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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.

Only part that did not make sense was right in beginning when the bandits left the sand bags in the wagon instead of disposing them to cause an appearance they were stolen. To not give up the secret the gold never leaves town. Other than that it is classic spaghetti. Of course exaggerated and impossible like all spaghetti's, but that is why a true fan of the genre watches them in the first place. Hilton is better than Garko, this is a better Sartana than the other 4, in my humble opinion. There are a few lower ranking Spaghetti's i always find myself reviewing and this is one of them. I absolutely love it, and people who don't get the million double crosses just need to view it multiple times. I call no one stupid cause i needed to view it multiple times to really take it all in. It's amazing how after many views, simply from the true love of the genre, I notice things i missed on the millionth viewing! LOL, I'm no rocket scientist but i hate people who watch my favorite movie genre offerings 1 time then write a review saying dopey things. Even worse is people who are so stuck on the fact that Garko was not in this one and state it's not a real Sartana even if they say it is. LOL, please! I suggest to anyone who that reads this review, to count how many times the different parties interested in the gold-double cross each other. How many times they agree with the parties involved, to do one thing but then do the opposite. How many times they all screw each other, period. It has high level humor, action, and NEVER a dull moment. One of them Spaghetti's they could have made longer instead of SHOULD have made shorter. What else you looking for? If you scoff at the exaggerated and retarded parts, DON'T watch it! You have to be in love with the Genre of Italian/Spanish spaghetti westerns. Is it GBU or Once apon a time in the west? Hell NO. It is however an excellent Spaghetti and let me add.... I love Garko and every spaghetti he ever appeared in. I just like the story and Hilton better in this one. Another spaghetti they always pick on that i always find myself going back to watch is the second Arizone Colt, made in 1970 The Hired Gun with my boy Anthony Steffen that clowns call a wooden actor! LOL, what you think Clint Eastwood was half the time in the 3 classics? Steffen was born to be a Spaghetti star, perfect actor with the right looks for the job. Watch VIVA DJANGO with Steffen not the one with sometimes the same title referenced with the great Terrence Hill. Then tell me Anthony Steffen movies are not fantastic! I don't do many reviews but since whenever i find myself free i watch a few over and over, reading the other reviews gave me a case of the ass. Hence hadda put my 2 cents in. Peace.....

So the third entry to the Sartana anthology gets a new - Sartana. It seems to be the only one with a different actor and it is even simpler than the other ones. But that might not make it worth less than the other movies. A lot of shootouts, big body count and so forth. So all the pillars for a successful Spaghetti Western one might think.

Then again, there is repetition. And not just repetition from other movies, but repetition in the shootouts. While they may come up with some nice ideas (a hole here, a hole there, hidden gun there, hidden gun there and a slapstick "rifle"/knife combo towards the end), it may not be enough to convey others. Whatever floats your boat ... or rides your horse I guess ...

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.

There's so much insane gun play in this film I was hardly in need of a plot. At one point, there's a bandit lighting matches stuffed between his toes for a laugh, and then along comes Sartana, knocks the guy out by shooting a sign that falls on the guy's head, then Sartana lights the last match by shooting it, then sparks up a cigar using the match! Why didn't this film win dozens of Oscars?

You've got Sartana after gold, the bandits after gold, some shady businessmen after gold, the gold miners after their own gold (how dare they!), and a bar owning chick...after gold. Oh, and another gunslinger called Sabbath after gold. He carries a white parasol, reads Shakespeare's sonnets, and constantly refers to his mother. Again, why no Oscars?

There's also a running gag where the bandits constantly try to get the drop on Sartana, but Sartana's always got a pistol hidden somewhere. I can't think of a single slow spot in this film at all, and Stelvio Massi's hyperactive camera-work coupled with Carnimeo's direction make for one of the more entertaining Italian Westerns.