Five Dollars for Ringo (1966)

Julio Perez Tabernero (as Anthony P. Taber) is Sheriff Lester Sands, bound for the town of Lindsborg because he believes that’s the headquarters for a band of outlaws.

En route, he comes across an attempted stagecoach robbery, kills most of the outlaws and rescues a pretty saloon singer named Sara (Vicky Lagos).

Once in town, he realizes he has plenty of work to do.

Deputy Charlie Scott drinks on the job and is in the pocket of the mayor. He cares little that the men hanging out in the saloon have wanted posters sitting on his desk.

And putting people in the Lindsborg jail proves much easier than keeping them there.

Sands gets an unexpected source of help when tomboyish Miram Grady (Maria Pia Conte) shows up with some cowhands in tow.

Figuring they’re in town to make trouble, Sands throws them in jail too. Until Miriam guns down a man intent on shooting the sheriff in the back during a supposedly fair gunfight.

At that point, Sands decides the men in his jail might be more useful wearing badges of their own.

But his new affection for Miriam is about to cause problems. Saloon girl Sara is so jealous, she agrees to help lead the lawman into an ambush.

And Sands still doesn’t know who’s behind all the trouble in Lindsborg.

Julio Perez Tabernero (Anthony P. Taber) as Sheriff Lester Sands,issuing a warning to one of the most powerful men in town in Five Dollars for Ringo (1966)

Alberto Farnese (Albert Farley) as Mayor Aldo Rudell, feeling trouble around the corner in Five Dollars for Ringo (1966)

Review:

A fairly fun romp of a Spaghetti that doesn’t take itself too seriously and finds time for a few musical interludes. Even a bad guy belts out the title tune at one point.

An undertaker named Simon and his helper Kenny are on hand to provide comic relief. They can’t wait to go through the pockets of deceased outlaws to see what they can find.

And between breakouts and the assassination of witnesses, the jail proves to be one of the most dangerous places in town. Heck, it’s nearly destroyed in one fistfight.

Maria Pia Conte as Miriam Grady, getting on Sheriff Sands’ good side with the help of her six-gun in Five Dollars for Ringo (1966)

Vicky Lagos as Sara, a saloon singer smitten with the sheriff who rescues her in Five Dollars for Ringo (1966)

Directed by:
Ignacio F. Iquino
Juan Xiol

Cast:
Julio Perez Tabernero … Sheriff Lester Sands
as Anthony P. Taber
Alberto Farnese … Mayor Aldo Rudell
as Albert Farley
Miguel Gila … Simon, undertaker
Vicky Lagos … Sara
Maria Pia Conte … Miriam Grady
Gaspar “Indio” Gonzalez … Kenny
Javier Conde … Bobby Kidd
Angel Lombarte … Deputy Charlie Scott
Cesar Ojinaga … Alex Harris
Juan Manuel Simon … Sonny Carter
Mario Via … Lou Gorman

Also with: Luis del Pueblo, Fernando Rubio, Juan Manuel Simon, Teresa Giro, Eduardo Lizarza, Romano Giomini

Runtime: 81 min.

aka:
5 dollari per ringo
Cinco pistolas de Texas
Ringo Takes All

Music: Enrique Escobar

Miguel Gila as SImon, the undertaker, examining a watch taken off a dead man in Five Dollars for Ringo (1966)

Angel Lombarte (?) as Deputy Charlie Scott, a lawman underr the mayor’s thumb in Five Dollars for Ringo (1966)

Memorable lines:

Sorry, watched a Spanish language print of this film.

Juan Manuel Simon (?) as Sonny Carter, one of the outlaws in Five Dollars for Ringo (1966)

Vicky Lagos as saloon singer Sara, concerned about the health of Sheriff Sands (Julio Perez Tabernero as Anthony P. Taber) in a room full of coffins in Five Dollars for Ringo (1966)

Trivia:

Julio Perez Tabernero got his start in Westerns, with a bit role in “Fistful of Dollars” and a more prominent one in “Fury of the Apaches.” He went on to direct seven films, mostly sexploitation efforts like “Sexy Cat” (1973) and “Hot Panties” (1983).

Miguel Gila — he’s simply credited as “Gila” here — was a well-known Spanish comedian, He more often played himself on Spanish TV than characters in films like this one.

This marked the only Spaghetti appearance for dark-haired actress Vicky Lagos, who was sill appearing in small roles on Spanish TV in the early 2000s.

Maria Pia Conte as Mariam Grady winds up in the arms of the wrong man, Mayor Aldo Rudell (Alberto Farnese) in Five Dollars for Ringo (1966)

Julio Perez Tabernero (Anthony P. Taber) as Sheriff Lester Sands, wondering what’s happening in Lindsborg in Five Dollars for Ringo (1966)