Like some have said above, I expected this one to be worse than it actually is based on previous reports. Having said that it is pale in comparison with The Mercenary or Companeros and does include some unfortunate comedy elements which are misplaced, even in a light hearted episodic story like this.
I thought both lead actors were perfectly fine in their parts and the fact that neither seemed at home in the western setting fitted their characters in truth. They are outsiders and it is fitting that they seem so out of place. I did feel that the pace of the film was too constantly hectic though and this, of course, is down to Corbucci. The most inconsistent of the 3 Sergios. It’s a comedy for the most part for sure but it still needed to have some light and shade, some moments of calm to break up the action and constant jabbering of the panicking protagonists. As is stands it becomes exhausting and some good scenes lose their impact.
So, not Corbucci’s worst by a long shot but far from his great works and in many ways the least ‘western’ of all his westerns.