From the same people who made the trash cult Stranger from Canton (Guai ke, US title Karate killer) and executively coproducted by Riccardo billi (also executive for the Roman part in The way of the Dragon, where he played the banker), this terribile Kung fu spaghetti western was made in the Summer 1973 at Elios studios, a western set seen in many macaroni western, in the countryside of Rome. The plot Is confused, the direction Is even worse, so this mess was totally transformed into a silly comedy by reworking the lines in postproduction phase (italian edition courtesy by the italian Z movie king Bruno Mattei). Adding nonsense dialogues citing politic, soccer players, Nixon and the watergate, they released this in Italy 1974 with a title in Bud Spencer style, cuz it was impossible keep it serious considering all the shortcomings (at one point the camera wrongly catch a modern car parked between two buildings in the western village behind cowboy William berger). Outside Italy it was released in his 'serious' way but the result Is the same garage. Sadly two good performers were involved in this: the leading man Jason Pai Piao and the chinese badguy Thompson kao Kang, who died tragically 4 August 1980 killed by a Policeman in Hong Kong. Western vets William berger and Donal O'Brian are the bandits, and the former is clumsy forgotten in the final showdown, when he simply dismiss as the camera moves on the duel between Chinamen. Sadly the assistant director died before leaving Rome because he ate average fish. Not a memorable movie to die for. Co-starred by Joey Chen, a martial artist screen-tested by Bruce Lee for Enter the Dragon (but Sammo Hung took the role instead).
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