Saturday, December 21, 2019

Fort Yuma Gold (1966)


Directed by Giorgio Ferroni
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(Blu-ray, Mill Creek)

In the waning days of the American Civil War, southerner Giuliano Gemma is released from a northern prison in order guide a troop to a fort and warn them of an impending attack. However, nothing is as it seems as everyone involved has ulterior motives. Along the trek to the fort he encounters the usual spaghetti western scenarios, including a long bar fight, a saloon girl he falls in love with, and being staked out in the sun with his eyes forced open. He survives it all and even manages to break up the plan to steal the gold at the fort. Entertaining if highly improbable, with Spain standing in nicely for the American west. The Morricone soundtrack is stolen from another film. 

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