Johnny Oro is a bounty hunter who sees killing as pure business: he only draws his solid gold pistol when there is something to gain. That attitude gets him into trouble when he spares Juanito Perez, a man with no price on his head, who swears revenge. The conflict soon spreads to a peaceful town and its sheriff, who are protecting the protagonist.

How it was made

Directed by Sergio Corbucci, the film was made in Italy and took the title Johnny Oro to cash in on the success of Duccio Tessari's Ringo movies. Adriano Bolzoni and Franco Rossetti wrote the screenplay, Carlo Savina composed the score, and Riccardo Pallottini shot the film. Mark Damon leads the cast, alongside Ettore Manni and Valeria Fabrizi.

Reception and legacy

The available sources offer little detail on its critical and commercial reception. It opened in Italy on 15 July 1966, during the height of the spaghetti western boom. Its precise place within Corbucci's filmography and in film history is not well documented.