The Return of Ringo

Il ritorno di Ringo
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Duccio Tessari
Produced by	Luciano Ercoli Alberto Pugliese
Screenplay by	Duccio Tessari Fernando Di Leo Uncredited: Alfonso Balcazar[1]
Starring	Giuliano Gemma Fernando Sancho Hally Hammond Nieves Navarro Antonio Casas Manuel Muñiz George Martin
Music by	Ennio Morricone
Cinematography	Francisco Marín
Edited by	Licia Quaglia
Production company	Produzioni Cinematografiche Mediterranee (PCM) Rizzoli Film Balcázar Producciones Cinematográficas
Distributed by	Cineriz (Italy)
Release dates	8 December 1965 (Italy)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Italy Spain
Language	Italian

The Return of Ringo (Italian: Il ritorno di Ringo) is a 1965 Italian spaghetti western film directed by Duccio Tessari and the sequel to the earlier film A Pistol for Ringo.^[2]

Like its predecessor, the film stars Giuliano Gemma and features a score composed by Ennio Morricone.

Plot

After fighting for the Union Army in the American Civil War, Ringo returns home to find that his property has been taken over by a family of Mexican bandits. His fiancee is about to marry the Mexican gangster behind all this. He decides to go undercover disguised as a Mexican. While there he discovers he has a daughter.

Cast

• Giuliano Gemma as Ringo
• Fernando Sancho as Esteban Fuentes
• Hally Hammond as Helen Brown / Hally Fitzgerald
• Nieves Navarro as Rosita
• Antonio Casas as Sheriff
• George Martin as Paco Fuentes
• Manuel Muñiz (as Pajarito) as Miosotis

Music

Il ritorno di Ringo
Soundtrack album by Ennio Morricone
Released	1965 (Original album)
Genre	Soundtrack
Label	RCA Italiana
Ennio Morricone chronology
Idoli controluce (1965) Il ritorno di Ringo (1965) Seven Guns for the MacGregors (1966)

All music by Ennio Morricone.

1. "Il ritorno di Ringo - Main Titles" – 2:16 (Lyrics and vocals by Maurizio Graf)
2. "The Disguise" – 2:23
3. "Mariachi #1" – 1:51
4. "Violence" – 5:54
5. "Sheriff Carson" – 1:20
6. "The Fuentes" – 1:08
7. "Mariachi #2" – 2:03
8. "Main Titles Instrumental" – 1:26
9. "Barnaba's Bamba" – 2:34
10. "The Wedding and The Revenge" – 1:28
11. "The Funeral" – 2:03
12. "Peace Comes Back in Mimbres" – 2:20

References

1. Cox, Alex (2009). 10,000 Ways to Die: A Director's Take on the Spaghetti Western. Oldcastle Books. ISBN 978-1842433041.
2. The New York Times

External links

• The Return of Ringo at the Internet Movie Database