WHAT?!? 
That’s surely a blocking offence. Where are those damn moderators when you need them most?
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Well made in all departments, a great Morricone score, my only problem with this one is that I don’t particularly like it. I probably fall into the “most cynical” category mentioned in your (excellent) review. 
Alex Cox called the film “boring.” I personally think it’s almost perfect. It has a good story, a nice soundtrack and plenty of action. The actors were really good, too. Brian Kelly really suited the role. It’s a pity he didn’t make more spaghetti westerns. This one gets a 4/5 rating from me!
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Yet he thinks And God Said to Cain isn’t? Please.
Me too!
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A strange thing, the two films have exactly the same rating in my exel sheeet, even with two decimals, shearing the 145th place…
In the english audio version the movie starts with an excerpt from a Wyatt Earp interview done in 1929, where he talks about the baddest gunslinger he ever met, which was a man called Chad Stark who carried around a bull whip.
Here is a link to this version where the full excerpt can be found SPAGHETTI WESTERN Shoot, Gringo... Shoot! (1968) Brian Kelly, Keenan Wynn and Erika Blanc - YouTube
This makes the movie even better for me!
I just watched Shoot, Gringo … Shoot! / The Longest Hunt on Youtube with Italian audio and English subtitles. I will probably also rate it 6/10 and just outside my SW Top 50.
Nice mostly Almerian locations, direction and well played.
I feel the characters and the movie as a whole have some more “colour” in this film than in some of the director’s brother’s SWs.
The main music theme in the beginning by Romitelli was good and had a touch of ressemblance of his beautiful main music theme for God’s Gun that probably was the only strength of that SW IMO.
The biggest flaws probably were (as usually) the tiresome saloon fight and a slightly boring desert scene. Otherwise it was entertaining IMO.
If there will be an official DVD/Bluray with English audio I might by a copy even if I primarily strive for at least 7/10 rated SWs.
Shoot Gringo Shoot has been updated to the new layout (3.0). Let us know if you can add anything: pictures, posters, trivia, facts, figures, links, etc…
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Would be great if we could locate a hi res poster (or more than just one) that looks less photographed
This one has now been updated with A NEW POLL to vote on at the top of the page under the original post. Please find it and share your rating with the community.
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Liked this one a lot more this time around. Remember thinking it was very average. Not anymore. 4/5 for me.
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That Longest Hunt You Tube link was very interesting.
The opening scroll with the fictional Wyatt Earp quote lasts 1m24s and replaces the opening scene in the prison (in the Koch media print which has German credits). The Longest Hunt cuts in on Stark running after he has escaped from the prison.
Longest Hunt runs 88m (not sure if Pal or NTSC) whereas the Koch DVD is 91m PAL so either 3m or 7m longer.
The Longest Hunt was the UK cinema title.
The Longest Hunt print on You Tube has a long closing cast credits roll missing from the Koch German Print on the DVD (which has the end music playing over a black background). Many of the names are Anglicised. Below are the cast credits for those mentioned in the English opening credits.
Many of the crew names are Anglicised as well with a different Anglicised director credit.
This was the version released in the UK in 1972 (I checked the MFB). It bears a 1971 copywrite and at 89m its about 7m shorter than the Koch DVD adjusted for Pal/NTSC. There is the extra opening Wyatt Earp scroll of 1m24s so that means about 9m has been cut of which about 1-2m is the jail break sequence at the beginning. I haven’t checked to see what else is cut but the film is quite episodic and easy to snip.
Chad Stark (Brian Kelly). Major Charlie (Keenan Wynn), Sally (Erica Blank), Fidel (Fred Munroe), Don Hernando (Folco Lulli), Dona Sol (Virginia Field), York (Ronald Auston), Mr Londonberry (Duane Rowland), Davy (Charles Webber). (NB: these are the only names in the opening credits which have all been redone in a new format - Ladani style).
St/Sc - Dean Whitcomb, Music: Richard Ira Silver; DoP: Carl Chan; Prod: William Sachs; D: Billy Michaels