C'è Sartana... vendi la pistola e comprati la bara!

George Hilton replaces Gianno Garko as Sartana and does a competent job and is very cool as he shoots, bluffs, double bluffs, and triple bluffs his way through this fairly entertaining western. It's standard stuff, and though some times the story elements can be puzzling ( its those double bluffs again), it's keeps one watching. It's OTT, but heys it's Sartana with his bag of tricks ( includes a shooting loaf.) Its fun.

Sartana (George Hilton) is a freelance gunman who at the initiation of the film works as a bounty killer . After that , he helps a Mexican family against a ¨posse¨ of cruel bandits (whose leader is Nello Pazzafini) who try to kill and reckoning him . He , subsequently , is hired by a wealthy landowner (Piero Lulli) to guard the miners's payroll that is continuously robbed . Another cocky gunman (Charles Southwood) appears in the city and the confrontation will be inevitable .

The first movie on Sartana is made by Frank Kramer (Gianfranco Parolini) interpreted by John Garco (or Gianni Garco) , besides it was starred by Klaus Kinski and William Berger . After being continued by Alfonso Balcazar (Sartana non perdona or Sonora). Miles Deem (Demofilo Fidani) directed two Sartanas which are considered as awful . Anthony Ascott(Giuliano Carmineo) realized several movies with George Hilton who replaces Garco . Hilton plays more natural and roguish than Garco who was cold and peculiar . In this one Sartana has a partner (Charles Southwood) called Sabbath but he isn't the hero named Sabata created by Frank Kramer with Lee Van Cleef . The movie has typical Spaghetti characters , as the violent facing off , greedy antiheroes , bloody and spectacular showdowns , quick zooms , extreme baddies, and musical score with Ennio Morricone influence . In the picture there are the ordinary Western's secondaries as Folco Lulli , Nello Pazzafini (also usual in Peplum), and the Eurotrash Goddess , the babe Erika Blanc . The Francesco De Masi's soundtrack is nice and atmospheric , he's a good Western musician with enough scores . The movie was regularly directed , but is entertaining.

Although the main character of the movie is named "Sartana", is finely dressed in black, pulls off a number of clever tricks, and the movie was titled "I am Sartana... Trade Your Guns for a Coffin" in some quarters, with George Hilton in the role instead of John Garko, I am not sure if this is an official entry in the "Sartana" spaghetti western series. However, this question didn't bother me that much while watching this movie, so I'll put it aside. Hilton does fairly well in the role; he doesn't beat John Garko, but he does give the Sartana character enough quickness and intelligence that he seems to know what he's doing. And the atmosphere of the movie has some definite bite; director Antony Ascot makes things rougher and dustier that what you usually get in a spaghetti western. There is also plenty of fairly well done action sequences as well. I just wish the script was a little better. The story is somewhat thin in the first half and somewhat meanders at times. In the second half, there is more plot, but it sometimes unfolds in a somewhat confusing manner; you really have to be paying attention. Spaghetti western fans probably won't mind the uneven script since the movie delivers in other areas, so if you are such a fan, it's probably safe to give this movie a look.

Sartana, bounty hunter and gunfighter, witnesses the robbery of a shipment of gold.

He finds his way into town where he meets with a lot of suspicious stares from the locals. He also meets with Samuel Spencer, who seems to own the company in this company town.

The gold shipments are being stolen, so Spencer agrees to hire Sartana to protect the next gold shipment. Numerous dull-witted villains make attempts on Sartana's life, but he survives.

Eventually, Sartana's nemesis Sabbath (he of the white coat and parasol) rides into town. With a showdown inevitable, Sartana and Sabbath square off to settle the score.

I wasn't going to watch this movie because i'm not such a huge fan of spaghetti western, but it's actually quite good. Sartana is a Clint Eastwood clone in looks and acting.

There's more than its share of continual shoot outs to make the movie move along. The story doesn't really matter so much. The action is fun.

It's a mindless but fun 90 minutes.

On the third sequel of Sartana left by Gianni Garko and was replaced by the akin George Hilton ensures the same pattern, somehow we don't perceived the changing over such sameness on both, the plot is about a stolen gold, Sartana as bounty hunter observes the robbery, discerns the modus operandi of the gang and headed to find the truth, who are stealing who and something like that, a bit complex screenplay, Sartana will finds clues until reach at gold prospecting area, the city is handled by a Baron of gold, sustained by a Mexican gang led by the filthy and bloody Mantras, Sartana offers to Baron himself to protect the gold shipment, he accepts but plays on both sides when he also contracts the skillful quick draw Sabata (Charles Southwood), also a female presence of the Saloon's owner the attractive Trixie (Erika Blanc), the producers and the writer willfully an incongruent proposal on Sartana's character, foster an unmatched abilities and tricks that reduces the genuineness and hence the decaying process of likelihood, on early sequence to extinguish the burning dynamite's wick he throw his water canteen and shoot up on it and all water falling down and cease the fire, many far-fetched and contrived sequences like that were scattered along the movie, thus staying shapeless in many senses, stylized nevertheless too much foolish, whoever insert it doesn't was enough smart certainly!!

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First watch: 2020 / How many: 1 / Source: DVD / Rating: 6.5