50th Anniversary of “Sartana's Here… Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin”

50 years ago “Sartana's Here… Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin” premiered in Rome. Directed by Anthony Ascott and starring George Hilton, Charles Southwood and Erika Blanc it was the last real Sartana film.

After watching an attack on a gold shipment which turns out to contain only sand. Sartana attempts to destroy Mantas and his gang before they can plan another attack. He also wants to discover the reasons behind the mysterious incident. Disguised as a Mexican he goes to Appaloosa, and stays in the saloon of dishonest Trixie, where he soon realizes that the person responsible for the shipment of fake gold and fake robberies is Samuel Spencer, an official of the General Mines, who is an accomplice of Mantas. Meanwhile, attracted by gold, another gunslinger named Sabbath arrives in town. In a failed attempt to kill Sartana, Spencer decides to get rid of the two famous gunslingers by pitting them against each other while he attempts to escape unhindered to Mexico. But his plan fails and surprised by Mantas, he is killed while the bandit is in turn eliminated by Sartana. Sabbath recovers the gold accumulated by Spencer, rejecting an attempt made by Trixie to turn it over to her and the local miners.

C’e Sartana... vendi la pistola e comprati la barer! - Italian tite

Com Sartana cada bala e’uma cruz - Brazilian title

Sartana regelt je begrafenis - Dutch title

Hetkesi on tullut - Sartana on täällä - Finnish title

Django arrive, préparez vos cercueils - French title

Django und Sabata - wie blutige Geier - German title

Django schieß mir das Lied vom Sterben - German title

Django - die Gier nach Gold - German title

Ta Tskalia tis Appaloosa - Greek title

Ha ilegado Sartana - Mexican title

Sartana desafia Sabata - Portuguese title

Sardtana kommer - sälj pistolen, köp en kista! - Swedish title

I am Sartana, Trade Your Pistols for a Coffin - English title

Sartana’s Coming, Get Your Coffins Ready - English title

Sartana’s Here... Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin - English title

Fistful of Lead - U.S.A. title

A 1970 Italian film production [Colt Produccioni Cinematografica (Rome)]

Producers: Sergio Borelli, Franco Palaggi

Director: Anthony Ascott (Giuliano Carnimeo)

Story: Tito Carpi (Fiorenzo Carpi)

Screenplay: Tito Carpi (Fiorenzo Carpi)

Cinematography: Stelvio Massi [Technicolor, Techniscope]

Music: Frank Mason (Francesco De Masi)

Running time: 92 minutes

Cast:

Sartana/Django - George Hilton (Jorge Acosta y Lara)

Sabbath/Sabata - Charles Southwood

Trixie - Erika Blanc (Enrica Colombatto)

Samuel Spencer - Piero Lulli (Giusva Lulli)

Mantas - Nello Pazzafini (Giovanni Pazzofini)

Baxter - Carlo Gaddi

Angelo - Aldo Barberito

Emiliano - Spartaco Conversi (Espartaco Conversi)

Emiliano henchman – Mauro Mannaatrizio, Tony Askin (Antonio Aschi),

Romero - Furio Meniconi

Maldida - Linda Sini (Ermilinda Siniscalchi di Venosa)

Joe Fossit - Rick Boyd (Federico Boido)

Flint Fossit - Lou Kamante (Lucinao Rossi)

Dead Eye Golfay - Marco Zuanelli

Posada owner - Gigi Bonos (Luigi Bonos)

Marshal - John Bartha (János Barta)

Tarnosky - Umberto Di Grazia

Old man - Fortunato Arena

Sleeping man - Ettore Arena

Hoagy – Bruno Ukmar

Mantas henchmen - Paolo Figla, Sergio Smacchi, Massimo Vanni, Gaetano Imbrò, Sandro Scarchilli, Benito Pacifico, Luciano Conti, Tony Casale

Townsman - Alessandro Perella (Alessandro Perrella)

With: Franco Fantasia (Francesco Fantasia)

Wagon guard – Maurizio Mannoia

Master of arms: Bruno Ukmar