THE LAST RIDE TO SANTA CRUZ

Der letzte Ritt nach Santa Cruz – German title

La chevauchée vers Santa Cruz – French title

Ortiz le bandit – French title

I teleftaia efodos tis Santa Cruz – Greek title

La lunga strada della vendetta – Italian title

Ortiz il bandito – Italian title

El Sheriff implacable – Spanish title

The Last Ride to Santa Cruz – English title

A 1963 German, Austrian co-production [Magnet Film (Berlin), Wiener Stadthalle GmbH (Vienna)]

Producer: Heinz Pollak, Karl Spiehs

Director: Rolf Olsen

Story: Charles Sealsfield

Screenplay: Alex Berg (Herbert Reinecker)

Dialogue Otto Pischin [German], Herta Hareson [German]

Cinematography: Karl Löb [Eastmancolor, Ultrascope]

Music: Charly Niessen (Carl Niessen), Erwin Halletz

Running time: 95 minutes

Cast:

Rex Kelly – Edmund Purdom

Pedro Ortiz – Mario Adorf

Elisabeth ‘Liz’ Kelly – Marianne Koch

José – Klaus Kinski

Juanita – Marisa Mell

Woody Johnson – Walter Giller

Carlos – Thomas Fritsch

Fernando – Sieghardt Rupp

Steve Kelly – Florian Kühne

Sheriff Henry – Edmund Hashim

John – Rolf Olsen

Deputy Sheriff – Dan Barry (Joaquín Gómez)

With: Kurt Nachmann, Martin Urtel

  Pedro Ortiz has been sitting in prison for the past ten robbery of a gold shipment. After his release he wants to raise the previously hidden loot and exact revenge on the sheriff who put him in jail. For the job he frees his cellmates, some very nasty criminals, and they begin the bloody trail of revenge. He finds that ex-Sheriff Rex Kelly now works in a bank. Ortiz kidnaps Kelly’s wife and son and keeps them hostage in a Santa Cruz mountain hideout. Kelly pursues the outlaws and there he faces a showdown between the two mortal enemies.

YouTube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSHwGPUegzE