''Adiós gringo'' is a 1965 colour

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

film directed by

Giorgio Stegani Giorgio Stegani (13 October 1928 – 20 February 2020) was an Italian film and television writer, film director and second unit director. Stegani was best known for his western film The Western is a film genre defined by the American Film ...

. It 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'' ...

and was co produced between Italy, Spain and France. A major success in Italy, it was the 4th highest grossing Italian picture of the year.

Plot

Brett Landers, a cowboy, buys cattle from his friend Gil Clawson for his ranch but gets falsely accused of theft. In self-defense, he kills his accuser and faces a lynch mob. Escaping with his gun, Brett vows to return and find the real thief. On his journey, he encounters Lucy, a girl kidnapped and tortured during a stagecoach attack. Despite helping Lucy, Brett faces suspicion in the nearest town as the real culprits are still at large. Lucy identifies the thieves, including Gil Clawson. One of them, Avery Ranchester, is the son of influential Clayton Ranchester. The trio tries to silence Lucy, kidnapping Brett to stage an escape. Brett escapes, kills one bandit, and flees with Lucy. Back in town, Clayton Ranchester turns the crowd against Brett. With help from the sheriff and town doctor, Brett and Lucy escape, sparking a mountain manhunt. Lucy, forced to kill Gil, loses the only witness to clear Brett. Brett captures Avery, who still has stolen money. Lucy accuses Avery of her torment, leading to Brett's exoneration from cattle theft.

Cast

as Brent Landers * Evelyn Stewart as Lucy Tillson *

Nello Pazzafini Giovanni "Nello" Pazzafini (15 May 1933 – 9 January 1996) was an Italian actor who appeared in a very large number of Peplum film genre, Peplum movies, Spaghetti Westerns and Poliziotteschi. Life and career Born in Rome from parents originall ...

as Gil Clawson *

Pierre Cressoy Pierre Cressoy (born Pierre Jules Lazare Cresson; March 25, 1924 – October 31, 1980) was a French film actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor perfor ...

as Clayton Ranchester * Germano Longo as Stan Clevenger * Massimo Righi as Avery Ranchester *

Robert Camardiel Roberto Camardiel Escudero (29 November 1917 – 15 June 1989) was a Spanish theatre director and actor. He appeared in ''Culprits (film), Culpables'' and ''Bajo el cielo andaluz'' (1960), both directed by Arturo Ruiz Castillo, Arturo Ruiz-Casti ...

as Dr. Barfield * Francisco Brana as Ranchester cowboy * Osiride Peverello as Ranchester cowboy *

Jesús Puente Jesús Puente Alzaga (18 December 1930 – 26 October 2000) was a Spanish actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1957 to 2000. In 1954 he represented ''The Taming of the Shrew'' of William Shakespeare at the Teatre Grec. Select ...

as Sheriff Tex Slaughter * Monique Saint Claire as Maude Clevenger

Release

''Adiós gringo'' was released in 1965. On its domestic release in Italy, ''Adiós gringo'' was the fourth highest-grossing film of the year. Stuart Byron of '' Variety (magazine), Variety'' commented on the audience reaction to the film at a 22nd street grind house screening in New York who were laughing at the film more than enjoying it.

Reception

From contemporary reviews, Stuart Byron of '' Variety (magazine), Variety'' stated the film was the "perhaps the most implausible and contrived" of Italian Westerns. V. Bassoli in "L'Avvenire d'Italia" in February 1966 wrote that the director "had made the best of the elements he had at hand, creating a film perhaps a little harsh but full of emotions and findings, making thus a good use of Harry Whittington's novel".

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* 1965 films Italian Western (genre) films French Western (genre) films Spanish Western (genre) films Spaghetti Western films 1965 Western (genre) films 1960s Italian-language films Films scored by Benedetto Ghiglia 1960s Italian films 1960s French films Italian-language French films {{1960s-Western-film-stub