''The Stranger Returns'' (

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: ''Un uomo, un cavallo, una pistola'', lit. ''A Man, a Horse, a Gun'') also known as ''Shoot First... Laugh Last!'', is a 1967

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film directed by

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. It is a sequel to '' A Stranger in Town''. The film is the second in a series of four western films starring

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as "The Stranger".

Cast

- The Stranger *

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- En Plein *

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- Good Jim *

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- The Preacher * Jill Banner - Caroline *

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- Ethel *

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- Chrysler *

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(as Anthony Freeman): Austin *

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: Alvarez *

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: Lieutenant George Stafford * Mario Dionisi: El Plein Henchman * Fred Coplan: El Plein Henchman

Reception

Paul Mavis, of

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, reviewing the Warner Archive Collection 2015 DVD release of ''The Stranger Collection'', wrote, "While they're not in the league of Leone (what is?), Anthony's grimy, sneaky little punk killer is an intriguing addition to the genre. Tony Anthony did some very interesting things with the spaghetti Western genre, including, perhaps, presaging the ''

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'' movies, while certainly "inventing" the West-meets-East subgenre."

References

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* 1967 films 1960s Italian-language films English-language Italian films Spaghetti Western films Films scored by Stelvio Cipriani 1967 Western (genre) films Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films 1960s Italian films {{1960s-Western-film-stub