Johnny Oro [Ringo and His Golden Gun] ** (1966, Mark Damon, Valeria Fabrizi, Ettore Manni, Franco De Rosa) – Classic Movie Review 10,851

‘Nothing mattered to him but gold, gold and more gold! That was the man called RINGO! ‘

Director Sergio Corbucci’s routine, violent 1966 spaghetti Western film Ringo and His Golden Pistol [Johnny Oro] stars Mark Damon, Valeria Fabrizi as Margie, Ettore Manni as Sheriff Bill Norton and Franco De Rosa as Juanito Perez.

Mark Damon stars as gold-obsessed bounty-hunter Johnny Oro or Johnny Ringo, who battles the remaining brother of a family he has wiped out, when the wronged Mexican bandit Juanito Perez joins forces with a band of renegade Apaches to seek his revenge.

Corbucci’s film is not on the level of his Django, The Great Silence, and Compañeros but, still, it shows some hints of style, not least in Riccardo Pallottini’s Eastmancolor cinematography and particularly Carlo Savina’s score. An unlikely revenge tale told at a quick lick in a short runtime of 87 minutes, with the usual grandiose style and tongue firmly in cheek.

Also in the cast are Giulia Rubini, Andrea Aureli, Pippo Starnazza, Nino Vingelli, John Bartha and Vittorio Bonos.

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