Opened my ‘Blood Money’ box-set last night, and watched ‘Vengeance is Mine’ (1967) for the first time.
I thoroughly enjoyed it, even more so than Garko and Camaso’s other offering, ‘$10,000 Blood Money’, which is also excellent, but in a different way.
‘Vengeance’ features another haunting and most beautiful music score by Nora Orlandi, superb acting from the cast, dream-sequences, vengeance, retaliation, family loyalty/betrayal, loss, brutality, and moments of regret. Not to mention a dazzling display of SW regulars such as Fernando Sancho and Piero Lulli popping along to spice up the tense proceedings.
The story, brother against brother, may have been done before, but seldom with so much verve and style.
I have to admit to not being a particular fan of Claudio Camaso (Volonte); but, in this he excels, as does Gianni Garko. Here, we have two tortured souls who each have their own way of dealing with the unlucky poker hand that they have both been dealt in life…a hand of misfortune that has set them on opposing sides, and destinies that can only result in the inevitable conclusion of brother against brother.
In a warped SW kind of way, it is a ‘Family’ film, because it deals with the ultimate in a fractured, emaciated house-hold that is torn apart by truth and inevitable tragedy, and thereby starved of life and purpose.
As other reviewers have commented: It is ‘Cain and Abel’ tale set in the arid deserts of Almeria.
Note: When viewing ‘Vengeance’, I opted for the Italian audio, with English subtitles. It seemed preferable to the English dub. Sometimes, the Italian audio makes all the difference in the world…one only has to hearken back to the atrocious English dub for Corbucci’s ‘Django’… 
I was very surprised by just how good this SW fable was; and, for a first-time viewing, it was a very memorable one. Next time, very soon, I’ll be watching it with an audio commentary.
Very pleasantly surprised with this shining diamond in the rough…
A resounding and hearty thumbs up from me. 
If you haven’t watched this yet, then please do…a tale of woe that could have been written by the Bard himself.