In the opening scene of “Any Gun Can Play” by Enzo
Castellari we see three men ride into a windswept deserted town. They stop and
we see close-ups of the men. The first looks and is dressed like ‘The Man With
No Name’, the second “Django’ and the third ‘Colonel Mortimer’. They approach a
wagon carrying three coffins followed by a single man dressed in black walking
behind. When the three men stop the wagon and inquire who’s inside the coffins
the man in black tells them the names: Paco Diaz, Jose Huerta, Jesus Sanchez.
Huerta exclaims, “But, he’s namin’ us!” They quickly go for their pistols but
are gunned down by the man in black. Afterward the man in black opens each
casket one at a time and inside are wanted posters for Paco Diaz, Jose Huerta
and Jesus Sanchez. He exclaims, “Now there’s only Monetero.” Thus one of the
best openings in the genre and an homage to three of its best known characters.
YouTube link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXzTWDPDnyQ
Biltmore: One of the three is Jose Torres!
ReplyDeleteJose Torres plays the Colonel Mortimer character.
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