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His Name Was Holy Ghost (1971)

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Original title
Uomo avvisato mezzo ammazzato... Parola di Spirito Santo
Directed by
Giuliano Carnimeo
Genre
Western film
Country
Italy, Spain
Runtime
1h 34m
Rated
16
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A gunslinger known as Holy Ghost is drawn into a conflict involving a hidden treasure. He must outwit a group of bandits and a corrupt official to survive.

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What happens

His Name Was Holy Ghost (Italian: Uomo avvisato mezzo ammazzato... parola di Spirito Santo, Spanish: ...Y le llamaban El Halcón, also known as They Call Him Holy Ghost and El halcón de Sierra Madre) is a 1972 Italian-Spanish Spaghetti Western film directed by Giuliano Carnimeo and starring Gianni Garko, and is the follow-up to They Call Him Cemetery. It received a belated UK release in 1976 under the title Blazing Guns as a supporting film to Monsters From an Unknown Planet. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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