The ruthless and brutal Captain Ramírez (Ken Wood) hunts down and kills revolutionaries in his search for The Saint (Howard Nelson Rubien), the latter is a pacific revolutionary who advocates lookalike Gandhi non violence against the dictator Porfirio Diaz , he is the righteous leader of the Mexican insurrection against the Federales . The Saint is accompanied by his gorgeous niece Mercedes Hernandez (Luisa Baratto) along with a reluctant rebel and other Guerilleros commanded by the boastful Vilar (Fernando Sancho) , a slant-eyed mercenary who has other ambitious plans . Meanwhile , Captain Morrison/Killer Kid (Anthony Steffen) in order to save himself escapes from an US prison and goes to Mexico and he decides to join the Mexican revolution permanently . In the meantime , Captain Morrison/Killer Kid ensures that weapons destined for the Mexican government don't get there to avoid a diplomatic conflict and he clears a ravaged Mexican border town of murdering soldiers . When the villagers are attacked by the cruel Ramirez (Giovanni Cianfriglia as Ken Wood) , all of them flee to the mountains pursued by his troops . Killer Kid resolving a weapons smuggling issue and he attempts to bring peace and order the revolutionaries who are intent on killing the soldiers responsible for Mexican slaughters . The film is dedicated to the Mexican people .
Offbeat Spaghetti Western that follows the Sergio Leone/Sergio Corbucci wake , but it is also proceeded in American models . It is an exciting western with breathtaking showdown between the tough protagonists Steffen and Fernando Sancho and the enemies as the heartless Ken Wood and his hoodlums . As well as enjoyable appearance of the beauty Luisa Baratto as Santos' niece . The highlights of the film are the bloody slaughter at the Mexican village and the violent finale confronting at the mountains . The film blends noisy action , shootouts , violence , blood , and it's fast moving and quite entertaining . Stars Anthony Steffen as an American officer who is actually an agent pretending to help Mexicans , Anthony is well remembered by Spaghetti Western aficionados , but in his day , from the mid-'60s to the early '70s , Steffen was one of the most popular actors of the genre — at the time cheap B movies, now revered cult classics . The handsome , Italian-born — actually at the Brazilian embassy in Rome — Antonio Luiz De Teffè Von Hoonholtz began working in films as a studio messenger for Vittorio De Sica . From there , Steffen began acting in sword-and-sandal epics, later moving onto the Western genre, where he found his niche . Unlike fellow Spaghetti star Clint Eastwood , however , Steffen never became a top international box-office attraction . He played as a Man-With-no-Name a lot of Spaghettis as ¨Gentleman Killer¨, Garringo¨, ¨Apocalypse Joe¨, ¨Stranger in Paso Bravo¨ , ¨The last Tomahawk¨. Furthermore, here appears Italian Western's usual secondaries as Fernando Sancho , Giovanni Cianfriglia as Ken Wood , Fortunato Arena , Tom Felleghy and the Greek actor Yorgo Voyagis . This film belongs to the numerous group of flicks that are set during the Mexican revolution , called ¨Zapata Western¨ , like are the Italians: ¨ Duck you sucker¨, ¨The mercenary¨ ,¨Tetepa¨, ¨Los Compañeros¨, ¨What am I doing in middle of the revolution¨ and the American ones : ¨The wild bunch¨ and ¨The professionals¨.
There are many fine technicians and nice assistants as the professional cameraman Sandro Mancori who makes an excellent photography with barren outdoors , dirty landscapes under a glimmer sun shot on location in outskirts of Rome and El Lacio as well as in Cinecitta studios and Elios studios . The musician Berto Pisano creates a catching soundtrack and well conducted and in Ennio Morricone style . This Western Alla'Italiana was well directed by Leopoldo Savona . Leopoldo Savona's direction is good , he made several Spaghettis under pseudonym as Leo Coleman: ¨Posate Le Pistole Reverendo¨ , ¨Killer Kid¨ , ¨Apocalypse Joe¨ , ¨Dio Perdoni La Mia Pistola¨, ¨Texas Il Rouge¨ ; adventure/war/drama movies : ¨L'Aigle Rouge¨ , ¨L'Ultima Carica¨ , ¨Fra Diavolo¨ , ¨Le DueOrfanelle¨ , ¨Weapons of War¨ , ¨Thunder from the West¨ , ¨Mongols¨ and Giallo/Terror : ¨Death Falls Lightly¨ , ¨Bytleth¨ , among others .
