# Requiem for a Gringo

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1968 film by Eugenio Martín, José Luis Merino

Requiem for a Gringo Spanish theatrical release poster Directed by Eugenio Martín José Luis Merino Written by Enrico Colombo Giuliana Garavaglia Starring Lang Jeffries Cinematography Mario Pacheco Edited by José Antonio Rojo Music by Angelo Francesco Lavagnino Production companies Hispamer Films Prodimex Film Distributed by Variety Distribution Release dates 23 August 1968 (1968-08-23) (Italy) 28 April 1969 (1969-04-28) (Madrid) Running time 95 minutes[1] Countries Italy Spain Languages Italian Spanish

***Requiem for a Gringo*** ([Italian](/source/Italian_language): *Requiem per un gringo*, [Spanish](/source/Spanish_language): *Réquiem para el gringo*, also known as *Duel in the Eclipse*) is a 1968 [Italian](/source/Italy)-[Spanish](/source/Spain) [Spaghetti Western](/source/Spaghetti_Western) film directed by [Eugenio Martín](/source/Eugenio_Mart%C3%ADn) and [José Luis Merino](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Luis_Merino) and starring [Lang Jeffries](/source/Lang_Jeffries), [Fernando Sancho](/source/Fernando_Sancho) and [Femi Benussi](/source/Femi_Benussi). It is most known for the gore and psychedelic elements.[2] It is the only western film of the [Eurospy](/source/Eurospy_film) and [peplum film genre](/source/Peplum_film_genre) star Lang Jeffries.[2] The film is partially based on [Masaki Kobayashi](/source/Masaki_Kobayashi)'s film *[Harakiri](/source/Harakiri_(1962_film))*.

## Plot

Spaghetti western starring Lang Jeffries. A man with special knowledge of the heavens looks to avenge his brother's murder. He targets a gang of Mexican bandits who have occupied a hacienda and picks the day of an eclipse to bring his plan to fruition.

## Cast

- [Lang Jeffries](/source/Lang_Jeffries) as Ross Logan / Django

- [Femi Benussi](/source/Femi_Benussi) as Alma (as Femy Benussi)

- [Fernando Sancho](/source/Fernando_Sancho) as Porfirio Carranza

- Carlo Gaddi as Ted Corbin

- Rubén Rojo as Tom Leader

- Carlo Simoni as Dan

- [Aldo Sambrell](/source/Aldo_Sambrell) as Charley Fair

- [Marisa Paredes](/source/Marisa_Paredes) as Nina

- Giuliana Garavaglia as Lupe (as Giuly Garr)

- [Ángel Álvarez](/source/%C3%81ngel_%C3%81lvarez) as Samuel

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["*Duel in the Eclipse* (15)"](https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/duel-in-the-eclipse-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0xmta5mduz). *[British Board of Film Classification](/source/British_Board_of_Film_Classification)*. 30 December 2025. Retrieved 31 December 2025.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-spaghetti_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-spaghetti_2-1) Marco Giusti (2007). *Dizionario del western all'italiana*. Mondadori, 2007. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-8804572770](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-8804572770).

## External links

- [*Requiem for a Gringo*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063528/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

- [*Requiem for a Gringo*](https://www.varietydistribution.it/en/catalogue/duel-in-the-eclipse/) at [Variety Distribution](/source/Variety_Distribution)

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