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.

Anthony Steffen, William Berger, Mario Brega: Steffen plays a Union officer (Davy Flanagan) who was shot by a POW camp commander (later revealed to by William Berger) who pretends to be his friend, Sam Kellogg. Due to this head wound, Davy lost all memory of his past. Davy discovers that he is considered a deserter and has a high bounty ($10,000!) on his head. While seeking his beautiful wife, Liza, (Ida Galli aka Evelyn Stewart) who had since become the common law wife to Clay Hackett (Claudio Undari aka Robert Hundar). Liza spends most of her days drinking bottles of liquor and passing out.

Dragging Kellogg around, Davy fights off bandit gangs (one led by "Jack", Raf Baldarassarre) and kills them all. Dirty (Mario Brega) is a bandit leader want-to-be, who gets dispatched as well. In the final showdown with Hackett's gang and Kellogg, Davy destroys them all with nitro and flying bullets. After Kellogg hits Davy in the head, his memories return, and Kellogg is shot dead and falls into a horse trough. At the end, Liza and Davy are reunited hand in hand.

Although Kellogg says that he has an account to settle with Davy, there is no sense in that motive. How would a man who shot an enemy soldier and then masqueraded as a Union soldier by wearing his uniform, have such a hate agenda for man that never did anything to him? Obviously, this paper thin motivational character trope turns up all the time in SW's. Overall, the amnesia plot with Steffen works well here, and we can enjoy plenty of action and a rare romantic happy ending.