Gunfight at Red Sands

{{short description|1963 film}} {{Infobox film | image = Gringoposter.jpg | caption = Spanish [[film poster]] | director = [[Ricardo Blasco]] [[Mario Caiano]] | writer = [[Albert Band]] Ricardo Blasco [[James Donald Prindle]] (story) | producer = Albert Band [[José Gutiérrez Maesso]] | starring = {{plainlist| * [[Richard Harrison (actor)|Richard Harrison]] * [[Mikaela (singer)|Mikaela]] * [[G.R. Stuart]] * [[Sara Lezana]] * [[Dan Martin (Spanish actor)|Dan Martin]] * [[Barta Barry]] }} | cinematography = [[Massimo Dallamano]] | editing = Rosa G. Salgado | music = [[Ennio Morricone]] | distributor = | released = {{film date|1963|09|19|df=yes}} | runtime = 97 minutes | country = Italy Spain | language = Italian | budget = }} '''''Gunfight at Red Sands''''' ({{Langx|it|Duello nel Texas||Duel in Texas}}, {{Langx|es|Gringo}}), also known as '''''Gunfight in the Red Sands''''', is a 1963 Italian-Spanish [[international co-production]] directed by [[Ricardo Blasco]] and [[Mario Caiano]],<ref>{{cite book |last=Cox |first=Alex |author-link=Alex Cox |title=10,000 Ways to Die: A Director's Take on the Spaghetti Western |publisher=Oldcastle Books |date=21 October 2010 |page=21 |isbn=9781842434024 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r4tQ5oNi9dQC&pg=PT21 }} [http://www.alexcox.com/freestuff/10000_WAYS_TO_DIE.pdf Alt URL] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724031134/http://www.alexcox.com/freestuff/10000_WAYS_TO_DIE.pdf |date=2008-07-24 }}</ref> and produced by [[Albert Band]] as his first [[Spaghetti Western]]. It was also the first Western to feature a score by [[Ennio Morricone]] and the second Spaghetti Western to star [[Richard Harrison (actor)|Richard Harrison]].

==Plot== Outside of Carterville, Texas, the sheepherding Martinez family has discovered gold on their land. Manuel, the wayward youngest son boasts about the fact under the influence of alcohol in a saloon. The next day three masked men ride to the Martinez house, where they murder the father, wound Manuel and steal the gold belonging to the family. Unaware of the crimes they committed, the three masked riders are seen by Richard Martinez, called "Gringo" who is an adopted Anglo-American son of the Martinez family. Gringo has been away for four years fighting with guerillas against the Mexican Government. Discovering the tragedies, Gringo seeks the help of Sheriff Lance Corbett to find the killers who Gringo can only identify by their horses. Gringo kills one of the men who attempts to ambush him and gradually discovers that certain people in the town of Carterville want to obtain the land of the Martinez family for themselves.

==Cast== {{columnslist| * [[Richard Harrison (actor)|Richard Harrison]] as Ricardo "Gringo" Martinez * [[G.R. Stuart]] as Sheriff Lance Corbett * [[Mikaela (singer)|Mikaela]] as Maria Huertas * [[Sara Lezana]] as Elisa 'Lisa' Martinez * [[Dan Martin (Spanish actor)|Dan Martin]] as Manuel Martinez * Sam Field as Doctor Bancroft * [[Barta Barry]] as Lou Stedman * [[Ald Sambrell]] as Juan Guardo * [[Agustín González (actor)|Agustín González]] as Risitas Wilson * Bruna Simoniato as Rosa Cardena * Barbara Simon as Rosa Cardena * Ángel Solano as Miller * Gonzalo Ezquiro as King Wilson * [[Xan das Bolas]] as Barber * [[José Calvo]] as Francisco * José Luis Chinchilla as Hombre del sheriff * [[Tito García]] as Herrero * [[Rufino Inglés]] as Poker Player * Alfonso Rojas as Don Esteban * Rafael Vaquero as Tendero * Guillermo Vera as Mexicano }}

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