Passa Sartana... è l'ombra della tua morte (1969) Poster

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4/10
poor Italian western
entomol7131 July 2008
Warning: Spoilers
Sartana (Jeff Cameron) is an outlaw wanted for 1000 dollars. He is called by a judge in a small town in Texas. The judge with two assistants hire Sartana to free the territory from some dangerous outlaws, especially Randall's band. First of all he finds the sheriff Logan (Dino Strano), who many years before had wrongly accused him of theft of horses. Thus, Sartana kills Logan in a duel. Sartana give his way back and begins to kill all the bandits of the territory. At the end, he takes a fight with Randall (Dennis Colt), who dies accidentally (by himself gun) during the scuffle. Finished his task Sartana goes back to the judge, and he gives him the amnesty.

This western is the third directed by Demofilo Fidani, though in my opinion, it is difficult to understand which of them ("straniero… fatti il segno della croce, "One Damned Day at Dawn... Django Meets Sartana!" and "Sartana and His Shadow of Death") was shot first. I remember that Fidani in an interview, said the films were prepared one after the other. The plot is not bad and the actors either. Unfortunately the screenplay is weak. Sartana goes from one side to the other and when he meets the outlaws he kills them, even if they are more numerous than him. The story goes on with scuffle and gunfights, using the same scenarios (one of this seems to be "il canale della Tolfa" near Rome). The soundtrack is the same in the aforementioned films and the editing is poor. Following the fashion of the period all the actors are Italians with English pseudonymous. If we pay attention we can see some errors. In the film the same actor (D. Colt) appears in three different roles: as a one-eyed Mexican, as a kidnapping cowboy and above all, as Mr Randall himself!! Again when Sartana kills the sheriff, he goes down with his arms open. In the next scene the arms are closer.
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Eee-yuck
noahax12 December 2001
This is a truly awful, boring mess of a movie.

It features the notorious Sartana character, played by Gianni Garko in a number of films. In this movie, Sartana displays none of the flair of Garko. He doesn't even wear the official, all-black Sartana uniform. This third-rate spaghetti western was made solely to cash in on the fame of Sartana, and it's a poorly done rip-off.

If you want to watch a tedious film, filled with lots of stuntmen flailing their arms as they pretend to get shot, this is for you. Everyone else avoid this.
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2/10
Awful and embarassing Spaghetti Western , being a weak and low-budgeted follow-up to the Sartana series
ma-cortes28 February 2020
Short-budgeted movie, awfully directed by Miles Deem or Demofilo Fidani , the ¨ Ed Wood of Spaghetti Western¨ . It begins with Sartana fleeing from brutal cutthroats , as he is besieged by a marauding band of bounty killers who pursue him here and there . To eliminate this he makes a deal with the local politicians . If he hunts down the ruthless Randal Brothers, the bounty will be removed . While the saintly roving gunslinger Sartana arrives in town to establish law and order and saving an African-American from bigotry men who are harassing and mistreating him . Along the way , shrewd Sartana helping the damsel in distress , as there happens a kidnap in which various bandits take a young (Simonetta Vitelli or Blondell , Demofilo Fidani's daughter and starred several films for his father), who was suddenly abducted by the vicious outlaws . Stubborn and cunning Sartana to terminate a reign of terror carried out by the cruel band of criminals , Randall Brothers , he carries out astute plans and he faces off duels against the crazed enemies and seeking vendetta . And it contains a thrilling , climatic final fight betwen Sartana and Randall , at the moving end , both of whom fighting into sands , it must have left both antiheroes needing a bath .

This below-average and disconcerting Ravioli Western packs thrills , action , brawls , crossfire and drags a lot , balancing in ups and downs . The ridiculous movie results to be poorly made , being a rip-off from other much better Sartana movies usually starred by Gianni Garco , George Hilton or William Berger . ¨Passa Sartana...¨ has the typical Spaghetti characters , as the violent facing , greedy antiheroes , bloody and spectacular showdowns, quick zooms , extreme baddies , but being wretchedly directed . Badly made by Demofilo Fidani who eventually had more pseudonyms than any working director in the world , as he realized a number of Spaghettis as ¨Django and Sartana's Showdown in the West" , ¨Giù la Testa¨, "Sartana, the Invincible Gunman" , ¨El Sartana... l'Ombre Ta Mort¨, among others . Stars a mysterious heroes from Spaghetti Western : Sartana , but this one has nothing do to with the other classic Sartana movies . This Sartana is lousily performed by the blonde stuntman Jeff Cameron , a Z-actor with whom director Demofilo Fidani worked in various films. Cameron interpreted in a great number of Spaghettis as a main actor and as a secondary , and he used to utilize varius pseudonyms as Glen Fortes , as he played : Nevada Kid , Sartana ..e vennero in quattro per uccidere Sartana! , Passa Sartana... è l'ombra della tua morte , Straniero... fatti il segno della croce! , Prega Dio... e scavati la fossa! , Django cut price corpses , Strange say your prayers , among others . Jeff Cameron is accompanied by ordinary actores from Demofilo Fidani's factory , such as : Dino Strano , Benito Pacifico , Dennys Colt , his daughter Simonetta Vitelli and Demofilo himself as the Mayor and wielding an inappropriate glasses . The first movie on Sartana as an avenger hero was made by Frank Kramer (Gianfranco Parolini) interpreted by John Garco or Gianni Garco or Gary Hudson , besides being starred by Klaus Kinski and William Berger . As usual , the mythic role appears elegant and dressed in black and with a killer look . After being continued by Alfonso Balcazar ¨Sartana non perdona or Sonora¨with Jorge Martin , Jack Elam and Gilbert Roland . Anthony Ascott (Giuliano Carmineo) realized several movies with George Hilton who replaces to Garco . Hilton plays more natural and roguish than Garco who was cold and peculiar . Garco starred various Sartanas with Carmineo as ¨¨Sartana the gravedigger'(69) , ¨Light the fuse Sartana is coming¨(71) . And ¨Sartana in the valley of death¨ by Roberto Mauri with William Berger as Sartana , among others. Miles Deem directed some Sartanas which are considered aburd and bottom and barrel . As Deem directed four Sartanas deemed horrible , lousy and cheesy . Furthermore , a string of sequels and rip-offs with other Z-series directors .

This ¨Passa sartana...¨ delivers a passable and atmospheric cinematography by Franco Villa , being shot in Elios studios and the usual exteriors on location in Lacio , Rome . As well as an evocative - in Morricone/Spaghetti style- musical score by Coroliano Gori . This inferior picture was lousily directed by Demofilo Fidani or Miles Deem , considered to be the "Ed Wood of Spaghetti Western" and husband of Mila Vitelli Valenza ,a professional costume designer and father of actress Simonetta Vitelli , both of whom worked in various films of Demofilo . Fidani directed all kind of genres in low budget and exploitation pictures . He followed shooting these taboo-breaking films with excursions into porno film , adventures and action . He eventually had more pseudonyms that any working director in the world, similar to Bruno Mattei and Jess Frank. Fidani wrote and directed adventure : ¨Karzan jungle lord¨ , Thriller : ¨La legge de la Camorra¨, Sex comedy : ¨La professoressa di lingue¨, Giallo : ¨Masseusse good-looking offers her services¨, and Western : ¨Arrivano Django e Sartana¨, ¨Django e Sartana all ultimo sangue¨, ¨Passa Sartana¨, ¨Nevada Kid¨, ¨Django story¨, ¨Giu testa... Hombre¨, ¨Era Sam Wallash!¨. Rating 2.5/10 inferior and embarassing Spaghetti Western. This is exclusively for Spaghetti Westerns hardcore fans.
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3/10
Rather weak sequel of the Sartana series
unbrokenmetal17 March 2006
Bandits are spreading terror and fear across the land. The marshal is an old man with no chance to stop them, therefore desperate citizens suggest to ask a wanted man for help: Sartana (Jeff Cameron) who has a price on his head. Sartana makes a deal with the marshal and starts hunting the bandits. Rather weak sequel of the Sartana series, scripted and directed by Demofilo Fidani who had a certain reputation for his very cheap flicks, yet several of those are clearly better than "Passa Sartana...". Note that Fidani himself appears in the movie as one of the citizens at the marshal's office - wearing a pair of modern blueish glasses obviously not from the wild west!
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7/10
Efficiency, thy name is Sartana
lotekguy-110 April 2021
Jeff Cameron is hardly an A-lister among Spaghetti Western heroes, or any of the dudes playing a Sartana. But I liked the simplicity of this barebones mission to kill a slew of bad guys in exchange for removal of the bounty on his own head. The handsome, yet charisma-impaired, star does the taciturn terminator with very little distraction from the fleeting appearances of eye candy, or other compadres; and even less subtlety. Shoot-'em-ups rarely remain so focused. Who really cares if he kills six guys with seven rapid shots from his six gun? This aims for one's testosterone, not the intellect.
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8/10
Super
henriqueac-6278314 November 2022
I did not watch the prequels, but I have to say how good this movie is. Basically, Sartana spend the whole movie shooting people, riding horses and fighting the bad guys. How many people fell from those cliffs, from the roofs and from their horses? All that without a single bloodstain or bruises. Sartana is a kind of super hero and he brings death with him, a lonely macho man feared by the entire old west. The costumes and filming locations are superb, the bad guys are not remarkable though. This movie is like a rock concert: in the concert is just rock from the beggining to the end, while here, the rockstar is Sartana and he is fist fighting and shooting all the time.
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7/10
Enjoyable little movie
Leofwine_draca16 March 2021
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Another SARTANA movie starring the blond-haired Jeff Cameron. This one's yet another cheapie but told with flair and style despite the lack of money, and the reason it works is due to the amount of action in the story. Sure, they don't have a lot of money to play with here, but that doesn't matter when there's always a shoot-out or fist-fight going on. Add in stunts galore, some nice scenery and a high level of danger and suspense throughout, and you have an enjoyable little movie.
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10/10
Bad but very funny movie
garko808 July 2004
This Fidani Sartana movie is a cheap but also a very funny movie.

As all the other Fidani movies it's only a real fun for fans.

It has nothing do to with the other Sartana movies with Gianni Garko as protagonist, here the stuntman Jeff Cameron plays Sartana. You can also see a few other stuntman who have played in the most of Fidanis western like Benito Pacifico, Dino Strano, Luciano Conti his daughter Simonetta and you can also see the master himself with incredible big glasses. The soundtrack from Lallo Gori is also really great.

The movie is very enjoyable, a must see for Trashfans.
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