''A Coffin for the Sheriff '' ( it, Una bara per lo sceriffo) is a 1965

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Spaghetti Western film directed by

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and starring

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, George Rigaud and Armando Calvo.

Synopsis

A mysterious

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named Shenandoah arrives to the town of Richmond, which is in terror of the famous criminal Lupe Rojo. Rojo and his gang carry a rule of lawlessness, but the townspeople allow him and his gang to stop there after robberies out of fear, while the town sheriff is being paid by the Rojo and looks the other way. Shenandoah quickly falls in with the group of outlaws, but he has a hidden past: he is actually former

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Joe Logan and he is on a revenge mission, searching for the gang member who murdered his wife two years ago.

Cast

as Joe "Texas" Logan/Shenandoah *

as Russell Murder/Murdock/Banner *

as Lulu Belle * George Rigaud as Wilson * Armando Calvo as Lupe Rojo/Red Wolf *

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as Jerry Krueger *

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as Jane Wilson * Karl Hirenbach as Peter * Miguel Del Castillo as Sheriff Gallagher *

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as Old Man * Tomás Torres as Lupe/Wolf henchman * Miguel de la Riva as Lupe/Wolf henchman *

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as Lupe/Wolf henchman *

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as Lupe/Wolf Henchman * María Vico as Lupe's/Wolf's woman *

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as banker *

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as piano player *

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* Bob Johnson * Rafael Vaquero * Francisco Alacid * Antonio Orengo * Rafael Hernández * Rafael Ibáñez * Gonzalo Brano

In popular culture

Some parts of the soundtrack composed by

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are featured in the videogame ''

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''.

DVD release

Wild East released this on a limited edition R0 NTSC DVD alongside

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in 2014.

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Coffin For The Sheriff, A 1965 films 1960s Italian-language films Italian Western (genre) films Spaghetti Western films 1965 Western (genre) films Films directed by Mario Caiano Films scored by Francesco De Masi Films shot in Almería 1960s Italian films