Man Who Cried for Revenge
1968 [ITALIAN]
Action / Drama / Western

Plot summary
A Civil War veteran is amnesic after being shot in the head. When he returns to his hometown, he finds out that he has been declared a deserter. The local judge offers him a chance to clear his name, but he only wants to send him against some dangerous outlaw and his gang.
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Ravioli Western with a prolific Italian director and two main actors from Spaghetti : Steffen and Berger
The Name that Cried Revenge
Civil War veteran (Anthony Steffen) is an amnesic after an injury to the head when trying to escape from a POW camp during the last stages of the Civil War.
He is drinking at the saloon, living as an outcast when a bounty hunter shows up to collect a bounty on his head as a deserter. Davy manages to escape. In the process, he discovers that the secret to his past might be found in the town of Dixon. He finds the townsfolk to be quite scornful of him - they think the rumour of him deserting the army is true.
He was only one person (William Berger) who professses to be his friend ... or is he?
Anthony Steffen does his usual taciturn turn in this atmospheric spaghetti western which has a rather dark-toned picture, the towns look grainy and the action is aplenty, however a little subtlety as Steffen is a man with no memory would've been good. The plot doesn't unwind gradually with Steffen figuring out who he is - thirty minutes in he on the prod, mowing the enemy down. For a man with amnesia he isn't vulnerable enough or baffled about who he really is. The objective of Berger isn't clear. The action sequences are great, well-staged but that's the problem; it relies on that too much make the film watchable. In between the shootouts, this western can lapse into unclarity and tediousness. Could've been better with a sharper execution, more mystery and less reliance on action to drive the plot. The music score is great, the action and performances are fine.