''Seven Guns for the MacGregors'' ( it, Sette pistole per i MacGregor) is a

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1966 Spaghetti Western. It is the directorial debut film of

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(here credited as Frank Garfield), who was Sergio Leone's assistant in ''

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''. The film gained a great commercial success and generated an immediate sequel, ''

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'' (1967), again directed by Giraldi,Hughes, p.106

Plot

The MacGregors, horse ranchers of Scottish descent, are underway to the market when they are robbed of their horses by a gang under the helm of a corrupt sheriff. One of the brothers infiltrates the gang but his first attempt tries to play them backfires.

Cast

* Robert Woods as Gregor MacGregor *

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as Miguel * Agata Flori as Rosita Carson *

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as Peter MacGregor *

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as Kenneth MacGregor * Leo Anchóriz as Santillana *

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as Perla * George Rigaud as Alastair MacGregor *

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as David MacGregor *

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as Dick MacGregor (credited as Cole Kitosch) * Julio Pérez Tabernero as Mark MacGregor * Cris Huerta as Crawford *

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as Justice Garland *

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as Trevor

Release

''Seven Guns for the MacGregors'' was released ins 1966. It was distributed by U.N.I.D.I.S. in Italy. The film was followed by the sequel ''

'' featuring overlapping plot and character similarities.

Reception

In contemporary reviews, from "Japa." of ''

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'' found the film to have a "predictable but fast moving plotline" noting that the "offbeat flavor of having the Scottish MacGregor clan living in the rough in 19th century Texas gives this Italian western an added zing., helping overcome simplistic scripting and pedestrian direction." and that the film "avoids pitfalls of many overblown Italo-made westerns which tend to become over philosophical and dramatic in their approach to violence and love in the old west." A review in the ''

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'' noted that the films "colour is so variable and that the script plays it straight around the middle, where the blood-letting makes an uneasy contrast with the tongue-incheek bravado of the earlier scenes."

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* * 1968 films Italian Western (genre) films Spaghetti Western films Films directed by Franco Giraldi 1968 Western (genre) films Films scored by Ennio Morricone Films shot in Almería 1968 directorial debut films 1960s Italian films {{1960s-Western-film-stub