''The Return of Ringo'' ( it, Il ritorno di Ringo) is a 1965
Italian
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Spaghetti Western
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film directed by
Duccio Tessari
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and the sequel to the earlier film ''
A Pistol for Ringo
''A Pistol for Ringo'' ( it, Una pistola per Ringo) is a 1965 Spaghetti Western, a joint Italian and Spanish production. Originally written and directed by Duccio Tessari, the film's success led to a sequel, ''The Return of Ringo'', later that y ...
''.
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Like its predecessor, the film features a score composed by Ennio Morricone
Ennio Morricone (; 10 November 19286 July 2020) was an Italian composer, orchestrator, conductor, and trumpeter who wrote music in a wide range of styles. With more than 400 scores for cinema and television, as well as more than 100 classica ...
and stars Giuliano Gemma
Giuliano Gemma (2 September 1938 – 1 October 2013) was an Italian actor. He is best known internationally for his work in Spaghetti Westerns, particularly for his performances as the title character in Duccio Tessari's ''A Pistol for Ringo'' (1 ...
(billed as 'Montgomery Wood') alongside Fernando Sancho
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Biography
He was born in Zaragoza, in Aragon, Spain on 7 January 1916 and died at Hospital Militar Gómez Ulla in Madrid on 31 July 1990 from a liver failure during o ...
, Nieves Navarro
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, George Martin
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, Antonio Casas
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, and Hally Hammond. The film's story is a loose retelling of Homer
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's ''Odyssey
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'' and is not a continuation of the plot of the previous ''Ringo'' film.
Cast
Music
All music by Ennio Morricone
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.
# "Il ritorno di Ringo – Main Titles" – 2:16 (Lyrics and vocals by Maurizio Graf)
# "The Disguise" – 2:23
# "Mariachi #1" – 1:51
# "Violence" – 5:54
# "Sheriff Carson" – 1:20
# "The Fuentes" – 1:08
# "Mariachi #2" – 2:03
# "Main Titles Instrumental" – 1:26
# "Barnaba's Bamba" – 2:34
# "The Wedding and The Revenge" – 1:28
# "The Funeral" – 2:03
# "Peace Comes Back in Mimbres" – 2:20
Release
''The Return of Ringo'' was released in December 1965 in Italy. The film was the third highest-grossing film in Italy in 1965 behind ''For a Few Dollars More
''For a Few Dollars More'' ( it, Per qualche dollaro in più) is a 1965 Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone. It stars Clint Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef as bounty hunters and Gian Maria Volonté as the primary villain. German actor K ...
'' and ''A Pistol for Ringo
''A Pistol for Ringo'' ( it, Una pistola per Ringo) is a 1965 Spaghetti Western, a joint Italian and Spanish production. Originally written and directed by Duccio Tessari, the film's success led to a sequel, ''The Return of Ringo'', later that y ...
''.
Reception
From contemporary reviews, the ''Monthly Film Bulletin
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'' that the film's story is "treated with an imagination unequaled in other Italian Westerns." The review continued that "what makes the film more than merely clever is the handing of its theme: as in the second half of ''The Odyssey'', the hero-treated by all as dead-has to rediscover his identity." The review during the film's climax and ending "Tessari shiningly confirms his sense of the poetic." "Hawk." of ''Variety
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'' described the film as "fair-to-middlin'" noting the cliches the film had, but that Tessari "keeps things lively, alternating action alternating action and humor" while noting the violence in the film "bordered on sadism." "Hawk." found the film to be superior to ''A Pistol for Ringo
''A Pistol for Ringo'' ( it, Una pistola per Ringo) is a 1965 Spaghetti Western, a joint Italian and Spanish production. Originally written and directed by Duccio Tessari, the film's success led to a sequel, ''The Return of Ringo'', later that y ...
''.
References
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1965 films
Spaghetti Western films
1965 Western (genre) films
1960s Italian-language films
Films directed by Duccio Tessari
Films scored by Ennio Morricone
Italian sequel films
Films shot in Almería
Films based on the Odyssey
Modern adaptations of the Odyssey
1960s Italian films