Sartana
(Gianni Garko) strides into a western town in possession of a valuable
deed. As he tries to return it to its
rightful owner, the greedy townsfolk, crooked sheriffs, and other assorted
cutthroats crawl out of the woodwork to make sure that won’t happen. Naturally, he becomes romantically involved
with the sexy heiress.
Have
a Good Funeral, My Friend… Sartana Will Pay was the fourth Sartana adventure
(or fifth, if you count $1000 on the Black in which Sartana was a villain) and
it lacks some of the playful zest that made the other entries in the series crackle. It also feels more like an assemblage of
western clichés in search for a home than an honest to goodness Spaghetti
Western.
Still,
it has its moments. (There’s a great bit
where Sartana walks into a Chinese gambling hall and busts up a crooked
blackjack game armed only with a pocket watch.)
However, many of these moments are short lived (like when Sartana gets
into a Kung Fu battle) or overused (like when he throws playing cards like
Gambit from the X-Men). There are enough
of these odd touches to distinguish Have a Good Funeral, My Friend… Sartana
Will Pay from your typical western, but not quite enough to make it rise to the
heights of the previous Sartana films.
AKA: Have a Good Funeral on Me, Amigo—Sartana. AKA: A
Coffin from Sartana. AKA: A Present for You, Amigo… A Coffin from
Sartana. AKA: Gunslinger.
AKA: Stranger’s Gold.
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