''Johnny Yuma'' is an Italian Spaghetti Western directed by

Romolo Girolami Romolo Guerrieri, aka ''Romolo Girolami'' (born 5 December 1931) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 17 films between 1961 and 1992. Selected filmography ;Director * ''Ten Thousand Dollars for a Massacre'' (1966) * ''John ...

and starring

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, and

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Plot

Conniving wife (Neri) has her husband murdered and finds herself butting heads with his heir and nephew Johnny Yuma (Damon). The woman then enlists the assistance of her ex-lover (Dobkin) who is a professional gunslinger to kill Johnny. When she tries to double-cross the ex-lover, he and the heir team up and kill her bodyguards. The lover is killed but just before he dies, he sabotages her water supply. She flees across the desert but is found the next day having died of thirst.

Cast

as Johnny Yuma *

as Linus Jerome Carradine *

as Samantha Felton *

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(Louis Vanner) as Pedro *

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as Fidel Alvarez Cortese Sanchez Garcia *

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(Gus Harper) as Pitt *

Dada Gallotti Dada Gallotti (born 8 April 1935) is an Italian actress. Born in Milan as Alda Gallotti, she was one of the most active character actresses in the 1960s and 1970s. She appeared in several Spaghetti Western films under the pseudonym Diana Garso ...

as Flaminia Jandolo

Soundtrack

The film's score was composed by female Italian composer

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Release

''Johnny Yuma'' was released in 1966.

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* 1966 films 1966 Western (genre) films Italian Western (genre) films 1960s Italian-language films Spaghetti Western films Films directed by Romolo Guerrieri Films scored by Nora Orlandi 1960s Italian films {{1960s-Italy-film-stub