SUNSCORCHED

Tierra de fuego – Spanish title

Jessy non perdona uccide – Italian title
Vergeltung in Catano – German title
Land des feurs – French title
Jessy Does Not Forgive… He Kills – English title
Blazing Sun – English title
Land of Fire – English title
Sunscorched – U.S.A. title
 
A 1965 Spanish, Italian, German co-production [Balcázar Producciones Cinematográficas (Barcelona), Afilm (Rome), Creole Filmproduktion GmbH (Berlin)]
Producers: Ronald Rietti, Alfosno Balcázar
Director: Jaime Jesús Balcázar (Jaime Granda), Mark Stevens (Richard Stevens
Story: Alfonso Balcázar (Alfonso Granda)
Screnplay: Alfonso Balcázar (Alfonso Granda), José Antonio de la Loma (José Hernandez), Irving Dennis, Mark Stevens (Richard Stevens), Warren Kiefer
Cinematography: Francisco Marín (Francisco Harrada) [Eastmancolor, Techniscope]
Music: Michèle Auzépy
Running time: 98 minutes
 
Cast:
Sheriff Jess Kinley/Masters – Mark Stevens (Richard Stevens)
Abel Dragna – Mario Adorf
Anna-Lisa Schmidt – Marianne Koch
Luke Shaw – Frank Oliveras (Francisco Oliveras)
Charlie Rivers – Antonio Iranzo (Antonio Escurijuela)
Lillian/Nellie Kinley – Vivien Dodds
Twitch – Óscar Pellicer
Reverend Dietrich/Dean – Julio Peña (Julio Muñoz)
Shoemaker - Albert Bessler
Sepp Dietrich – Mario Via
Saul – Luis Induni (Luigi Radici)
Judge - Felipe Peña
Kurt – Luis Rivera
Papa Schmidt - Jesús Puche
Meninlea – Gustavo Re
With: Frank Braña (Francisco Pérez), Ricardo Valor, Montserrat Lapua

Abel Dragna and his gang arrive in town and find out their old pal Jess Kinley, who used to ride with the gang, is the towns sheriff. The gang begins to bully the citizens to see how much they can get away with. When Jess fails to stop their actions they push a little harder including assaults and even a murder which they claim was in self-defense. When the Sheriff fails to jail the law breakers the town thinks he is a coward and takes his badge. A young woman named Anna-Lisa Schmidt, who helps her father run the town’s stable, continues to have faith in the sheriff and also has a crush on the older man. The town feels a sense of relief when Abel and his thugs leave town but they are filled with concern when the gang returns, having relieved another town of a few bags of gold. Jess decides to show the town he is not a coward and confronts both Abel and his own past. When Anna-Lisa is attacked by one of the thugs Jess and the town unite to defeat and eliminate the outlaws.