The Stranger and the Gunfighter

The Stranger and the Gunfighter

The fastest gun in the West joins with the most brutal hands in the East!

PG 1974 · 107 min · ★ 5.4 · Action, Western, Comedy

During a hold-up in the Wild West, Dakota kills a rich old Chinese man, Wang. Later, he is captured, sentenced, and is about to be hanged - and he never profitted from Wang's death, has he buried him with the photographs of his four widows, and a few worthless papers. Meanwhile, Ho comes to America in search of his uncle's fortune, and must get Dakota free, as he his the only man who can lead him to Wang's tomb. They open the tomb, retaking the pictures of Wang's widows. It happens he reads the papers and knows that Wang had one quarter of a map tattooed in each of his women's buttocks. Now, the difficult part will really start... Treasure hunt.

Directed by Antonio Margheriti · Written by Barth Jules Sussman

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Cast

Lee Van Cleef Dakota
Lo Lieh Ho Chiang
Wang Hsieh Warlord
Chan Shen Chief Constable
Ching Miao Wang's Father
Karen Yip Leng-Chi Li Hua
Patty Shepard Russian Mistress / Twin Sister
Femi Benussi Italian Mistress
Karen Yeh Chinese Mistress
Julián Ugarte Yancey Hobbitt
Erika Blanc American Mistress
Ai Tong-Kua Wang's Uncle

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