If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death (1968)

Original title

Se incontri Sartana prega per la tua morte

Directed by

Gianfranco Parolini

Genre

Spaghetti Western

Country

Germany, France, Italy

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

18

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 73 voters

Elsewhere

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How it feels

A mysterious gambler with a distinctive style arrives in a town where two criminal gangs compete for power over a hidden fortune. He uses his wit and marksmanship to play both sides against each other.

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What happens

If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death (Italian: Se incontri Sartana prega per la tua morte) is a 1968 Spaghetti Western film directed by Gianfranco Parolini. The film stars Gianni Garko, William Berger, Fernando Sancho and Klaus Kinski, and features a musical score by Piero Piccioni. If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death was the first in a series of Spaghetti Westerns based on the character Sartana. It was followed by four other official Sartana films: I Am Sartana Your Angel of Death (Sono Sartana, il vostro becchino, 1969), Have a Good Funeral, My Friend... Sartana Will Pay (Buon funerale, amigos!... paga Sartana, 1970), Light the Fuse... Sartana Is Coming (Una nuvola di polvere... un grido di morte... arriva Sartana, 1970) and Sartana's Here... Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin (C'è Sartana... vendi la pistola e comprati la bara, 1970), in the last of which Garko was replaced by George Hilton. The four sequels were directed by Giuliano Carnimeo, Parolini was chosen to direct The Sabata Trilogy, after producer Alberto Grimaldi saw his work on the first Sartana film. As with Django a few years earlier, several directors, such as Demofilo Fidani, made unofficial sequels to cash in on the success of Sartana. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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