La dove non batte il sole – Italian titleMoneda sangriento – Spanish title
El karate, el Colt y el impostor – Spanish title
Long hu zou tian ya – Hong Kong title
The Stranger and the Gunfighter – U.S.A. title
Dinheiro Sangrento – Brazilian title
Guld under baeltestedet – Danish title
Karate im Wilden Western – Dutch title
Revolverimies ja muukalainen – Finnish title
La brute le colt et le karate – French title
Dakota – French title
Le prix du sang – French title
In meiner wut wieg’ ich vier Zentner – German title
Kung Fu im wilden Westen – German title
To kynigi tou kitrinou thisavrou – Greek title
O xenos kai o oploforos – Greek title
Dinero sangriento – Mexican title
Krwawe pieniadze – Polish title
Onde o sol nunca brilha – Portuguese title
Revolver-manden og den fremmede – Swedish title
Blood Money – U.K. title
The Stranger and the Gunfighter – English title
A 1974 Italian, Spanish, Hong Kong, U.S.A. co-production [Compagnia Cinematografica Champion (Rome), Midega Film (Madrid), Shaw Brothers (Hong Kong), Harbor Productions (New York)]
Producers: Gustave M. Berne, Run Run Shaw
Director: Anthony M. Dawson (Antonio Margheriti)
Story: Barth Jules Sussman
Screenplay: Giovanni Simonelli, Antonio Margheriti, Miguel De Echarri
Cinematography: Alejandro Ulloa [Technicolor, Panavision]
Music: Carlo Savina
Running time: 107 minutes
Cast:
Dakota – Lee Van Cleef (Clarence Van Cleef, Jr.)
Wang Ho Chiang – Lo Lieh (Wong Lap-Dat
Russian mistress & twin sister – Betty Shepard (Patty Shepard)
Italian mistress – Femi Benussi (Eufemia Benussi)
Li Hua – Karen Yeh (Ho Pik Yu)
Deacon Yancey Hobbitt – Julian Ugarte (Julian Landa)
American mistress – Erika Blanc (Enrica Colombatto)
Indio – Goyo Peralta (Gregorio Peralta)
Wang – Al Tung
Sheriff – Bernabe Barta Barri
Wang’s lawyer – Paul Costello
Palladine – Manuel de Blas (Manuel Munoz)
Calico – Ricardo Palacios (Ricardo Diez)
Lord Lionel Barclay – George Rigaud (Pedro Delissetche)
Warlord – Wang Hsieh (Wong Hap)
Warlord’s commanding officer – Shen Chan (Chan Yi-cheng)
Warlord guard – Lo Wai
Wang’s father – Cheng Miu
Wang’s mother – Lui Hung
Wang’s sister – Chen Ping (Chen Shu-Xia)
Wang’s Uncle – Aai Dung-Gwa (Ngai Gwa)
Abbot – Kong Yeung
Gunman – Claudio Ruffini
Piano player – Barbara Hevelone
Fight promoter – Gene Collins
Constables – Tino Wong Cheung, Wong Shu-Tong, Hsu Hsia, Yen She-Kwan, Lau Jun-Fai, Lee Chiu, Wong Mei, Yuen Shun-Yi, Yeun Cheung-Yan, Yeung Pak-Chan, Chan Siu-Gai, Ng Yuen –Fan
With: Alfred Boreman, Jaime Doria, Anita Farra, Mariano Martin (Mariano Alonso), Juan Antonio Rubio (Juan Garcia), Aitung Kua (Ai Tung-kua), Tam Bo, Chai Lam, Cheung Sek-Aau, Ernesto Vanes
Wong, a wealthy Chinese banker, who lives in California, accidentally dies during a robbery by Dakota who attempts to rob hiM of a thousand dollars and four photos of some unknown women. A rich warlord, liveing in China, having entrusted, at the time, all of his capital to Mr. Wong, because it would supposedly lead to a great return in fruitful America, takes hostage the entire Wong family, threatening to kill them if Wang Ho Chiang does not return with his invested money. So the young Wang Ho, a martial arts expert, leaves for California and finds a note written in Chinese by his uncle which gives him a clue to recovering the treasure, if you read the Chinese characters tattooed on the buttocks of Wang’s four mistresses it will equal a map to the treasure. Wang Ho then frees Dakota from jail and with ingenious gimmicks and several dangerous adventures, they manage to track down the four women, last of which is a Chinese girl, so they now now know where the treasure is hidden. Wong Ho returns home with a wooden statue, which his uncle had been holding for the warlord. The statue turns out to be a container of the securities of the War Lord who is now ten times richer. The family is freed Wang marries the young Lia-Kua. Dakota decides to stay in China and reap the benefits of being a hero.
YouTube trailer link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FXfMlORDqI
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