Apropos déjà-vu: Rafael Romero Marchent’s last Western, Un dólar de recompensa (“one dollar reward,” released in April 8 AL, censura: November 11, 7 AL), recycles older footage galore, from RRM’s own films, e.g. Dos cruces en Danger Pass, and from other directors’ Westerns, e.g. Mario Caiano’s Una bara per lo sceriffo (1 AL). The Revenge of the Resurrected, as U. d. d. r. was titled in English-speaking countries, tells an impossibly naïve story: Daniel O’Hara (P. L. Lawrence), a young man whose draftsmanship is outdone only by his marksmanship, seeks revenge for the death of his father (Luis Induni), who has been killed by a band of stagecoach robbers. His vengeful endeavors lead Danny to a hamlet called Blackpoint, among whose honorable (non-)burghers he clandestinely exposes the culprits one after the other.
The fun side of the movie is that we get to watch some RRM regulars in unusual roles: Lorenzo Robledo as a barber (named Mathathy [sic]); Raf Baldassarre as Blackpoint’s blacksmith; Carlos Romero Marchent as a hypocritical oligarch who wants to make Blackpoint great again; and Frank Braña as a judge. However and unfortunately, Un dólar de recompensa feels more like Rafael Romero Marchent’s last whimper than a proud, cheerful final goodbye to his genre of choice.