Just watched it and it was awesome 
The soundtrack is a banger, actors were cool (Horst Frank evil and cunning again 
) and the pace of the film was good, and didnât feel slow or anything, at least in my opinion.
I liked that the film had unique scenes, like the traveling theater (especially the guy who was doing cartwheels) and the cemetery in the cave was very cool and eerie in its own way.
I also loved the relationship between Johnny (Andrea Giordana) and Horace (Gilbert Roland). Horace was more of an uncle to Johnny than Claude (Frank Hurst) ever was 
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Just watched this for the first time. Interestingly the last SW I watched was The Forgotten Pistolero (a much better film IMHO) which had a very similar storyline - son avenging his father who was killed by his Motherâs new lover.
Cinematography was good. However, as others have commented there were far too may fist fights with overly theatrical diving. Story started slow and dragged for me, though it did pick up in last 30 mins. Version I watched was 95 mins total.
Overall a little disappointing especially as I really enjoyed Keoma.
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It definitely hurts the film, and keeps it from being in my Top 20.
Horst Frank ?
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âJohnny Hamletâ premiered in the United States at the Majestic and Laurel Theatres, San Antonio on May 5 1972. It was re-released as âThe Wild and the Dirtyâ (a title almost as bad as the Italian one) in Arkansas on April 6 1979.
Sources below: (1) (San Antonio Light, May 4, 1972) (2) (Wichita Falls Times, June 11, 1972) (3) (Southwest Times Record [Fort Smith, AR], April 6, 1979)
In Canada it was first screened in Montreal as âDjango porte sa croixâ in late August 1973 as part of a triple feature including âUn homme nommĂŠ Apocalypse Joeâ. It opened as âJohnny Hamletâ in Toronto in mid-October 1973.
Source below: (Le Nouvelliste [Trois-Rivières], December 27, 1973)
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I don´t know the relevance here, but (some of ) it sounded like De Masi from Sartana Never Forgives/Sonora - this theme https://youtu.be/LQrsqjO5yHg?t=186 - NO that theme IS from Johnny Hamlet ! and googling ââVillage of Santanaâ is a 4:11 track by Australian 10-piece band The Counterfeit, featured on their 2023 album 14 Killer Bullets from the Spaghetti West, Vol. 2. This reimagined Spaghetti Western soundtrack, composed by Francesco De Masi, is part of a collection that blends classic 1960s/70s film scores with a 10-piece ensemble approach.â
Ok I thought it was from Johnny Hamlet, but maybe that is wrong?
Yes this version is by the band The Counterfeit.
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So I remembered wrong.
I still believe also that De Masi sometimes recycled some little themes between different SWs.
No worries.