Gianni Garko takes over the role of Django, a bounty hunter whose interest is piqued when a wanted man’s bounty climbs to $10,000.
Claudio Camasco is Manuel Vasquez, a bandit headed in that direction.
Looking to settle an old score with Mendoza, a men who let him go to prison, Manuel kidnaps and soils his daughter, a pretty dark-haired lass named Dolores.
Her dad hires Django to track down the outlaw, offering to add $5,000 to the $5,000 bounty already on Manuel’s head.
But Manuel makes Django an offer he can’t refuse — half of a gold shipment he hopes to steal. Django’s job, lure away the escort so Manuel doesn’t have to murder anyone during the robbery.
Otherwise, the price on his head might rise and Django might be tempted.
Only Manuel can’t control his bloodlust, and Django reaches a stagecoach to find the passengers and everyone aboard dead, including a fond acquaintance.
At that point, $10,000 bounty or not, Django has a score to settle.
Gianni Garko as Django in $10,000 Blood Money (1967)
Claudio Camaso as Manuel Vasquez in $10,000 Blood Money (1967)
Review:
Better than average Spaghetti, with an uncommonly romantic scene between Django and Mijanou (Loredana Nusciak), a pretty woman who wants to escape the West, helping set up what’s to follow.
Claudi Camaso makes a suitably dastardly villain, who carries a six-gun on his shoulder instead of his hip. He learned his evil ways from a father (Fernando Sancho), who has pinned the badges of the sheriffs he’s killed on his suspenders.
On the other hand, the weird music that plays when Manuel enters a scene would seem campy even in a B-horror movie.
And Django’s decision to track down Manuel minutes after agreeing to go to San Francisco with his new lady love is downright head-scratching.
Loredana Nusciak as Mijanou in $10,000 Blood Money (1967)
Fernando Sancho as Stardust Vasquez in $10,000 Blood Money (1967)
Directed by:
Romolo Guerrieri
Cast:
Gianni Garko … Django
as Gary Hudson
Claudio Camasco … Manuel Vasquez
Fernando Sancho … Vasquez
Fidel Gonzales … Fidelio
Loredana Nusciak … Mijanou
Adriana Ambesi … Dolores Mendoza
Pinuccio Ardia … Seven Dollars
Franco Lantieri … Juan
Runtime: 94 min.
Also with: Massimo Sarchielli, Ermelinda De Felice, Dada Gallotti, Fernando Bettelia, Aldo Cecconi, Renato Montalbano, Peggy Nathan, Fernando Poggi, Mirko Valentin
aka:
$10,000 dollario per un massacro
Guns of Violence
Ten Thousand Dollars for a Massacre
Score: Nora Orlandi
Fidel Gonzalez as Fidelio in $10,000 Blood Money (1967)
Adriani Ambesi as Dolores Mendoza in $10,000 Blood Money (1967)
Memorable lines:
Mendoza, as his daughter is threatened by the gunman Mendoza: “I beg you, Manuel. No. No.”
Manuel: “What, you don’t like me for a son in law? Don’t worry. I won’t marry her.”
Mijanou, during a hug with Django: “No, it’s not like you think, pistolero. No, I’m not ready yet. I’m not ready to make love and see you die. Die like the bounty killer dies. I’m tired of this place.”
Bandit, to Django, who’s buried up to his neck in the desert: “Oh, excuse me for getting in the way of the sun.” He steps to the side. “Is that better? You’ll have a beautiful suntan when you reach the gates of hell.”
Manuel to Django: “The two of us, we’re like merchants, dealing in blood.”
Franco Bettella as Mendoza in $10,000 Blood Money (1967)
Massimo Sarchielli as Cisco in $10,000 Blood Money (1967)
Trivia:
Loredana Nusciak, who plays Django’s lady love in this film, starred as Maria in the original “Django” film (1966). Here, she hates the way Django makes his living and longs for the good life San Francisco offers.
This was the last of three Spaghetti Westerns by director Romolo Guerrieri, preceded by “Seven Guns for Timothy” and “Johnny Yuma” (both 1966).
Fidel Gonzalez as Fidelio and Gianni Garko as Django in $10,000 Blood Money (1967)
Gianni Garko as Django and Loredana Nusciak as Mijanou in $10,000 Blood Money (1967)
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