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Plot Summary:
Firehand and his Apache friend Winnetou are determined to get justice for the murder of four young braves. They set off to track down the gang responsible for the horrendous act.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Western, Adventure
Country: West Germany, Yugoslavia
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western
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A Place Called Glory (1965)
Plot Summary:
Former rancher Clint Brenner and the younger Reese, his equal in skill at gun-fighting, are independently recruited to help farmer Seth Grande free the locals of Manitoba town Glory City from vast ranch owner Jack Villaine's rule of terror. They become friends on the job but ignore they'll be pitted as adversaries in the town's founder's day spectacular duel by last-minute blind substitution.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 211
Genere: Romance, Western
Country: West Germany, Spain
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western
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Night of the Serpent (1969)
Plot Summary:
Hernandez, the sheriff of a small Mexican village, joins a group of townsmen with the intention of killing young orphan Manuel and robbing him of his inheritance. Killer Luke, now an alcoholic for having murdered his own son by mistake, who is chosen for the task, instead decides to take the defence of the poor child.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 242
Genere: Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 108 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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Gun Shy Piluk (1968)
Plot Summary:
Law and order in the town of Boise are threatened by the Mason gang. When they murder Piluk's son, the old man vows to take his revenge, despite his apparent inaptitude for killing.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 37
Genere: Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western
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You Are a Traitor and I Will Kill You! (1972)
Plot Summary:
A mysterious bounty hunter goes after a town boss who is murdering homesteaders for their land.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 45
Genere: Western
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western
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The Road to Fort Alamo (1964)
Plot Summary:
A lone rider comes across a dying soldier, the victim of an Indian attack, who gives him a paper authorizing the payment of $150,000 to the U.S. Army. The rider gathers some colleagues who disguise themselves as soldiers and who take the paper to a bank. They get the money but a shoot-out occurs, an old woman is killed, and the gang acrimoniously splits up. Later some members of the gang meet up with some real U.S. Cavalry soldiers and together they must fight off new Indian attacks.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 302
Genere: Western
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western, cult film
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Seven Hours of Gunfire (1965)
Plot Summary:
When he was 12 years old, Bill Cody, later knew as Buffalo Bill, is rider for "pony express" carrying the mail through the wilds of America. It becomes later caravans guide. When driving one of them meets Luisa, the niece of a priest who tried to evangelize the savage tribes accompanied by a converted Indian. It is a dangerous time because, before the advancing white man, the Sioux tribes are buying weapons from unscrupulous dealers.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 67
Genere: Western
Country: Spain, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 92 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 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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Legacy of the Incas (1965)
Plot Summary:
In Peru, the land of the Incas, the Indian pin their hopes on Jaucarapora. They want to him as their king who could drive back the white conquistador. A stranger appears in Lima who risks his life to rescue the president from a charging wildcat. This Jaguar is accused of the two Incas' murder. The president gives him four weeks to prove his innocence. No matter where the Jaguar goes, the craftily circulated news that he is wanted killer is always there ahead of him. Graciela, his dead brother's daughter, sets out alone to forewarn him. The Jaguar finds out that Gambusino has killed his brother and Jinaucarapora's father. Jaucarapora meets Graciela and saves her life. They fall in love each other. Gambusino tries to kill the Jaguar but perishes himself. Graciela persuades Jaucarapora that an uprising against the incomparably stronger whites will ruin his people for good. He rejects the sacred crown. The last Inca suffers death at the hands of his own mentor.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 222
Genere: Adventure, Western
Country: West Germany, Italy, Spain, Monaco, Bulgaria
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western
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Red Coat (1975)
Plot Summary:
Cormack, the lawman most feared by the rugged pioneers at the turn of the century, has a mysterious bond with "Caribou," an outlaw whom he has jailed. When Caribou escapes from prison, he returns to seek revenge.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 125
Genere: Adventure, Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western
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Arizona Colt Returns (1970)
Plot Summary:
The rough and tough bounty hunter suddenly becomes the hunted when a $1,000 reward is put on his head for a stagecoach robbery he didn't commit in this action-packed sequel.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 297
Genere: Western
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western
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Vengeance Is Mine (1967)
Plot Summary:
Johnny Forest, bounty hunter, attempts to carry out his mother's dying wish that he bring in his outlaw brother, Clint, alive. On the run from Jurago, a former partner he has crossed, Clint accepts Johnny's help, and agrees to surrender ..... for now.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 380
Genere: Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western
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Pyramid of the Sun God (1965)
Plot Summary:
Mexico, 1864. The country is divided by the struggle against the French occupation and emperor Maximilian. The German doctor Karl Sternau and his friend Andreas Hasenpfeffer come to love the country and support the cause of the proud Mexicans.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 544
Genere: Western, Adventure
Country: West Germany, France, Italy, Yugoslavia
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: euro western, spaghetti western
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Old Shatterhand (1964)
Plot Summary:
Renegades trying to get the army to abandon their fort get the Indians addicted to whiskey, then convince them to attack and drive out the soldiers.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: West Germany, France, Italy, Yugoslavia
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western, 70mm film
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Winnetou: The Red Gentleman (1964)
Plot Summary:
Forester, a ruthless oil baron, wants to create a war between the native American tribes and the white men. Old Shatterhand, Winnetou and their sidekick Castlepool try to prevent this.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: West Germany, France, Italy, Yugoslavia
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western
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Winnetou and the Crossbreed (1966)
Plot Summary:
On her b-day, settler's daughter Apanatschi receives her father's secret gold mine but greedy neighboring prospectors resort to murder and kidnapping in order to get the gold, forcing the girl and her brother to seek Winnetou's protection.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Western, Adventure
Country: West Germany, Italy, Yugoslavia
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western
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Winnetou (1963)
Plot Summary:
The construction of the Great Western Railroad creates heavy conflict between the railway company and neighboring Indian tribes. Worse, criminal gang leader Santer sets his eyes on a gold mine located on holy Indian land and influences the construction supervisor to re-rout the planned railroad straight through Apache land. Old Shatterhand, who works as a measurement technician, discovers the evil plan and searches contact with the Apaches in an effort to avert war.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: West Germany, Italy, Yugoslavia
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western, cult classic, cult film
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Winnetou: The Last Shot (1965)
Plot Summary:
Rollins' gang wants to grab land by inciting the settlers in a war against the Indians but Winnetou and Old Shatterhand try to keep the peace, until Rollins frames Winnetou up for the murder of Jicarilla Chief's son.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Western
Country: West Germany, Italy, Yugoslavia, France
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western, independent film
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Challenge to White Fang (1974)
Plot Summary:
Sequel to Lucio Fulci's first 'White Fang' has the wolf-dog once again trying to stop the villainous Beauty Smith from claiming a recently discovered gold mine in 1899 Yukon, Canada.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 464
Genere: Adventure, Western
Country: Italy, West Germany, France
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, perverse, euro western
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Kingdom of the Silver Lion (1965)
Plot Summary:
Kara Ben-Nemsi, friends and rescuers set out to free a young relative of the guardian of the treasure of the Chaldaeans (Christian sect), who is captured for that fabulous ransom.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 474
Genere: Adventure
Country: Spain, West Germany
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags:
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Professionals for a Massacre (1967)
Plot Summary:
Major Lloyd, having stolen the cargo of gold needed to purchase weapons, is heading towards the Mexican border. Three soldiers condemned to death are promised freedom if they recover the precious load. The intervention of a criminal Mexican band and the accompanying officer complicates the situation. Source: SWDB www.spaghetti-western.net.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 336
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western, surprise ending, dark comedy, cult film
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The Valley of Death (1968)
Plot Summary:
Mabel Kingsley arrives at a western town to clear her missing father of the charge that he stole a shipment of government gold. A frontiersman known as "Shatterhand" agrees to guide her in a search for the gold and for major Kingsley. They are joined by an army lieutenant, an amateur botanist, and an Apache chief named Winnetou. Despite troubles caused by pursuing bandits and by Winnetou's enemy, a Sioux chief, Mabel's party eventually reaches the "Valley of Death" which holds the answers to the mystery of the missing gold.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Western, Adventure
Country: West Germany, Italy, Yugoslavia
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Old Surehand (1965)
Plot Summary:
Old Surehand and his faithful old friend Old Wabble are on the trail of a cold-blooded killer with the nickname 'The General'. The brother of Old Surehand was murdered by him. On the way Old Surehand and Old Wabble are involved in the running conflict between settlers and Comanches who are likely to go on the war path. Old Surehand can count on the support of his friend and blood brother Winnetou, the amiable chief of the Apaches. Written by Robert.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Western
Country: West Germany, Yugoslavia
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: euro western, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The Oil Prince (1965)
Plot Summary:
'The Oilprince' is an unscrupulous businessman. He looks forward to a lucrative deal with the "Western Arizona Bank'. He sells the bank oil wells at Shelly Lake that do actually not exist. The Oilprince learns that the colonists would like to settle at Shelly Lake. So The Oilprince exchanges the scout of the settlers by one of his minions to give them another route. But soon The Oilprince has to recognize that he has not counted on Winnetou, the righteous leader of the Apaches, and his blood brother Old Surehand.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Western, Adventure
Country: West Germany, Yugoslavia
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western, exciting, rough, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious
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God Forgives... I Don't! (1967)
Plot Summary:
In this violent spaghetti western a murderous robber hijacks a payroll train, murders everyone aboard and then stashes his loot. A gunslinger learns about it and decides he wants the money for himself and so hatches an elaborate plot to get at it. He lures the crook into a rigged poker game, and afterward a gunfight ensues. The quick-drawing gunman makes short work of the robber, then teams up with an insurance agent to look for the hidden fortune. Unbeknownst to them, the robber had an ace up his sleeve.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Western
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The Treasure of the Silver Lake (1962)
Plot Summary:
Colonel Brinkley is a criminal who has been with the map of where the treasure is the Silver Lake. Winnetou and Old Shatterhand come again towards goodness, but along the way will encounter enemy tribes they will face.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: West Germany, France, Yugoslavia
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western, exciting, serious, realistic
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Amongst Vultures (1964)
Plot Summary:
Frontier Hellcat was the fourth in a series of 1960s European westerns based on Karl May's "Winnetou" character. Stewart Granger takes over from Lex Barker in the leading "Anglo"-role of the mysterious maverick who wanders from town to town doing the "Lone Ranger" bit. The hellcat of the title is Elke Sommer, a tempestuous frontierswoman who reluctantly accepts Granger's help in attaining safe passage through the Rocky Mountains ("played" in this film by the Alps).
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: West Germany, France, Italy, Yugoslavia
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western, exciting, rough, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful
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Run, Man, Run (1968)
Plot Summary:
The legendary Tomas Milian stars as Cuchillo, a knife-throwing thief on the run from murderous bandits, sadistic American agents, his hot-blooded fiancée and a sheriff turned bounty hunter, all of whom are gunning for a hidden fortune in gold that could finance the Mexican Revolution.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Western
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western, funny, epic, action adventure, exciting, atmospheric, rough, serious, captivating
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
Plot Summary:
While the Civil War rages between the Union and the Confederacy, three men – a quiet loner, a ruthless hit man and a Mexican bandit – comb the American Southwest in search of a strongbox containing $200,000 in stolen gold.
IMDB Rating: 8.8
IMDB Votes: 797000
Genere: Adventure, Western
Country: Italy, Spain, West Germany
Duration: 161 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, epic, exciting, breathtaking, tense, visual, realistic, stylized, scenic, cult classic