KILL OR BE KILLED

Uccidi o muori – Italian title

L’uomo che ussise Ringo – Italian title

Ringo, draeb eller do! – Danish title

Ringo contre Johnny Colt – French title

Für eine Handvoll Blei – German title

Viva Ringo – Greek title

Ta dyo pistolia tou Vorra – Greek title

Ringo – döda eller dödas – Swedish title

Ringo Against Johnny Colt – English title

God Holds the Bullet – English title

Kill or Die – English title

Kill or be Killed – U.S.A. title

A 1966 Italian production [Regalfilm (Rome)]

Producer: Luigi Rovere

Director: Amerigo Anton (Camillo Boccia)

Story: Mario Amendola

Screenplay: Mario Amendola

Cinematography:Aldo Giordani [Technicolor, Techniscope]

Music: Carlo Rustichelli

Song: “I Must Go” sung by Cifiello (Enzo Cifiello)

Running time: 94 minutes

Cast:

Jerry/Johnny Colt/Johnny Ringo – Robert Mark (Roger Francke)

Linda/Lisa Drummont – Elina DeWitt

Ringo/Baltimore Joe – Gordon Mitchell (Charles Pendleton)

Sheriff – Andrea Bosic (Ignazio Bosic)

Chester Griffith – Albert Farley (Alberto Quaglini)

Petrack – Benjamin May (Beniamino Maggio)

Jonathan Griffith – Men Fury (Furio Meniconi)

Spott Griffith – Fabrizio Moroni

Steve Drummont – Tony Rogers

Granny – Mary Land

Doctor – Renato Terra (Renato Caizzi)

Deputy – Remo Capitani (Renato Capitani)

Cowboy – William Conroy

With: Amerigo Anton (Camillo Boccia), Mara Carisi, Antonio Fidone (Antonio Fidoni), Ivan Giovanni Scratuglia, Stelio Tanzini, Violetta Chiarini, Franco Dolbeck, Piero Fumeli (Pietro Fumelli), Roco Lerro, Mimmo Maggio, Antonio Pagano, Marco Alcide Pasquini, Virgilio Ponti, Franca Rosi

 

  In a small town in the American West, a deep resentment divides the Griffith family, headed by old Jonathan and their feud with the Drummont family. Then Ringo arrives, a gunman looking for redemption, disguised as a violin player. Ringo, is not even recognized by the sheriff, but immediately comes under attack by Spott Griffith, and reacts by killing him. Ringo happens to stop at the ranch of the Drumonts and meets Lisa, the only one who has the courage to stay alone with her grandmother and cousin Steve. The encounter turns to sympathy between the two, and Lisa tells him about the abuses suffered at the hands of the Griffiths. Meanwhile, Jonathan decided to take revenge, after a hired gunman, Baltimore, Joe, tries to kill Ringo. Chester the eldest Griffith son convinces Lisa to marry him, and then manages to severely injure Ringo in the course of an ambush. Ringo however, is saved and hidden by Old Petrack and helped by the sheriff who is now in possession of evidence against Griffith. Ringo intervenes in the course of the marriage between Chester and Lisa, and manages to kill all the Griffiths and their henchmen.