''3 colpi di Winchester per Ringo'' (''Three Graves for a Winchester'' or ''Three Bullets for Ringo)'' is a 1966

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Spaghetti Western film directed by Emimmo Salvi and shot in Totalscope. It is the first and only film collaboration between

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and

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. The two friends appeared together in

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's 1950s Las Vegas stage show, then traveled to Italy where they made

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films. It was the first Western for Gordon Mitchell.

Plot

Ringo, Frank and their

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Tom are hired by Walton, a gunrunner to rescue Jane Walcom, his daughter from a band of Mexicans he did business with. Shooting their way through the mob, the rescue is a success, but Ringo and Frank's friendship is ruined when Jane marries Ringo. The two do not meet again until after the end of the

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. Ringo has become the town sheriff and the father of a son. Frank returns to his hometown as a leader of a band of Confederate Guerrillas and outlaws. Frank obtains both wealth and revenge by hiring himself out to town boss Daniels who pays Frank to terrorize the town in order to obtain ranches from reluctant owners as well as murdering Ringo's mother and kidnapping Jane.

Cast

as Ringo Carson *

as Frank Sanders *

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as Jane Carson née Walcom * Spartaco Conversi as Tom (credited as Spean Convery) *

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as Daniels (credited as John Heston) *

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as Walcom (credited as Mike Moore) * as Mother Carson

Production

Filming was in areas near Almeria, Spain and in Rome.

References

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* {{IMDb title, id 0058861=, title =Three Graves for a Winchester 1966 films 1960s Italian-language films Spaghetti Western films 1966 Western (genre) films 1960s Italian films