# Three Ruthless Ones

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1964 film

Three Ruthless Ones Spanish El sabor de la venganza Directed by Joaquin L. Romero Marchent Screenplay by Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent Jesús Navarro Carrión Rafael Romero Marchent Story by Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent Jesús Navarro Carrión Rafael Romero Marchent Produced by Félix Durán Aparicio Adriano Merkel Starring Richard Harrison Gloria Milland Robert Hundar Fernando Sancho Cinematography Rafael Pacheco Edited by Mercedes Alonso Music by Riz Ortolani Production companies Centauro Films Produzioni Europee Associate (PEA) Distributed by Materna Film-Verleih Andrés Salvador Molina Magic Video II Mike Hunter Video Toleratus Films Andrés Salvador Moli Toleratus Films S.A. Wild East Productions Release dates 8 February 1964 (1964-02-08) (Italy) 4 May 1964 (1964-05-04) (Spain) Running time 97 min Countries Spain Italy

***Three Ruthless Ones***, ***Gunfight at High Noon***, ***Sons of Vengeance*** or ***Eye for an Eye***[1] ([Spanish](/source/Spanish_language): *El sabor de la venganza*)[2] is a 1964 Spanish/Italian western film directed by [Joaquin L. Romero Marchent](/source/Joaquin_L._Romero_Marchent),[3] produced by [Alberto Grimaldi](/source/Alberto_Grimaldi),[4] scored by [Riz Ortolani](/source/Riz_Ortolani),[5] and starring [Richard Harrison](/source/Richard_Harrison_(actor)),[6] [Raf Baldassare](/source/Raf_Baldassare) and [Gloria Milland](/source/Gloria_Milland).[7]

It was shot in [Almería](/source/Almer%C3%ADa).[8][9]

## Cast

- [Richard Harrison](/source/Richard_Harrison_(actor)) as Jeff Walker

- [Fernando Sancho](/source/Fernando_Sancho) as Pedro Ramirez

- [Gloria Milland](/source/Gloria_Milland) as Louise Walker

- [Robert Hundar](/source/Robert_Hundar) as Chet Walker

- Miguel Palenzuela as Brad Walker

- Gloria Osuna as Susannah Westfall

- [Luis Induni](/source/Luis_Induni) as Westfall

- [Carlos Romero Marchent](/source/Carlos_Romero_Marchent) as Charlie[10]

- [José Manuel Martín](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Manuel_Mart%C3%ADn) as Richard

- José Truchado as Palmer

- [Francisco Sanz](/source/Francisco_Sanz_(actor)) as Juez Klem

- Alfonso Rojas as Grayson

- [Aldo Sambrell](/source/Aldo_Sambrell) as Palmer Henchman

- Emilio Rodríguez as Comisario Merrill

- Indio González as Palmer Henchman

- [Rufino Inglés](/source/Rufino_Ingl%C3%A9s) as Miembro del jurado

- Joaquín Burgos as Miembro del jurado

- Dina Loy as May

- Magda Maldonado as Esposa de granjero

- [José Riesgo](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Riesgo) as Clark Walker

- Rafael Vaquero as Granjero

- Miguel Merino as Hermano de Clark

- Ricardo Rodríguez as Palmer Henchman

- Ricardo G. Lilló as Hotel Clerk

- Marcelo Gonzalez

- Joaquín Bergía as Barman

- Pablito Alonso as Brad de niño

- Enrique Hernández as Chet de niño

- Luis Miguel Arranz as Jeff de niño

- Red Cameron

- Freddie Toehl as Rock

- Agustín Bescos as Ciudadano

- Pedro Fenollar as Ciudadano

- Antonio Orengo

- [Rafael Romero Marchent](/source/Rafael_Romero_Marchent) as Ciudadano que se lava los pies

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Eye for an Eye"](https://letterboxd.com/film/eye-for-an-eye-1971/). Letterboxd. Retrieved 16 August 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Pitts, Michael R. (28 November 2012). [*Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films*](https://books.google.com/books?id=aTX2mv0uX7UC&pg=PA137) (2nd ed.). [McFarland Publishing](/source/McFarland_Publishing). p. 137. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780786463725](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780786463725).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Stone, Barry (4 August 2016). [*The 50 Greatest Westerns*](https://books.google.com/books?id=eMCpDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT35). [Icon Books](/source/Icon_Books). p. 35. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781785781599](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781785781599).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Brunetta, Gian Piero (2009). [*The History of Italian Cinema: A Guide to Italian Film from Its Origins to the Twenty-first Century*](https://books.google.com/books?id=8-Q9Qec7c7oC&pg=PA205). Translated by Parzen, Jeremy. [Princeton University Press](/source/Princeton_University_Press). p. 205. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780691119885](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780691119885).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Lentz III, Harris M. (11 March 2015). [*Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2014*](https://books.google.com/books?id=pV9iCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA265). [McFarland Publishing](/source/McFarland_Publishing). p. 265. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781476619613](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781476619613).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Weisser, Thomas (11 March 2014). [*Spaghetti Westerns--the Good, the Bad and the Violent: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Filmography of 558 Eurowesterns and Their Personnel, 1961-1977*](https://books.google.com/books?id=s4gOAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT97). [McFarland Publishing](/source/McFarland_Publishing). p. 97. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781476611693](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781476611693).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Prickette, James (2 January 2012). McLendon, Charles Anthony (ed.). [*Actors of the Spaghetti Westerns*](https://books.google.com/books?id=3Q1SAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA205). [Xlibris Corporation](/source/Xlibris_Corporation). p. 205. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781469144290](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781469144290).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["'Filming Almería' consolida sus rutas senderistas cinematográficas con tres visitas guiadas"](http://blog.dipalme.org/filming-almeria-consolida-rutas-senderistas-cinematograficas-tres-visitas-guiadas/). *[Diputación de Almería](/source/Diputaci%C3%B3n_de_Almer%C3%ADa)* (in Spanish). 4 April 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** De la Tour, Dominique (13 April 2018). ["Il était une fois à Almería"](https://www.lesechos.fr/2018/04/il-etait-une-fois-a-almeria-1020159). *[Les Echos](/source/Les_%C3%89chos_(France))* (in French). Retrieved 7 November 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Lentz III, Harris M. (23 May 2014). [*Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2013*](https://books.google.com/books?id=MoHGCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA327). [McFarland Publishing](/source/McFarland_Publishing). p. 327. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781476616520](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781476616520).

## External links

- [*Three Ruthless Ones*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057464/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

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