The Return of Ringo

1965 1h 35m IT

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6.3

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★6.3TMDB · 180

Western

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Once again billed as Montgomery Wood, Giuliano Gemma plays a civil war soldier who returns to his family land to find his family decimated, his property taken over by a family of Mexican bandits and his fiancee about to marry the Mexican gangster behind all this. Bent on revenge, he goes undercover disguised as a Mexican and discovers he has a daughter!

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Giuliano Gemma
Capt. Montgomery Brown / 'Ringo'
Lorella De Luca
Helen Brown / Hally Fitzgerald
Fernando Sancho
Esteban Fuentes
Antonio Casas
Sheriff Carson
Nieves Navarro
Rosita
Manuel Muñiz
Miosotis 'Morning Glory'
Mónica Sugranes
Elizabeth Brown
Víctor Bayo
Jeremiah Pitt, the Saloon owner

Credits

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Director: Duccio Tessari
Writers: Duccio Tessari, Fernando Di Leo
Languages: Italian
Countries: Italy, Spain

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ERA

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61 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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2 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Italy, Spain.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Ringo Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Duccio Tessari, shot by Francisco Marín. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Ennio Morricone. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Licia Quaglia shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Giuliano Gemma and Lorella De Luca and Fernando Sancho carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0060903 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Duccio Tessari directs. Francisco Marín behind the camera. Ennio Morricone scores. Licia Quaglia cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Italy, Spain. Dialogue in Italian.

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161 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2International production across 2 countries: Italy, Spain.
3Part of the "Ringo Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Duccio Tessari, shot by Francisco Marín. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Ennio Morricone. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Licia Quaglia shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Giuliano Gemma and Lorella De Luca and Fernando Sancho carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt0060903 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Francisco Marín
Original score: Ennio Morricone
Editing: Licia Quaglia
Costume design: Rafael Borqué
Makeup / hair: Hipólita López
Runtime: 95 min · 1h 35m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: IT
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: The Return of Ringo (1965)

Part of

Ringo Collection

Duccio Tessari's original Ringo films. Hugely successful upon their original release, Tessari's films spawned numerous unofficial sequels and proved influential on the emerging genre.

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Duccio Tessari

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John Chard2017-09-17
★ 9/10
Fearless Men! Il ritorno di Ringo (The Return of Ringo) is directed by Duccio Tessari and Tessari co-writes the screenplay with Fernando Di Leo. It stars Giuliano Gemma, Fernando Sancho, Hally Hammond, Nieves Navarro, Antonio Casas, George Martin and Manuel Muniz. Music is by Ennio Morricone and cinematography by Francisco Marin. After fighting in the American Civil War, Ringo (Gemma) returns to his home town of Mimbres to pick up his life from pre the conflict. However, he finds the town is in the grip of Mexican bandits run by brothers Paco (Martin) and Esteban Fuentes (Sancho), their control over things extending to Ringo's wife, Helen (Hammond)... No Entry For Dogs, Gringos And Beggars. A sequel of sorts to A Pistol for Ringo (1965), with the same makers, cast, locations etc reconvening for a different story and scenarios, this ranks as one of the better follow up movies going. After a wonderfully sang title song opens up proceedings and we get introduced to Ringo (officially Montgomery Brown) via a bit of gun play and story setting, pic quickly identifies itself as a mournful revenge and rescue piece. We are deftly placed on the side of the protagonist, rooting for him to claim back his life and in the process rescuing his loved ones and vanquishing the whole town from racist bloody tyranny. It's a classic Western tale told with style at a suitably unhurried pace, the characters are formed because they get time to breathe, all relevant to the journey and the final destination that Tessari is taking us to. I've come back Paco Fuentes! With Sancho and Martin delightfully vile as the villains, it falls to Gemma to turn in a good one as our hero, and so it is. Ringo is a great character as written, his world turned upside down, and he has been funeralized as well! Ringo gets beaten, stabbed and emotionally battered, but he fights with guts and cunning. He is really cool as well, during adversity he can climb a rope one handed, cock his rifle the same, he is even prone to free falling from rooftops to enact skillful kill shots. For sure this is a Spaghetti Western hero for the ages. The natural beauty in the tale is obviously in the form of Hammond (socko gorgeous) and Navarro (socko sexy), these both dovetail nicely with the more grungy aspects of story and character actions and moral standards. While the makers enjoy filling the play with colourful support characters, such as a camp florist, alcoholic sheriff and a fortune telling whore. Tech credits are very high. Tessari has a superb eye for a telling eye catching scene or sequence, cue Ringo doing a slow walk down the street, his form transformed via a number of coloured glass windows, scenes such as the way Ringo and Helen's initial recognition is lighted for ultimate worth, Ringo rapid fire with bandaged arm as a rest, strategic motifs like a knife thrown in a heart drawn on a tree, and of course the justifiably famous scene of Ringo in a doorway with dust storm raging around him, a scene that's as chilling as it is thrilling. Stunt work is great as well, in a sub-genre of film known for its exaggerations, it's pleasing to see so many falls enacted with genuine believability, none more so than for the exhilarating last quarter of film. This last quarter brings our hero into his pomp, all while bodies and buildings are way laid by bullets (get that wicked Butterfly monikered artillery repeater!), an action prelude to the final outcome that we want, in fact demand! Then finally there's Morricone, whose score is one of his non Leone best. It's a swirl of emotions, darting in and around the main character, occasionally rising to thunderclap status for key dramatic scenes, with a music box tie-in that's heart achingly effective. Morricone's work is the cherry on the cake, for this is a superb Spaghetti Western of blood, brains and balls, and worth seeking out by anyone interested in the better half of this mixed sub-genre of film. 8.5/10
John Chard2017-09-17
★ 9/10
Apologies for double submission.