Now, this is one of those Spaghetti Western comedies, but this one works really well due to the talent in front of the camera and behind it. Plus, it doesn't go overboard with the slapstick and throws in a bit a serious action and tragedy into the mix too.
We first meet Charlie (Eastman, who created the story too) when he's hanging around outside of a jail for days on end. He's waiting on Ben (Gemma), and seemingly is happy to see him when Ben gets out, only to take him out into the desert for a punch up. Looks like Ben and Charlie are two conmen and Ben's last con got him landed in jail, with them both losing everything. You'll also notice here that Gemma's real life skills as a trapeze artist come in handy during fake fights, and that Joe D'Amato's camera films everything like it's a high budget art-house film.
Charlie then tells Ben to head in the opposite direction from him and keep walking, but don't you know the two of the keep bumping into each other while trying to pull various scams (including both of them cheating during a game of cards which of course leads to a bar fight).
Things get more serious when Ben runs into his ex-fiancé that he run away from. She's a high class prostitute that makes plenty of money and Ben tries to put a face on why he's dressed in rags. Realising that he'll never win her back with petty crime, he sets his mind of a big heist and somehow manages to drag Charlie down with him too.
What makes this film better than most of the comedies is that Gemma and Eastman look like they are genuinely having the time of their lives and it shines through in their characters. Eastman's face when he's standing at the bar, penniless, while beer and whiskey fly back and forth is priceless. Giacomo Rossi-Stuart's role could have been bigger, but in the end this is one of the few comedy westerns I'd recommend.
We first meet Charlie (Eastman, who created the story too) when he's hanging around outside of a jail for days on end. He's waiting on Ben (Gemma), and seemingly is happy to see him when Ben gets out, only to take him out into the desert for a punch up. Looks like Ben and Charlie are two conmen and Ben's last con got him landed in jail, with them both losing everything. You'll also notice here that Gemma's real life skills as a trapeze artist come in handy during fake fights, and that Joe D'Amato's camera films everything like it's a high budget art-house film.
Charlie then tells Ben to head in the opposite direction from him and keep walking, but don't you know the two of the keep bumping into each other while trying to pull various scams (including both of them cheating during a game of cards which of course leads to a bar fight).
Things get more serious when Ben runs into his ex-fiancé that he run away from. She's a high class prostitute that makes plenty of money and Ben tries to put a face on why he's dressed in rags. Realising that he'll never win her back with petty crime, he sets his mind of a big heist and somehow manages to drag Charlie down with him too.
What makes this film better than most of the comedies is that Gemma and Eastman look like they are genuinely having the time of their lives and it shines through in their characters. Eastman's face when he's standing at the bar, penniless, while beer and whiskey fly back and forth is priceless. Giacomo Rossi-Stuart's role could have been bigger, but in the end this is one of the few comedy westerns I'd recommend.