''Ringo and His Golden Pistol'' ( it, Johnny Oro) is a 1966 Italian

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 film-making style and international box-office success. The term was used by foreign critics because most o ...

film directed by

Sergio Corbucci Sergio Corbucci (; 6 December 1926 – 1 December 1990) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and producer. He directed both very violent Spaghetti Westerns and bloodless Bud Spencer and Terence Hill action comedies. He is the older bro ...

and starring

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Synopsis

Renamed to cash in on the success of

Duccio Tessari Duccio Tessari (11 October 1926 – 6 September 1994) was an Italian director, screenwriter and actor, considered one of the fathers of Spaghetti Westerns. Born in Genoa, Tessari started in the fifties as documentarist and as screenwriter of pe ...

’s Ringo movies, ''Ringo and His Golden Pistol'' focuses on bounty hunter Johnny Oro/Ringo who sees killing as purely business; in fact he will not draw his solid gold pistol unless he can profit from it and this gets him into trouble. He lets Juanito Perez live because there is nothing to gain from killing a man without a price on his head, unlike his brothers, who "Ringo" does kill. Perez swears revenge and faces off with "Ringo". Juanito has formed an alliance with the local Indian chief and is now prepared for an all-out war against the peaceful town and sheriff that are protecting "Ringo".

Cast

as Jonathan Tomadaro Jefferson Gonzales ("Johnny Oro"/"

Johnny Ringo John Peters Ringo (May 3, 1850 – July 13, 1882), known as Johnny Ringo, was an American Old West outlaw loosely associated with the Cochise County Cowboys in frontier boomtown Tombstone, Arizona Territory. He took part in the Mason County ...

") *

Valeria Fabrizi Valeria Fabrizi (born 20 October 1936) is an Italian actress, singer and television personality. Life and career Born in Verona, in 1936 Fabrizi made her acting debut in the revue ''Campione senza valore''. The same year, she had her first lead ...

as Margie *

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(as Franco Derosa) as Juanito Perez *

Ettore Manni Ettore Manni (6 May 1927 – 27 July 1979) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1952 and 1979. Life and career Born in Rome, Manni debuted as an actor in 1952, when in spite of his acting inexperience he wa ...

as Sheriff Bill Norton *

Giulia Rubini Giulia Rubini (born 2 June 1935) is an Italian actress. She appeared in 35 films between 1953 and 1968. She starred in the film '' The Window to Luna Park'', which was entered into the 7th Berlin International Film Festival. Selected filmography ...

as Jane Norton * Loris Loddi as Stan Norton *

Andrea Aureli Andrea Aureli (5 March 1923 – 5 November 2007) was an Italian actor. Life and career Born in Terni, Aureli graduated from the Liceo classico in his hometown, then he enrolled the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome, graduating in ...

as Gilmore *

Pippo Starnazza Pippo Starnazza (16 April 1909 – 16 July 1975) was an Italian jazz singer and actor. Born Luigi Redaelli in Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous ci ...

as Matt *

John Bartha János Bartha (6 February 1915 – 1991), better known as John Bartha, was a Hungarian film actor who appeared primarily in Spaghetti Westerns in the 1960s and 1970s. He is probably most recognizable in western cinema for his role as the Sheriff ...

as Alcalde Benal * Vittorio Bonos (as Vittorio Williams Bonos) as Slim Anderson * Silvana Bacci as Manuela Rodriguez *

Giovanni Cianfriglia Giovanni Cianfriglia (born 5 April 1935) is an Italian film actor. He has appeared in more than 100 films since 1958. Born in Anzio, Cianfriglia debuted as the body double of Steve Reeves in ''Hercules'', then he started appearing, often unc ...

as Sebastian *

Lucio De Santis Lucio De Santis (16 November 1922 - 23 August 2006) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than twenty films from 1953 to 1970. De Santis was married to fellow actress Dina De Santis. Filmography References External links * 1922 ...

as Carlos Perez *

Ferdinando Poggi Ferdinando Poggi, often credited as Nando Poggi, was an Italian born actor active between 1958 and 1985. Best known for his role as Castor in the 1963 film '' Jason and the Argonauts'', he also acted in and was stunt coordinator for '' Clash of ...

as Paco Perez

Release

''Johnny Oro'' was released in Italy on 15 July 1966.

References

External links

* Spaghetti Western films Films directed by Sergio Corbucci Films scored by Carlo Savina 1966 films 1966 Western (genre) films 1960s Italian films {{1960s-Italy-film-stub