Harrison's inn, because they are unsure which of them is actually the witness.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 74
Genere: Western
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western
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Long Days of Vengeance (1967)
Plot Summary:
After three years of hard labor in a prison camp, former Sheriff Ted Barnett escapes. He was framed by three men and wrongly convicted of the murder of his father. Now he looks for vengeance.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 487
Genere: Western
Country: Italy, Spain, France
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Pray to God and Dig Your Grave (1968)
Plot Summary:
Fernando returns home from his self chosen exile in Texas to get revenge for the death of his siblings. Instead he tries to start a revolution against the despotism of the landowners, but his relationship to his old friend Cipriano, who had turned in the meantime to a simple bandit, destroys his plans.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 57
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western
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The Ugly Ones (1966)
Plot Summary:
Escaped outlaw Jose Gomez returns to his home town pursued by bounty killer Luke Chilson. The towns people protect Gomez, unaware, at first, that he is now a changed and dangerous man.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 682
Genere: Western
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Gentleman Killer (1967)
Plot Summary:
In a disputed border town, the US Army waits for word from Washington as to the rightful country it belongs, while dealing with a rowdy pack of Mexican soldier/bandits. Into the mix rides seemingly mysterious stranger Anthony Steffan, who looks like a dandy but has a few deadly tricks up his sleeve.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 249
Genere: Western
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Have a Good Funeral, My Friend... Sartana Will Pay (1970)
Plot Summary:
After witnessing a brutal massacre, the legendary hero Sartana is ready to do some investigating. Almost everyone in the tiny town of Indian Creek seems eager to buy up the property left behind by the murder victims, and one of them could well be behind the killings. The sheriff himself is not above suspicion, so Sartana must uncover the culprit all on his own.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 912
Genere: Western
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cynical, cult film
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Dead Are Countless (1969)
Plot Summary:
Johnny was mentally traumatised when he witnessed as a child the killing of his father (a deserter) by a group of soldiers. As an adult he randomly kills every soldier he gets hold of, so that the army sends out the brutish Lieutenant Garringo to stop Johnny.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 268
Genere: Western
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Johnny Oro (1966)
Plot Summary:
Ringo's nemesis returns to town and wants revenge for the murder of his brother.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 663
Genere: Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western, exciting, humorous, realistic, semi serious