Revenge for Revenge

Revenge for Revenge (Italian: Vendetta per vendetta), also known as Vengeance for Vengeance, is a 1968 Italian Spaghetti Western film written and directed by Mario Colucci and starring John Ireland.

Revenge for Revenge
Directed by	Mario Colucci
Written by	Mario Colucci
Produced by	Natalino Gullo
Starring	John Ireland
Cinematography	Giuseppe Aquari
Edited by	Enzo Micarelli
Music by	Angelo Francesco Lavagnino
Release date	1968 (1968)
Country	Italy

Plot

Cast

• John Ireland as Major Bowen
• John Hamilton as Chaliko/Shalako
• Loredana Nusciak as Clara/Ann Bower
• Lemmy Carson as Pico
• Gianni Milito as Pico
• Ivan Scratuglia as Jeb
• Remo Capitani as the Sheriff

Production

The film had the working title Appuntamento di fuoco ('Fire date').^[1]

Reception

Rewieving the film, Italian critic Davide Pulici noted the striking non-conformist approach of the film, where "strangeness and dissimilarity [from the genre] are meticulously planned", with a significant amount of screen time devoted to sadism (particularly in a long sequence featuring 61 whip strokes on Chaliko, described by Pulici as "one of the genre's most extreme instances of sadistic representation") and homosexuality (subtly suggested in the dynamic between the Ireland and Lemmon characters, and explicit in the Scratuglia's portrayal of Jeb).^[2] French critic Jean-Marie Sabatier, while describing the film as "mediocre", apprecciated "the astonishing psychological climate in which it immerses a very banal intrigue".^[1]