Django, The Last Killer (1967)

George Eastman is Ramon, a rancher’s son who is robbed of the money a land-hungry town boss named Barrett has demanded.

Seems Barrett is intent on driving all the homesteaders off their land. Those who pay up get to stay on their land; those who don’t are driven off.

Ramon’s father is killed, his home burned by Barrett’s men.

Ramon heads to town to get revenge, only to step into the middle of a gunfight between a killer named Django and some of Barrett’s men.

Seems Barrett has hired Django to do away with his top gun hand (Burt) because he’s getting a little too power hungry.

Ramon is wounded but saves Django’s life in the process. So Django nurses the wounded man back to health.

In the process, he teaches Ramon how to become a gunman, never dreaming that one day he’ll be asked to gun down the young man in return for the $15,000 he needs to start a new life — a life that doesn’t include killing for money.

Anthony Ghidra as Django in “Django, the Last Killer” (1967)

George Eastman as Ramon in “Django, the Last Killer” (1967)

Review:

A bit muddled and a bit of a stretch — Django proclaims Ramon the only friend he’s ever had, then agrees to kill him in a heartbeat — but better than many Spaghettis.

Dana Ghia plays Lola, Ramon’s one-time girlfriend who decides working in Barrett’s saloon, and perhaps becoming his woman, offers better prospects.

Daniele Vargas as Barrett in “Django, the Last Killer” (1967)

Dana Ghia as Lola in “Django, the Last Killer” (1967)

Directed by:
Giuseppe Vari

Cast:
George Eastman … Ramon / Chico
Anthony Ghidra … Django
Dana Ghia … Lola
Daniele Vargas … Barrett
Gianni Medici … Burt
as John Hamilton
Mirko Ellis … Stevens
Giuseppe Addobbati … Ramon’s dad
as John MacDouglas

aka:
L’ Ultimo killer
Django, the Last Gunfighter
The Last Killer

Score: Roberto Pregadio

Runtime: 88 min.

Mirko Ellis as Stevens in “Django, the Last Killer” (1967)

Gianni Medici as Bart in “Django, the Last Killer” (1967)

Memorable lines:

Barrett: “Don’t forget it’s me who’s calling the shots.”
Django: “The shots you call you pay for, so don’t waste your fire, Barrett.”

Django: “A word of advice, before you speak, pull the trigger, Chico. That is, you don’t warn your enemy. Not speaking at all is even better.”

Bartender to Lola: “How come you don’t see Mr. Barrett?”
Lola: “Don’t you worry about it, Pacquito. Barrett never announces his arrival. Nor does the angel of death. But they come.”

Ramon: “How do you pass your time before you kill a man?”
Django: “I give myself a shave. When you find a man who’s that concerned about his looks, it means he’s mighty anxious to stay in one piece.”

Django to Ramon: “Maybe you’ve got a girlfriend you’d like to stay alive for.”
Ramon: “I don’t.”
Django: “You’re smarter than I thought. Women are strange creatures. No matter what they might say or do, you never know what’s going on inside of ’em.”

Giuseppe Addobbati as Ramon’s dad in “Django, the Last Killer” (1967)

Gianni Medici as Bart and Fabio Coplan as Slim in “Django, the Last Killer” (1967)

Trvia

George Eastman, born Luigi Montefiori in 1942. is also credited as writer of screenplays for 45 movies or telefilms, including two well-known Spaghetti Westerns — “Chuck Moll” and “Keoma.”

Dana Ghia as Lola and Daniele Vargas as Barrett in Django, the Last Killer (1967)

Daniele Vargas as Barrett and Anthony Ghidra as Django in “Django, the Last Killer” (1967)