''Django the Bastard'' () is a 1969 Italian Gothic horror

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film directed by Sergio Garrone who co-wrote the film with the star Anthony Steffen. In 1974

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released an edited American version of the film called ''The Stranger's Gundown''.

Plot

A mysterious, vengeful stranger rides into town and creates all sorts of havoc. It seems there are a number of people on his list and before he metes out justice to each one, he places a cross with that person's name on it in the middle of the street. The burning question becomes whether these people are dealing with a one-man army of flesh and blood or an avenging angel of death. The answer may lie in the betrayal and massacre of a Confederate Army unit during the Civil War...

Cast

* Anthony Steffen - Django *Paolo Gozlino - Rod Murdok * Lu Kamante - Jack Murdock * Rada Rassimov - Alida Murdock *Teodoro Corrà - Williams * Jean Louis - Howard Ross * Fred Robsahm - Sam Hawkins *

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Release

''Django the Bastard'' was first released in 1969. VCI Entertainment released the English dubbed version on DVD during 2002 in both full and widescreen formats under its U.S. title ''The Strangers Gundown''. This product is currently out of print (OOP). The film was re-released on 18 September 2015 in the United States under its original title ''Django il Bastardo'' from RetroVision Entertainment LLC, as a double bill with ''

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''. It features both English and Italian dubs.

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