''100.000 dollari per Ringo'' (or ''Centomilla dollari per Ringo'') is a 1965 Spaghetti Western film directed by

Alberto De Martino Alberto De Martino (12 June 1929 – 2 June 2015) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Born in Rome, De Martino started as a child actor and later returned to the cinema where worked as a screenwriter, director and dubbing supervis ...

. It was shown as part of a retrospective on Spaghetti Western at the 64th Venice International Film Festival.

Plot

Lee Barton rides into Rainbow Valley. A stranger in town, he is mistaken for Ward Cluster, a former resident believed to have been killed in the Civil War. When the residents mistake him for Cluster, they think he has come to get even with the Cherry brothers who are responsible for the death of his wife. Even Cluster's young son Sean, who has been raised by an Indian chief named Gray Bear, believes Barton is his father. The worst of the three Cherry brothers, Tom Cherry is involved with various dealings with the Mexican army. He has a love interest in local townswoman Deborah. Although Deborah is married to Ive, a local drunk, she has a dubious reputation. Tom Cherry is searching for $100,000 that was hidden by a Mexican general. At one point, he captures and whips Barton. Eventually, Tom kills both Deborah and Ive. Barton joins forces with a wandering sheriff from Tucson and ultimately kills Tom in a shoot-out. Barton finds the hidden money and plans a future with Sean.

Cast

Release

''100.000 dollari per Ringo'' was released in Italy in November 1965 and in Spain in July 1966. Thomas Weisser commented that the film was relatively unknown in the United States, but that the film was one of Richard Harrison's greatest international box office hits.

Box office

The film was one of the most successful Spaghetti Westerns of 1965, being one of only six to gross more than 1,236,276,000 Lira that year; and is the 32 highest grossing of all time.

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