''The Return of Ringo'' ( it, Il ritorno di Ringo) is a 1965

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film directed by

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and the sequel to the earlier film ''

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and stars

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(billed as 'Montgomery Wood') alongside

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, Antonio Casas, and Hally Hammond. The film's story is a loose retelling of

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's ''

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'' and is not a continuation of the plot of the previous ''Ringo'' film.

Cast

Music

All music by

. # "Il ritorno di Ringo – Main Titles" – 2:16 (Lyrics and vocals by Maurizio Graf) # "The Disguise" – 2:23 # "Mariachi #1" – 1:51 # "Violence" – 5:54 # "Sheriff Carson" – 1:20 # "The Fuentes" – 1:08 # "Mariachi #2" – 2:03 # "Main Titles Instrumental" – 1:26 # "Barnaba's Bamba" – 2:34 # "The Wedding and The Revenge" – 1:28 # "The Funeral" – 2:03 # "Peace Comes Back in Mimbres" – 2:20

Release

''The Return of Ringo'' was released in December 1965 in Italy. The film was the third highest-grossing film in Italy in 1965 behind ''

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'' and ''

''.

Reception

From contemporary reviews, the ''

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'' that the film's story is "treated with an imagination unequaled in other Italian Westerns." The review continued that "what makes the film more than merely clever is the handing of its theme: as in the second half of ''The Odyssey'', the hero-treated by all as dead-has to rediscover his identity." The review during the film's climax and ending "Tessari shiningly confirms his sense of the poetic." "Hawk." of ''

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'' described the film as "fair-to-middlin'" noting the cliches the film had, but that Tessari "keeps things lively, alternating action alternating action and humor" while noting the violence in the film "bordered on sadism." "Hawk." found the film to be superior to ''

''.

References

Bibliography

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Return of Ringo, The 1965 films Spaghetti Western films 1965 Western (genre) films 1960s Italian-language films Films directed by Duccio Tessari Films scored by Ennio Morricone Italian sequel films Films shot in Almería Films based on the Odyssey Modern adaptations of the Odyssey 1960s Italian films