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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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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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Kill and Pray (1967)
Plot Summary:
Requiescant is a 1967 spaghetti western directed by Carlo Lizzani. After surviving his family being massacred, a young boy is taken in and raised by a preacher. Years later he comes face to face with the man that killed his family and he is tempted into back into violence.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Western
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 106 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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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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Execution (1968)
Plot Summary:
Clips, a bounty killer, is after one John Coler, who has fooled him, keeping all of a loot he should have shared with him. He finally catches his prey only to discover that the man is a Coler all right but not the expected one. He is actually the outlaw's honest younger brother Bill, who works in a traveling circus. Will Clip be able to find the stolen gold? Maybe ... but only if a gang of vicious Mexican bandits - to say nothing of Bill's circus troupe - allow him to. Which they do not seem willing to do.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 159
Genere: Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western
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If You Want to Live... Shoot! (1968)
Plot Summary:
A young cowboy, Johnny, playing in a rigged poker game is forced to shoot one of the other players. The cowboy takes quick leave as he is accused of murder and a reward for his capture is posted. After being wounded, he finds refuge on a ranch and becomes involved with the family. While he is away, a gang of Mexicans kills the McGowan family except for Sally, who manages to escape and find Johnny who is now out for revenge.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 129
Genere: Comedy, Romance, Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western
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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 Bullet for a Stranger (1971)
Plot Summary:
John and George McIntire are a couple of naive brothers who travel to a lawless western town to see their father. The bumbling siblings get themselves into big trouble after they beat up a member of a gang of extortionists. Fortunately, a mysterious roving gunfighter decides to help the guys out of their jam.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 488
Genere: Western, Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western
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The Ruthless Four (1968)
Plot Summary:
This superior Spaghetti western scrutinizes the greed and paranoia that afflict four men as they struggle among themselves to unearth a fortune in gold from a remote Southwestern mine without falling prey to each other's bullets.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 791
Genere: Western
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western
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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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Stranger, Say Your Prayers! (1968)
Plot Summary:
Two brothers, who are the leaders of a gang of outlaws, besiege the village of White City. They rob and terrorize the people of the surrounding countryside which attracts the attention of a bounty hunter who upon arrival becomes involved in their plight. (SWDB).
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 111
Genere: Action, Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 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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Ringo, Pray to Your God and Die (1967)
Plot Summary:
Instead of fighting over newly gained money from a coach-robbery, two gangster-brothers (El Bedoja and Chiuchi) decide to rob a bank together. But Martinez, a gangster-coward, is successfully questioned by Nigros (a clad-in-black gangster-killer who collects the money) and Rocco (a righteous ex-sheriff who doesn't and shows off even more skill in using his pistol) on their plans.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 175
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: Italy, West Germany, Yugoslavia
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western, surprise ending
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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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Django, The Last Killer (1967)
Plot Summary:
Lessons in death lead to the ultimate showdown.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 421
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western
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His Name was King (1971)
Plot Summary:
The Benson brothers, who are smuggling guns across the Mexican border, kill King's brother and rape his wife. King must stop their illegal activities, find who is behind them and gain revenge for his family.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 417
Genere: Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 76 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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Days of Violence (1967)
Plot Summary:
During the last months of the Civil War, Joe's brother is killed unjustly by Clifford, a captain in the Northen army. Joe decides to join a group of Southerners determined to resist till the end. Joe is considered an outlaw and a reward is posted for his capture. When the war ends, Joe returns to the farm where he used to work only to find Christine, the owner's daughter and his sweetheart, engaged to the hated Captain Clifford.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 195
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western
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May God Forgive You... But I Won't (1968)
Plot Summary:
While Cjamango is away from his ranch, bandits attack and kill his family. Disrupted by this tragedy, he sets out to take his revenge (helped by a Mexican who has seen the bandits). Along the way he learns that it was the father of his fiancée that had armed the bandits to avenge himself of some outrage he had suffered in the past from Cjamango's family.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 283
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 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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Deep West (1971)
Plot Summary:
A Yankee gunman, Hallelujah, is hired by Mexican Juarista, General Ramirez to confiscate a case of jewels to fund the revolution. For this, Hallelujah will receive a percentage. But other parties are interested in the case and when they turn out to be fakes, it all deteriorates into a cat and mouse style game with Hallelujah, gunrunners, the French, and a Russian outlaw(!) all searching for the real jewels. - SWDB.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 452
Genere: Comedy, Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 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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Blindman (1971)
Plot Summary:
A blind, but deadly, gunman, is hired to escort fifty mail order brides to their miner husbands. His business partners double cross him, selling the women to bandit Domingo. Blindman heads into Mexico in pursuit.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Western
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western, cult classic, exciting, rough, humorous, realistic, semi serious, cult film
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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