Yul Brynner plays Sabata this time around, and he’s hired to recover a gold shipment from the Austrians and vicious Col. Skimmel on the behalf of the Mexican revolution and Maximillian.

Dean Reed plays Ballantine, an American anxious to become partners with Sabata, but with less noble intentions should the gold be found.

Sabata is also joined by the revolutionary leader Escudo and his two sidekicks, the acrobatic Gitano and the mute Septiembre.

But they aren’t the only ones after the gold.

Seems a man named Folgen wants it, too, and he has a whole band of dressed-in-black gunmen to enforce his will.

Yul Brynner as Sabata, prepared to take on the Murdoch brothers in Adios, Sabata (1970)

Dean Reed as Ballantine, the painter and schemer in Adios, Sabata (1970)

Review:

Well-done Spaghetti, though it seems overlong and tosses in a few too many gimmicks. A snazzy opening has Sabata killing the Murdoch brothers. Check out the way in which he oils the weather vane.

As for those Spaghetti gimmicks, he has a trick gun. There’s a book loaded with explosives. There’s the acrobat, who does a flamingo dance of death, and the mute. One of the neater gimmicks is Skimmel’s deadly model ship.

This marked the only Spaghetti Western for Brynner, and he was supposed to play the role of Indio Black until his character’s name was changed after the success of the first Sabata film.

Ignazio Spallas (Pedro Sanchez) as Eschudo, the revolutionary whose favorite charity is himself in Adios, Sabata (1970)

Gérard Herter as Colonel Skimmel, the officer with the gold in Adios, Sabata (1970)

Directed by:
Gianfranco Parolini (as Frank Kramer)

Cast:
Yul Brynner … Sabata
Dean Reed … Ballantine
Ignazio Spalla … Escudo (as Pedro Sanchez)
Salvatore Borghese … Septiembre (mute) (as Sal Borgese)
Joseph Persuad … Gitano (acrobat)
Salvatore Billa … Manuel Garcia Otello
Gerard Herter … Col. Skimmel
Antonio Gradoli … Maj. Mattenich
Franco Fantasia … Senor Ocano
Gisanni Rizzo … Folgen
Bruno Corazzari … Hertz
Luciano Casamonica … Juanito

Also with: Andrea Scotti, Nieves Navarro, Susan Scott, Vittorio Fanfoni, Massimo Carocci, Vittorio Caronia, Vitti Caronia, Omar Bonaro, Franco Marletta, Andrea Aureli, Calisto Calisti, Giuseppe Castellano as Thomas Kerr, Thomas Rudy , Federico Boido as Rick Boyd, Furio Pellerani, Gianni Siragusa as Johnny Nation, Stefano Rizzo

Score: Bruno Nicolai

Runtime: 105 min.

aka:
Indio Black, sai che ti dico
Indio Black
Indio Sabata
The Bounty Hunters

Sal Borgese as Septembre, one of Escudo’s men in Adios, Sabata (1970)

Turam Quibo (Joseph Persaud) as Gitano, preparing to do his dance of death in Adios, Sabata (1970)

Memorable lines:

Col. Skimmel, looking at his portrait: “Oh, no, I don’t frown like this. My face is more joyful. Loosen the mouth a trifle.”
Ballantine: “You smile so pretty, colonel. Packing off a wagon load of grain made you as happy as sending off a shipment of silver dust.”

Escudo, about Ballantine: “Do you think he’s trying to trick us?”
Sabata: “Just don’t let him get out of your (long pause) rifle range.”

Escudo: “But it’s for the revolution.”
Ballantine: “Oh, sure, the revolution. All this beautiful gold turned into rifles and cannons.”
Escudo: “I’m not touching it.”
Sabata: “How bout trying to buy some peace with it?”
Ballantine: “A load of gold like this could be divided five ways. What a contribution to my favorite charity — me.”

Escudo: “Oh, poor Ballantine. To die in the moment of our triumph. So artistic. So generous. And the most honest of us all. I weep for him. May his good soul go to heaven and then be greeted by our Lord above … Wait. This now means there are only four of us. So we divide his share between us. Huh?”

Gianni Rizzo as Folgen, Col. Skimmel’s accomplice in Adios, Sabata (1970)

Bruno Corazzari as Hertz, Folgen’s hired assassin in Adios, Sabata (1970)

Trivia:

The film, and Yul Brynner’s character, was supposed to be named “Indio Black,” but was changed to capitalize on the popularity of the first “Sabata” film. In an odd twist, Lee Van Cleef had been offered the lead role, but had to turn it down to take a part in a Magnificent Seven sequel, playing the character made famous by none other than Yul Brynner.

During the filming, according to this site, Yul Brynner was given a cherry red convertible sports car to drive to and from the set. He demolished it in a crash in which he escaped injury and reportedly requested another. Producers decided a chauffeur would be a better idea.