Final Film: Django
Rewatch.
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My Name is Pecos
(Due once di piombo)
Maurizio Lucidi, 1966
Drama-oriented B-westerns with official directing credits to Leon Klimovsky are all very well, but revisiting Pecos was a good reminder of what make me enjoy this genre so much. The plot is nowhere as ambitious, but it’s an example - one of this genre’s very best of them - of how a very simple and basic plot can be executed very well for what it is, and the anti-imperialist subtext further elevates the ”lone hero vs bad guys occupying a town” premise (for which i’m a sucker anyway). It’s strangely enough often compared to The Return of Ringo, when Django would be a much more obvious source of inspiration (A lone hero returns to a nearly-deserted town to settle accounts with a bigoted American who murdered one or several loved ones out of pure spite against hispanics - even the same cemetery is used!). The performances are above average all round, Morton getting a special mention for his despicable over-the top personality. The low budget is obvious, but somehow the hand-wave that the town is being evacuated due to the outlaw emergency somehow raises the stakes a bit.
The opening scene is the most memorable moment, and sets the tone well. It loses a bit of it’s momentum midway, and there are some annoying cases of “idiot balls” (let me get this straight, Dr Burton, you tried, with your crippled hands, to disarm two armed outlaws!?) that lead to a somewhat exaggerated kill count which this kind of SW is prone to have, but has a satisfying conclusion (i frankly didn’t remember all twists and turns in the second half). It may not be one of the great spaghetti western, but as i’ve already stated, i’ts very rare to see someone take something seemingly generic and make it this entertaining.
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I love your sentiments about the movie. My Name Is Pecos is one of my favorite SW’s because it checks a lot of the boxes you mentioned. In particular, the anti-imperialistic message you brought up as well as Pecos’s revenge as a form of social justice are handled in a way that isn’t preachy or contrived. We want to see Clane and his henchman suffer as much as Pecos.
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Was able to find time to squeak in one more: Sonny and Jed.
First half brings up a lot of questions about character motives, but once Milian gets rolling, I just can’t help but let it all go and enjoy his consistently despicable over the top performance.
3.5/5
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- Hossein: The Taste of Violence
-Final film for the fest. Such a beautiful film, the last 20 minutes are just pure cinematic pleasure. 9/10
I also started Some Dollars for Django but after the first scene (and Steffen’s obligatory dive-and-shoot) it turns so tedious that I gave up. Enough for this year.
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And the summary for the spagvemberfest 2025:
- Pierotti: Heads or Tails 6/10
- Cardone: Kidnapping 4/10
- Bianchi: Buckaroo 3/10
- Brescia: Cry of Death a.k.a If One Is Born a Swine… Kill Him 4/10
- Fidani: Anything for a Friend 1/10
- Klimovsky: Rattler Kid 4/10
- Lizzani: Requiescant 6/10
- Martín: The Bounty Killer 7/10
- Mulargia: Go With God, Gringo 5/10
- Mendéz: White Comanche 2/10
- Lanfranchi: Death Sentence 7/10
- Petroni: Death Rides a Horse 8/10
- Vari: Degueyo 6/10
- Squitieri: Django Against Sartana 6/10
- Carnimeo: Have a Good Funeral, My Friend… Sartana Will Pay 7/10
- Corbucci: Companeros 9/10
- Tessari: Long Live Your Death 4/10
- Baldanello: Son of Zorro 4/10
- Tessari: Return of Ringo 8/10
- Baldi: Forgotten Pistolero 8/10
- Corbucci: Sonny & Jed 8/10
- Narzisi: Djurado 3/10
- Baldanello: Black Jack 7/10
- Corbucci: Hellbenders 7/10
- Hossein: The Taste of Violence 9/10
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As you posted your updated top 20 only a few hours ago, why is Pecos then not in it?
And now, with Spagvember over, isn’t it a now good time for all forumists to update all the older top 20 lists, especially if the last update happened already many years ago?
Or even better, if you couldn’t make up your mind yet, create your fist one?
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Hmm, my only contribution was Guns for San Sebastian, and that’s not even a real Spaggie.
Better than remembered, the ending still sucks, a solid film, maybe a 6/10 now.
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It’s in my Alternate Top 20. Did you check that one yet, Stanton 
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Yep, so you have over 20 films which are also favourites and even better. That’s good …
… and you like Boot Hill, very good.
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Lol. Thanks 
! It is sometimes a tough decision for me to pick my favorite Top 20 SW’s in way that factors in my opinion (e.g. Requiem for a Gringo; My Name is Pecos) of what the greatest Top 20 movies are as well as what are the obvious tried and true masterpieces that no one can argue against (e.g. TGTBATU; Once Upon a Time In the West). My Top 20 factors in my picks of the inarguably greatest SW’s. My Alternative Top 20 factors in my opinion more what I think are the greatest SW’s, sans the inarguably greatest from the first list 
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And the Crows Will Dig Your Grave (1971) (orig. Los buitres cavarán tu fosa) - Director: Juan Bosch - 7/10.
The Implacable Three (1963) (orig. Tres hombres buenos) - Director: Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent - 4/10.
Patience Has a Limit, We Don’t (1974) (orig. La pazienza ha un limite… noi no!) - Director: Franco Ciferri - 2/10.
Dig Your Grave Friend… Sabata’s Coming (1971) (orig. Abre tu fosa, amigo… llega Sábata) - Director: Juan Bosch - 4/10.
Go with God, Gringo (1966) (orig. Vayas con Dios, gringo) - Director: Edoardo Mulargia - 4/10.
$100,000 for Ringo (1965) (orig. Centomila dollari per Ringo) - Director: Alberto de Martino - 4/10.
Death on High Mountain (1968) (orig. La morte sull’alta collina) - Director: Fernando Cerchio - 5/10.
White Fang and the Gold Diggers (1975) (orig. La spacconata) - Director: Alfonso Brescia - 3/10.
God Will Forgive My Pistol (1966-1969) (orig. Dio perdoni la mia pistola) - Directors: Mario Gariazzo, Leopoldo Savona - 2/10.
Bullets Don’t Argue (1964) (orig. Le pistole non discutono) - Director: Mario Caiano - 4/10.
The best movie of the month: And the Crows Will Dig Your Grave (1971).
The worst movie of the month: Patience Has a Limit, We Don’t (1974).
The most positive surprise of the month: And the Crows Will Dig Your Grave (1971).
The biggest disappointment of the month: Bullets Don’t Argue (1964).
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SPAGVEMBER FEST 2025 Recap
Day 1: Sentenza di Morte (Death Sentence) (1968) - Mario Lanfranchi **** out of *****
Day 2: Gentleman Jo… Uccidi (Gentleman Killer) (1967) - Giorgio Stegani (as George Finley) **** out of *****
Day 3: Il Venditore di Morte (The Price of Death) (1971) - Enzo Gicca Palli (as Enzo Gicca) ***1/2 out of *****
Day 4: Una Bara per lo Sceriffo (A Coffin for the Sheriff) (1965) - Mario Caino (as Mario Cajano) **** out of *****
Day 5: Un Fiume di Dollari (The Hills Run Red/A River of Dollars) (1966) - Carlo Lizzani (as Lee W. Beaver) ***1/2 of *****
Day 6: C’e Sartana…Vendi Bara per un Pistola (Sartana’s Here…Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin) (1970) - Giuliano Carnimeo (as Antony Ascot) **** out of *****
Day 7: Shango, la Pistola Infallibile (Shango) (1970) - Edoardo Mulgargia (as Edward G. Muller) **** out of *****
Day 8: Per 100,000 Dollari to Ammazzo ($100,000 per Killing/Taste of Violence) (1967) - Giovanni Fago (as Sidney Lean) **** out of *****
Day 9: Ben & Charlie (Amico, Stammi Lontano Almeno un Palmo) (1972) - Michele Lupo ***1/2 out of *****
Day 10: Chiedi Perdono a Dio…Non a Me (May God Forgive You…I Won’t) (1968) - Vincenzo Musolino (as Glenn Vincent Davis) ****1/2 out of *****
Day 11: Le Gout de la Violence (The Taste of Violence (1961) - Robert Hossein ****1/2 out of *****
Day 12: Une Corde, un Colt (Cimitero Senza Croci/Cemetery Without Crosses/The Rope and the Colt) (1969) - Robert Hossein ***** out of *****
Day 13: Per un Pugno di Dollari (For a Fistful of Dollars) (1964) - Sergio Leone ***** out of *****
Day 14: Per il Gusto di Uccidere (For the Taste of Killing) (1966) - Tonino Valerii **** out of *****
Day 15: Due Once di Piombo (Il Mio Nome e Pecos/My Name is Pecos/Two Ounces of Lead) (1966) - Maurizio Lucidi ***** out of *****
Day 16: Pecos e Qui: Prega e Mouri (Pecos is Here: Pray and Die/Pecos Cleans Up) (1967) - Maurizio Lucidi **** out of *****
Day 17: Dove si Spara di Piu (The Fury of Johnny Kid) (1967) - Gianni Puccini ****1/2 out of *****
Day 18: Johnny Hamlet (Quella Sporca Storia nel West) (1968) - Enzo G. Castellari ***** out of *****
Day 19: Uno Dopo ;"Altro (One After Another) (1968) - Nick Nostro (as Nick Howard) **** out of *****
Day 20: I Lunghi Giorni della Vendetta (Long Days of Vengeance) (1967) - Florestano Vancini (as Stan Vance) ****1/2 out of *****
Day 21: Uomo Avvisato Mezzo Ammazzato… Parola di Spirito Santo (His Name Was Holy Ghost) (1972) - Giuliano Carnimeo (as Anthony Ascott) ***1/2 out of *****
Day 22: Il Momento si Uccidere (The Moment to Kill) (1968) - Giuliano Carnimeo (as Anthony Ascott) **** out of *****
Day 23: Django (1966) - Sergio COrbucci ***** out of *****
Day 24: Il Tempo degli Avvoltoi (Time of Vultures/Last of the Badmen) (1967) - Fernando Cicero (as Nando Cicero) ***1/2 out of *****
Day 25: Black Jack (1968) - Gianfranco Baldanello ****/12 out of *****
Day 26: La Morte Non Conta i Dollari (Death Doesn’t Count in Dollars/Death at Owell Rock) (1967) - Riccardo Freda (as George Lincoln) **** out of *****
Day 27: Una Pistola per Ringo (A Pistol for Ringo) (1965) - Duccio Tessari ***** out of *****
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No. 30 UNA DONNA CHIAMATA APACHE
I have finished this Spagvember with Super 8 reels (3 parts) of this ultra cheap and sleazy one. It seems to be inspired by SOLDIER BLUE but with zero budget and a script full of cliches. Anyway the score is nice and exploitation Fans should give this one a try.
Super 8 Version is about 51 minutes and a good summary.
4/10
Goodbye Spagvember 2025…it was a pleasure
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Great picks with The Price of Power and California, both really strong westerns. Haven’t seen the middle film but I recognize the lyrics. 
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1981 - Buddy Goes West
Ended with a comedy yesterday. This is one that I discovered around 15 years ago. Feels like I’ve grown up with it now.
Bud Spencer–everyone’s favorite misanthrope–is back playing Doc (not Buddy) who unwittingly becomes the town’s doctor when he winds up with a briefcase full of surgical paraphernalia. Along with his Native American sidekick, there’s more to fix in the town of Yucca than constipation and tooth aches–a ruthless gang is trying to steal people’s land, but their motives are cloaked in conspiracy.
Ennio Morricone scores his last feature-length western before taking a hiatus that would last nearly 35 years. While he’s spoofs his own hits 50% of the time, the maestro never fails to conjure some catchy tunes.
It has been fun riding the spaghetti trail with everyone again this year!!!
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Ok, but actually I’m not interested in an “objective” list, but which films one likes/enjoys the most. The idea of the top 20 (at least as I see it) is to name your 20 favourites, the 20 island films, the 20 Spags you would keep if you were only allowed to keep 20 for the rest of your life. The ones you rewatch the most, the ones you enjoy the most when you watch them.
Of course everyone can decide for himself how one compiles such a list, and a subjective factor is anyway in every “objective” list, but I would prefer it if you would name those 20 island films, and not the 20 you think that should be considered as the best.
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Es hat mir großen Spaß gemacht, die vielen interessanten Beiträge zu lesen. Für die Statistik noch meine Spaghetti Western Filme, die ich mir diesen November gegönnt habe:
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Friedhof ohne Kreuze (Une corde, un colt…) 9/10
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Stetson - Drei Halunken erster Klasse (Il bianco il giallo il nero) 5/10
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Vier Teufelskerle (Campa carogna… la taglia cresce) 7/10
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Leichen pflastern seinen Weg (Il grande silenzio) 10/10
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Tepepa (Tepepa… Viva la Revolucion) 7/10
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Der Tod zählt keine Dollar (La morte non conta i Dollari) 4/10
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Die fünf Gefürchteten (Un esercito di 5 uomini) 7/10
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Den Geiern zum Fraß (All’ultimo sangue) 7/10
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Halleluja …Amigo / Der Dicke in Mexiko (Si può fare… amigo) 7/10
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Il Nero - Hass war sein Gebet (L’odio è il mio Dio) 7/10
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Wanted - Für drei lumpige Dollar (Wanted) 6/10
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Von Angesicht zu Angesicht (Faccia a faccia) 8/10
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Schneller als 1000 Colts (Thompson 1880) 6/10
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Shangos letzter Kampf (Shango, la pistola infallibile) 5/10
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Django - Die Geier stehen Schlange (7 Dollari sul rosso) 5/10
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Lasst uns töten Companeros (Vamos a matar compañeros) 7/10
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The Stranger Returns - Western Jack (Un uomo, un cavallo, una pistola) 6/10
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Fahrt zur Hölle ihr Halunken (Gli Specialisti) 7/10
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Sie verkaufen den Tod (Una ragione per vivere e una per morire) 6/10
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Eine Faust geht nach Westen (Occhio alla penna) 6/10
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Die Troublemaker (Botte di Natale) 5/10
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Heute ich… Morgen du (Oggi a me… domani a te!) 9/10
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Lanky Fellow - Der einsame Rächer (Per il gusto di uccidere) 6/10
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Shamango (Gentleman Jo… uccidi) 4/10
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Fünf blutige Stricke (Joko invoca Dio… e muori) 6/10
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Take a look , its worth it (almost as good as the lyrics) 
Was a damned good ride with all of you through Spagvember 25 
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Gotcha. I assure you that both lists are deserted island lists 
