Watchable Italian Western set in the aftermath of the Civil War; humorless and rather downcast (the only notable here being a visibly tired Joseph Cotten) but with an interesting plot, both incident-packed (involving as it does the Cavalry, Mexican bandits and renegade Indians!) and twist-laden…although it's relatively short on the violent action typical of Spaghetti Westerns – a surprise coming from one of the genre's key figures! As usual, the poor dubbing and full-frame presentation get in the way of one's full enjoyment of the film, but it's certainly a harmless diversion as is (if, clearly, nowhere near the best we've seen from Corbucci or the Spaghetti Western sub-genre).
Review of The Hellbenders
