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La sfida dei MacKenna (1970)

101 min · Italo-Western

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Directors

León Klimovsky

Cast

Robert Woods, John Ireland, Annabella Incontrera, Roberto Camardiel

A cowboy finds a young man hanged and takes the dead man's grieving girlfriend to her tyrannical father's ranch.

The story

After a young man is found hanging from a tree, his grieving girlfriend Barbara remains beside him. They had hoped to marry, but Barbara’s tyrannical father ordered his men to hang her suitor. Cowboy Jones finds the body, gives the young man a Christian burial, and takes Barbara to her father’s ranch. Don Diego offers Jones work in exchange for digging up the body and removing it from his land. Jonás refuses and heads for a nearby town, where he meets Margarita, a saloon owner and Don Diego’s former lover, who warns him of the local strongman’s power and the consequences of defying him.

Full plot (contains spoilers)

The body of a young man is found hanging from a tree. His girlfriend, Barbara (Daniela Giordano), is grieving at its foot. They both wanted to get married, but Barbara’s tyrannical father ordered his men to hang his daughter’s suitor. Jones, a cowboy (John Ireland), finds the body, gives him a Christian burial, and takes Barbara to her father’s ranch. Don Diego offers Jones a job on the ranch in exchange for digging up the body and taking it off his land. Jonás refuses and sets off for the nearby town, where he meets Margarita, the owner of the saloon and Don Diego’s former lover. She warns him of the local strongman’s power and the consequences of defying him...

Genres

Italo-Western

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