I love the āStrangerā filmsā¦
I received the third film, āThe Silent Strangerā, on dvd, though the post, yesterday. I would have watched it last night, but was caught up with watching Robert Woods in āA Colt in the Hands of The Devilā, on the Movies-4-Men channel
Regarding āColtā, a load of crap
Awful dubbing, not a lot of action, and a sub-plot that that would be meaningfulā¦if it were not meaninglessā¦
One I need to see in the english dub.
Hopefully you enjoy The Silent Stranger. I personally hold it as one of my favorite movies. Even in itās current altered form I still enjoy it as a fun romp that has some enjoyable scenes. Also, I know I might get some flak for this, but I think it has a little more care put into it than the first two stranger movies, both in the story and the acting.
Just to update what my initial thoughts were, regarding āA Colt in the Hand of the Devilāā¦
It could be that the plot appeared to make no sense to me, simply because - I strongly suspect - so much was cut out of the version I watched, on the āMovies-4-Menā channel. The film did appear to be āall over the placeā with the editingā¦
I wouldnāt mind seeing a longer version of āColtā, if there is one availableā¦I check it out.
Cheers for thatā¦Iām sure I will, even though the version Iāve just bought, on DVD, from Germany, doesnāt appear to have the greatest picture quality in the Worldā¦ Iām just grateful that I now have a copy! Iāll let you know how I get on with watching itā¦
I strongly suspect that, I am going to get to the end of the film, having thoroughly enjoyed it, and wonder why āColosseoā doesnāt release a good, cleaned-up version, as it did with the first two āStrangerā filmsā¦?
Sure, here is Roberto Chiappa on the right in Occhio alla vedova (a.k.a. Inquietudine, 1975) from the director of Chrysanthemums for a Bunch of Swine Sergio Pastore
and as Gibbo (Anica) in Squadra Antiscippo (1976)
So, one of the many En Plein henchmen in this one. I havenāt checked Django and Sartana Are Comingā¦ Itās the End yet.
It must be noted that Custer Gail is always credited as Castrichella and not Castrighella. The first surname is not that uncommon in Lazio, the second extremely rare: so maybe his real name was Mario Castrichella as credited in this one and Amerigo another screen name just as in the case of director Tanio Boccia a.k.a. Amerigo Anton.
Havenāt seen this one yet. I didnāt like the first (but i love Blindman) so is it worth skipping or is it an improvement with itās seemingly bigger budget?
Iād recommend it, as it is indeed debatably better than the first.
Iāll give it a go then. Cheers mate 
I prefer the first film to the second film, so based on this you may prefer the second film
There are no significant differences in terms of budget. If you have the right expectations (itās not on the same level as Blindman), the movie is worth watching and enjoyable.
I like this one more than the first.
I like the first one slightly more, and Iāll admit itās mainly because of Frank Wolff hamming it up. AKA being a āfair manā!
Same for me. If Kinski would have starred in the second one as planned it would be probably my favorite but I donāt like Dan Vadis that much.
I think one of the major problems of the film is that itās clogged up with some unnecessarily long scenes of The Stranger wandering or following somebody. Specifically the scenes with Tony following Raf Baldassarre through the mexican town and the stage coach going around and around and around trying to run over Tony. All the while the same song playing on loop (not that I have a problem with Ciprianiās music, it just wasnāt used right in this instance). Iād really like to chop this movie up in a movie editor and see if I canāt get it to flow better.
I agree. The Stranger Returns was a pleasant surprise in my first watching. There is a clear āearly-Leoneā feeling from the beginning, also emphasized by the fine music by Stelvio Cipriani especially during the first half of the movie.
The somewhat lighthearted end would be my only complaint (except for another too long beating of the anti-hero) but the end was really funny so I accepted that. The Italian locations were familiar.
The Colosseo DVD I bought had a very fine image quality which strengthened my overall impression of this SW directed by Luigi Vanzi.
Overall The Stranger Returns IMO is a little bit better than A Stranger In Town, and I am already prepaired to rate it as very good, 7/10 reaching my own SW Top 30.
After watching it the 4th time in 2.5 months I like it even more now, rendering it a scarce 8/10 rating and a move upwards to rank 13 on my SW Top 50.
The music (Stelvio Cipriani ) sets the mood in the film with sometimes an obvious Leone/Morricone feeling and was very good and frequent, especially in the first half. Some music themes are repeated a lot, but there are some variation in melody, instruments etc. Also classic trumpet.
The flute theme in the beginning (and the rest there) is superb.
The story with its little twists maybe are also somewhat Leone-like as in the two first dollar films, including a hilarious dining scene with Raf Baldassarre.
The main villain played by Dan Vadis has a perfekt face for a bandit leader and was good overall. I think Tony Anthony as the antihero has some similarities with Clint Eastwood in the cool style, lean but a āweakerā face and slightly more of a ānice guyā.
The type of some ācool comedyā or little lightheartness here I accept.
8/10
5 My Name Is Nobody (Tonino Valerii)
6 The Big Gundown (Sergio Sollima)
7 Django Kill If You Live Shoot (Giulio Questi)
8 Cemetery Without Crosses (Robert Hossein)
9 Dead Men Ride/At The End Of The Rainbow/Anda Muchacho Spara (Aldo Florio)
10 Requiem For A Gringo/Duel In Eclipse (Eugenio MartĆn, JosĆ© Luis Merino)
11 Johnny Juma (Romolo Guerrieri)
12 Kill The Wicked/ God Does Not Pay On Saturday (Tanio Boccia)
13. The Stranger Returns/A Man, A Horse, A Gun (Luigi Vanzi)
7/10 (The two are very near 8/10)
14 Viva Django / Django, Prepare a Coffin (Ferdinando Baldi)
15 The Big Silence/The Great Silence (Sergio Corbuccio)
If Kinski had made the role of the villain as originally planned this might be my favorite Stranger film but Dan Vadis doesnāt have enough charisma like Frank Wolff had in the first one.
