VENDETTA AT DAWN

Quel maledetto giorno della resa dei conti – Italian title

Sabata regle ses comtes – French title

Django – Der Tag der Abrechnung – German title

Ta colt ton paranomon – Greek title

Venganza – Spanish title

Terrible Day of the Big Gundown – English title

Vendetta at Dawn – English title

 

A 1971 Italian production [Pentagono Cinematografica, Mancori Film (Rome)]

Producer: Alvaro Mancori, Felice Zappulla

Director: Willy S. Regan (Sergio Garrone)

Story: Gino Mangini (Luigi Mangini)

Screenplay: Sergio Garrone, Gino Mangini (Luigi Mangini)

Cinematography: Guglielmo Mancori [Kodakcolor, widescreen]

Music: Francesco De Masi

Song: “Walk by My Side” sung by Raoul (Ettore Lovecchio)

Running time: 94 minutes

 

Cast:

Jonathan Benton – Ty Hardin (Orison Hungerford, Jr.)

Doctor George Benton/Sabata – George Eastman (Luigi Montefiori)

Jane – Anita Saxe

Gregory – Steffen Zacharias

Rod Fargas – Bruno Corazzari

Peter Fargas – Rick Boyd (Federico Boido)

Carl Fargas – Dominic Barto

Lorry Baxter Benson – Constanza Spada (Laura Troschel)

Sheriff Jed – Lee Burton (Guido Lollobrigida)

Hannah Benton – Lucia Catullo

Johnny Benton - Leo Widmark (Roberto Dell’Acqua)

Wal – Jean Louis

Ralph Barry – Nello Pazzafini (Giovanni Pazzafini)

Joe – Bernard Faber (Bernard Farber)

outlaw – Piero Nistri

Sam – Manfred Freyberger

Mexican – Sandro Scarchilli

Townsman – Elio Angelucci

With: Claudio Trionfi, Angelo Pieri, Vittorio Fanfoni, Franco Ukmar

 

 

After graduating from medical school in San Francisco, the young George Benton returns home to the farm of his brother Jonatham to marry Lorry, his girlfriend of five years. Sometime later the brothers Fargas, disappointed gold miners, attack the farm to rob and kill all the family members of George (only a brother and a nephew survive). Assuming that the criminals responsible for the attack are Ralph Barry and his two accomplices, George is determined to avenge the deaths and pursues the three alleged killers of which only Ralph escapes. Having discovered that one of the surviving Bentons knows who the real culprits are, the Fargas brothers force Barry to join them and attack the farm to eliminate the dangerous witness. George, now aware of the truth (being informed by a prostitute), rejects their assault, killing both Ralph and Fargas. The third, Rod, flees, but is captured by George who turns him over to the sheriff to face justice.