''Django Defies Sartana'' (Italian: Django sfida Santana) is a 1970 Italian Spaghetti Western directed by

Pasquale Squitieri Pasquale Squitieri (27 November 1938 – 18 February 2017) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Life and career Born in Naples, Squitieri graduated in law, then was briefly involved in stage, as author ("''La battaglia''") and even a ...

(as William Redford). The film is also known as ''Django Against Sartana''. or ''Django Challenges Sartana''.

Plot

Django is looking for the murderer of his brother Steve, that he has found hanged near Tombstone. Django first believes Sartana, a rival bounty hunter, is the murderer and goes after him. However, after a fight, Django understands that he was wrong and both men decide to find the real culprit together.

Cast

George Ardisson Giorgio Ardisson, best known as George Ardisson (31 December 1931 – 11 December 2014), was an Italian actor. Life and career Born in Turin, Ardisson debuted in a minor role in Mauro Bolognini's 1959 film ''Arrangiatevi!''. After several s ...

Sartana ''Sartana'' is a series of Spaghetti Western films which follows the adventures of the title character, a gunfighter and gambler who uses mechanical gadgets and seemingly supernatural powers to trick his rivals. The series features five official ...

* Tony Kendall as Django

Production

The film is not an official part of either the '' Django'' or ''

'' series and along with

Demofilo Fidani Demofilo Fidani (born 8 February 1914 on a steamship bound for Cagliari; died 4 April 1994) was an Italian film director (24 films), set designer (more than 200 films), painter, and a regarded spiritual medium, medium and author. As director, Fi ...

's ''

One Damned Day at Dawn… Django Meets Sartana! ''One Damned Day at Dawn… Django Meets Sartana!'' ( it, Quel maledetto giorno d'inverno... Django e Sartana all'ultimo sangue, "''That Cursed Winter Day: Django and Sartana to the Death"'') is a 1970 Spaghetti Western directed by Demofilo Fidan ...

'' and '' Django and Sartana Are Coming... It's the End,'' was among three of the ''Django and Sartana'' films released in 1970.

Reception

An Italian contemporary review states that this is "a mediocre film, based upon characters, situations and developments more than predictable." A retrospective review on the Spaghetti Western Database finds the film "lame" and states that "As so often" (with Spaghetti Western films) the music (here composed by

Piero Umiliani Piero Umiliani (17 July 1926 – 14 February 2001) was an Italian composer of film scores. Biography Umiliani was born in Florence, Tuscany. Like many of his Italian colleagues at that time, he composed the scores for many exploitation fil ...

) "is the best part to remember."

References

External links

* * * * {{Sartana 1970 films Spaghetti Western films 1970 Western (genre) films Films directed by Pasquale Squitieri Django films 1970s Italian-language films 1970s Italian films Films scored by Piero Umiliani Sartana films