One scene around 1.16 h into my DVD (1.34 h long) when there is a riding scene up on a path in a stony area along a rocky mountain obviously is shot at the same location as a similar scene 1.19 h into Pecos Cleans Up.
And it therefore seems likely that both scenes were shot in Italy (if not both in Yugoslavia. And if the Pistoleros scene might be borrowed from another movie I have no opinion on, if not maybe there are other Italian scenes also?)
Anyhow, Pistoleros/Ballad Of A Gunman met my expectations well the first watching. I agree though with the complaints regarding the very long (4 minutes ?) boring fist fight/ballroom brawl.
Otherwise it appears to be a solid SW, where Ghidra is good as always but also the other antihero was well played by Angelo Infanti.
The borrowing from Fistful Of Dollars (the mule’s disapproval of…) and some plot themes from For A Few Dollars More didn’t disturb me.
I liked the not so surprising ending.
The music by Marcello Giombini is really very good and versatile, but you can recognise some themes that are partly similiar in a few other SWs where he was the composer.
My rating is 7/10, now good for rank 40 on my SW Top list. Maybe it will climb some steps after more watchings, even if the competition is tough nowadays…
38 A Gun For 100 Graves/Pistol For A Hundred Coffins (Umberto Lenzi) music Angelo Lavagnino 1968
39 Fury Of Johnny Kid/Ride For A Massacre (Gianni Puccini) 1967
40 Pistoleros/Ballad Of A Gunman (Alfio Caltabiano) music Marcello Giombini 1967
41 One After Another/Day After Tomorrow (Nick Nostro) 1968 music Fred Bongusto, Berto Pisano
42. Hate Thy Neighbor (Ferdinando Baldi) 1968