''Desafío en Río Bravo''/''Gunmen of the Rio Grande'' (, is a 1964

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance languag ...

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and French

international co-production A co-production is a joint venture A joint venture (JV) is a business entity created by two or more parties, generally characterized by shared ownership, shared returns and risks, and shared governance. Companies typically pursue joint vent ...

Spaghetti Western The spaghetti Western is a broad subgenre of Western films produced in Europe. It emerged in the mid-1960s in the wake of Sergio Leone's filmmaking style and international box-office success. The term was used by foreign critics because most o ...

film directed by

Tulio Demicheli Tulio Demicheli (born August 15, 1914, Buenos Aires, Argentina - d. May 25, 1992, Madrid, Spain) was an Argentine born Spanish film director, screenwriter and film producer notable for his work during the classical era of Argentine cinema. ...

. Filmed at Almería, Spain and shot in

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, it stars Guy Madison as

Wyatt Earp Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp (March 19, 1848 – January 13, 1929) was an American lawman in the American West, including Dodge City, Kansas, Dodge City, Wichita, Kansas, Wichita, and Tombstone, Arizona, Tombstone. Earp was involved in the gunfight ...

in his first leading spaghetti western role.p. 168 Rainey, Buck ''Western Gunslingers in Fact and on Film: Hollywood's Famous Lawmen and Outlaws'' McFarland, 1 Jan 1998

Plot

Saloon keeper Jennie Lee is fed up with Zack "The Snake" Williams trying to take over Clementine Hewitt's silver mine. She contacts her friend

to bring justice to the

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Cast

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* 1964 films 1964 Western (genre) films Spaghetti Western films Italian Western (genre) films French Western (genre) films Spanish Western (genre) films 1960s Italian-language films Cultural depictions of Wyatt Earp Films shot in Almería Films scored by Angelo Francesco Lavagnino 1960s Italian films 1960s French films Italian-language Western (genre) films Italian-language Spanish films {{1960s-Italy-film-stub