

Renowned gunman Richard Martin is traveling on a train, held up by Billy Kane, a former student of Martin's. Kane spares Martin, but only after shooting his hands. Years later, Martin meets an escaped convict, wrongly convicted for the train robbery. Martin trains his new student and both men seek out Billy Kane.
Direction
Dallamano's camera worships suffering faces like religious paintings.
Cinematography
Sweat, dust, and blood look almost edible in Techniscope.

Director
Massimo Dallamano
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Enrico Maria Salerno was a major Italian stage actor who hated westerns; he reportedly took this role only because he needed money for theatre debts.
This was Dallamano's directorial debut after serving as cinematographer on A Fistful of Dollars — notice how he lights faces like Eastwood's, but lets them actually show pain.
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