buffalo bill hero far west director mario costas unsavory spaghetti western the beast klaus kinski could produced europe hollywood would never dared made western sexual predator prowl protagonist movie never mind kinski ideally suited role crazy johnny plays individual entirely without sympathy ironically dressed head toe white suit pants hat lowbudget oater nothing appetizing it typically breathtaking spanish scenery around almeria nowhere evidence instead costa director photography luciano trasatti shot another kinski western and god said cain lensed horse opera rather mundane setting around tor caldara lazio italy monte gelato falls treja river lazio italy nevertheless the beast qualifies continental western deals wholly unscrupulous characters action could classified film noir hero heroine trapped intolerable circumstances compel resort criminal activities predictably welllaid plans backfire owing largely kinski character indeed licentious kinski character resembles wily e coyote type character consistently struggles sex several beautiful women either lawmen outlaws frustrate efforts ultimately the beast amounts tragic character study brimming irony stelvio cipriani orchestral score sounds lifted tony anthony western the stranger returns mario costa screenplay takes place western frontier san diego mexico terrorized notorious mexican bandit called machete giovanni pallavicino we still kill old way gang prey stagecoach nobody safe depredations first time see crazy johnny laster pauses refresh stream spots gorgeous looking woman washing clothes creeps behind attacks her bigger man armed rifle intervenes flee shows nearby town snuffsnorting gunslinger recruits help ambush wealthy man mr powers trail rob him wind killing getting money mr snuffsniffer accidentally leaves snuff box scene crime sheriff arrests suspicion murder crazy shoots accomplice hotel room worry implicated crimebr br meanwhile young couple love trouble making way world riccardo steven tedd requiem bounty killer lives mexican couple ranch helps raise real son juan village riccardos lovely girlfriend juanita gabriella giorgelli stranger sacramento sings dances cantina riccardo juanita plan marry last place juanita wants settle dusty ranch dreams living city life city requires money either riccardo has team blond outlaw name glen paolo casella shoot living pray dead plan kidnap mr powers daughter nancy comes get inheritance glen makes fatal mistake enlisting crazy johnny help glen knows johnny needs money get womenbr br they abduct powers daughter keep remote cabin johnny standing guard her meantime juanita masquerades powers daughter shows town get money powers attorney gary pinkerton giuliano raffaelli blood black lace grows suspicious juanita look anything like remembered nancy riccardo brandishes sixgun warns pinkerton kidnapped nancy unfortunately riccardo juanita pinkerton lay hands thousand machete struck fear hearts everybody powers total inheritance cannot shipped territory stagecoach meanwhile back cabin horny johnny tries rape nancy outsmarts him knows chair pretense needing alone undresses knocks unconscious steals buggy drives back town johnny recovers pursues murders time glen riccardo juanita pinkerton meet trail inform johnny complications created machetes reign terror give thousand cut money pinkerton aghast sight nancys bloodstained corpse threatens johnny naturally johnny guns cold blood spotbr br things really begin deteriorate law san diego sets capture machete glen riccardo juanita return mexico johnny attacks two women ranch narrowly escapes getting caught rides mexico finds cantina whore going bounty shoves revolver face johnny confesses knows find money release him machetes men follow johnnys tip capture juanita villagers join riccardo attack machete johnny rescues juanita dies later big shootout riccardo left standing alone now machete men retaliated step parents killing also little juan everything riccardo juanita dreamed goes clouds gun smoke unhappy ending crazy johnny dies never gets assuage lust think costas uncompromising sagebrusher the beast emerges interesting character study exercise film noir western setting everybody punished