Anthony Steffen plays a bounty hunter named Regan who’s responsible for tracking down the six outlaws who stole $12,000 from the Prescott Mining Co. He’s already found three, and he thinks he’s recovered the money.
To be certain, the company sends him to Miles City, Montana, into the heart of a war between the ranchers and farmers.
The reason: Trevor Norton lives there, and he’s the twin brother of Jim Norton, a gang member believed to have died.
Regan winds up assuming the identity of the new sheriff of Miles City, a man named Coleman who was ambushed en route to the town. And he quickly falls for Trevor Norton’s pretty niece Sally.
But it isn’t long before he begins wondering whether Trevor is really her uncle or the presumably dead gang member.
After all, two other members of the gang that robbed the mining company — Buck Dago and Sam Lister — have also shown up in Miles City.
They’re gunmen for Amos Brownsberg, leader of the ranchers, and they seem mighty interested in the fate of a new farmer in the area named Trevor Norton.
Anthony Steffen as Regan in Some Dollars for Django (1966)
Frank Wolff as Norton, a wanna-be farmer, in Some Dollars for Django (1966)
Review:
The mystery of who Trevor Norton really is isn’t enough to lift this somewhat muddled Spaghetti above the average, though the script certainly keeps the action coming fast and furious.
Among the more clever scenes, Regan is getting a shave when he hears men outside harassing a woman. He orders the barber to spin him toward the door.
No sooner is he pointed in the right direction than his guns start blazing, shooting hats right off the heads of the badmen.
Regan has an aging deputy named Smitty who occasionally proves useful and a mayor named Fisher and judge named Holden who try to keep him out of trouble when his true identity is revealed.
Another plus for this outing: a rousing score and excellent title tune.
Alfonso Rojas as Amos Bransbury, leader of the ranchers, in Some Dollars for Django (1966)
Gloria Osuna as Sally Norton in Some Dollars for Django (1966)
Directed by:
Leon Klimovsky
Enzo G. Castellari
Cast:
Antonio de Teffe … Regan / Coleman
as Anthony Steffen
Gloria Osuna … Sally Norton
Frank Wolff … Trevor / Jim Norton
Giuseppe Frisaldi …. Graham
as Joe Kamel
Jose Luis Lluch … Buck Dago
Jose Luis Zalde … Mayor Fisher
as Tomas Zalde
Alfonso Rojas … Amos Bransbury
Angel Ter … Smitty
Sandalio Hernandez … Judge Horace Holden
Enio Girolami … Sam Lister
as Thomas Moore
Alfonso de la Vega … Barkley
Joaquin Parra … Freeman
Angel Menendez … Carson
Runtime: 87
aka:
Pochi dollari per Django
A Few Dollars for Django
Django: A Bullet for You
Music:
Carlo Savina
Song:
“There Will Come a Morning”
by Don Powell
Jose Luis Zalde (Tomas Zalde) as Mayor Fisher and Sandalio Hernandez as Judge Holden in Some Dollars for Django (1966)
Angel Ter as Smitty, the deputy marshal in Some Dollars for Django (1966)
Memorable lines:
Regan, after shooting three men in the ear: “It’ll be a bullet in the brain if you try that again.”
Regan, about the turmoil in Miles City: “Isn’t there anyone with the guts to try to do something?”
Smitty: “Oh, sure, except they’re all dead now.”
Barman, moving his mirror after new sheriff Regan orders a beer: “When they got Sheriff Gibson, I had to buy a brand new mirror. You understand.”
Regan: “Don’t worry about it, pal. I’ll try not to get killed. For the sake of the mirror.”
Jose Luis Lluch as Buck Drago and Enio Girolami (Thomas Moore) as Sam Lister, two of Amos Bransbury’s men, in Some Dollars for Django (1966)
Alfonso Rojas as Amos Bransbury with right-hand man Barkley (Alfonso de la Vega) in Some Dollars for Django (1966)
Trevor Norton, watching Regan ride away: “He’ll be back. He’s smelled his prey.”
Smitty, sheriff’s deputy, lying badly wounded: “It’s too late. Already, I feel like an angel.”
Regan to Norton: “A bandit and a bounty killer. That’s pretty funny. Two gunmen who hope to bring a little law and order to Miles City.”
Frank Wolff as Norton with Giuseppe Frisaldi (Joe Kamel), leader of the farmers in Some Dollars for Django (1966)
Frank Wolff as Trevor Norton with Gloria Osuna as Sally Norton in Some Dollars for Django (1966)
Trivia:
Not once in the film is Anthony Steffen referred to as Django, another case of overseas producers trying to cash in on a name made popular by other Spaghetti Westerns.
Frank Wolff, best known for his brief role as Brett McBain in Once Upon a Time in the West, got his start in Roger Cormon films like “The Wasp Woman” (1959) and Ski Troop Attack (1960). His first Western was a bit role in Audie Murphy’s “The Wild and the Innocent” (1960).
Anthony Steffen as Regan with Gloria Osuna as Sally Norton, in a tight spot in Some Dollars for Django (1966)
Anthony Steffen as Regan and Frank Wolff as Norton in Some Dollars for Django (1966)
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