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The Return of Ringo
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Wikipedia article
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'The Return of Ringo' is a 1965 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Duccio Tessari and the sequel to the earlier film 'A Pistol for Ringo'.[https://web.archive.org/web/20151118001938/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/473384/Il-Ritorno-di-Ringo/details The New York Times]
Like its predecessor, the film stars Giuliano Gemma and features a score composed by Ennio Morricone. The film's story is a loose retelling of Homer's 'Odyssey'.
Cast
Music
All music by Ennio Morricone.
# "Il ritorno di Ringo Main Titles" 2:16 (Lyrics and vocals by Maurizio Graf)
# "The Disguise" 2:23
# "Mariachi #1" 1:51
# "Violence" 5:54
# "Sheriff Carson" 1:20
# "The Fuentes" 1:08
# "Mariachi #2" 2:03
# "Main Titles Instrumental" 1:26
# "Barnaba's Bamba" 2:34
# "The Wedding and The Revenge" 1:28
# "The Funeral" 2:03
# "Peace Comes Back in Mimbres" 2:20
Release
'The Return of Ringo' was released in December 1965 in Italy. The film was the third highest-grossing film in Italy in 1965 behind 'For a Few Dollars More' and 'A Pistol for Ringo'.
Reception
From contemporary reviews, the 'Monthly Film Bulletin' that the film's story is "treated with an imagination unequaled in other Italian Westerns." The review continued that "what makes the film more than merely clever is the handing of its theme: as in the second half of 'The Odyssey', the hero-treated by all as dead-has to rediscover his identity." The review during the film's climax and ending "Tessari shiningly confirms his sense of the poetic." "Hawk." of 'Variety' described the film as "fair-to-middlin'" noting the cliches the film had, but that Tessari "keeps things lively, alternating action alternating action and humor" while noting the violence in the film "bordered on sadism." "Hawk." found the film to be superior to 'A Pistol for Ringo'.
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