Escondido (1967)

Escondido: Directed by Franco Rossetti. With Andrea Giordana, Rosemary Dexter, Franco Giornelli, Dana Ghia. An outlaw masquerades as the son of a blind man in order to find a cache of gold located in a vacated town.

“Itu0026#39;s too bad Franco Rossetti didnu0026#39;t make more westerns; this is his only oater and itu0026#39;s a pretty good spaghetti western. I liked Chip Corman (Andrea Giordana) as Steve, El Desperado, who spends much of his screen time in a Confederate soldier uniform masquerading as a blind manu0026#39;s returning son. Heu0026#39;s not, of course, heu0026#39;s really after a stash of gold the blind man has been saving, hidden in a ghost town thatu0026#39;s right out of Django, all mud and muck. Pretty soon though a gang shows up to waylay a Confederate payroll thatu0026#39;s rolling through the town. The only negatives are the unavoidable fistfight/barroom brawl and a scene where Desperado gets kicked around in the mud which goes on too long. The finale is great and makes up for quite a bit of the typical spaghetti hi-jinx which leaves non-fans of the genre cold. If you like pasta youu0026#39;ll dig this almost unknown gem. Just released by Wild East, this has a good widescreen transfer and looks great!”