Mark Damon and Rosalba Neri, who also appeared together the following year in the horror movie Il plenilunio delle vergini (The Devil’s Wedding Night), star in this amusing western film, originally titled Monta in sella!! Figlio di…. Damon plays one of two bickering brothers (Stelvio Rosi is the other) who recruits a poker player (Neri) and her uncle (Alfredo Mayo) to help him free his brother from jail, where he awaits hanging for robbery, which they do by cracking a bank. The foursome later is recruited by a blind man to go after a treasure hidden in the fortress of a Mexican warlord (Giancarlo Badessi). Fun interactions among the characters, good action sequences, and a nicely structured heist plot make for an entertaining movie.
Recommended. Otto finds this one pleasing enough to relax.
Movie 291 for 2021.
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