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(Redirected from Réquiem para el gringo) 1968 film by Eugenio Martín, José Luis Merino
Requiem for a Gringo
Directed byEugenio Martín
José Luis Merino
Written byEnrico Colombo
Giuliana Garavaglia
StarringLang Jeffries
CinematographyMario Pacheco
Edited byJosé Antonio Rojo
Music byAngelo Francesco Lavagnino
Production
companies
Hispamer Films
Prodimex Film
Distributed byVariety Distribution
Release dates
  • 23 August 1968 (1968-08-23) (Italy)
  • 28 April 1969 (1969-04-28) (Madrid)
Running time98 minutes
CountriesItaly
Spain
LanguagesItalian
Spanish

Requiem for a Gringo (Italian: Requiem per un gringo, Spanish: Réquiem para el gringo, also known as Duel in the Eclipse) is a 1968 Italian-Spanish Spaghetti Western film directed by Eugenio Martín and José Luis Merino and starring Lang Jeffries, Fernando Sancho and Femi Benussi. It is most known for the gore and psychedelic elements. It is the only western film of the Eurospy and peplum film genre star Lang Jeffries. The film is partially based on Masaki Kobayashi's film Harakiri.

Plot

Spaghetti western starring Lang Jeffries. A man with special knowledge of the heavens looks to avenge his brother's murder. He targets a gang of Mexican bandits who have occupied a hacienda and picks the day of an eclipse to bring his plan to fruition.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Marco Giusti (2007). Dizionario del western all'italiana. Mondadori, 2007. ISBN 978-8804572770.

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