''Uccidete Johnny Ringo'', internationally released as ''Kill Johnny Ringo'', is a 1966

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directed by Gianfranco Baldanello. It is the film debut in the

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genre for

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Cast

: Johnny Ringo * Greta Polyn: Annie *

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: Sheriff Parker / Lee Mellin (credited as Lee Burton) * Nino Fuscagni: Ray Scott *

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: Jackson *

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: Christine Scott * Guglielmo Spoletini: José (credited as William Bogart) *

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Plot

Johnny Ringo is a Texas Ranger out to stop a counterfeiting ring. However, a large part of the story (and of the efforts of the hero) instead involves a triangle drama between big boss Jackson, the rancher Ray Scott, saloon singer Annie – mistress to the former and lover of the latter – and by way of Ray also his sister Christine. The connection of this to the mission of the hero is that Ray may be convinced to testify against Jackson. The real counterfeit artist turns out to be the sheriff - Ringo's partner to the investigation.

Reception

In his investigation of narrative structures in

films, Fridlund takes ''Uccidete Johnny Ringo'' as one example of how stories where the hero is an organizational man on a mission are fleshed out with emotionally invested side-stories, mysteries to be solved and/or unstable partnerships.Fridlund, Bert: ''The Spaghetti Western. A Thematic Analysis''. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company Inc., 2006 pp. 138-9.

References

External links

* 1966 films Italian Western (genre) films Spaghetti Western films 1966 Western (genre) films Films directed by Gianfranco Baldanello 1960s Italian-language films 1960s Italian films {{1960s-Western-film-stub