The Ugly Ones

Not to be confused with Bounty Killer.

"The Bounty Killer" redirects here. For the 1965 American Western film, see The Bounty Killer (film).

"El precio de un hombre" redirects here. For the telenovela, see El precio de un hombre (telenovela).

The Ugly Ones (es: El precio de un hombre, lit. "The Price of a Man", it: The Bounty Killer, later La morte ti segue... ma non ha fretta, lit. "Death follows you... but not in a hurry") is a 1966 Spanish-Italian spaghetti Western film directed by Eugenio Martín.^[1]

The Ugly Ones
US film poster
Directed by	Eugenio Martín
Screenplay by	James Donald Prindle José Gutiérrez Maesso Eugenio Martín
Based on	The Bounty Killer by Marvin H. Albert
Produced by	José Gutiérrez Maesso Lilian Biancini
Starring	Richard Wyler Tomas Milian Ella Karin Mario Brega
Cinematography	Enzo Barboni
Edited by	José Antonio Rojo Gisa Radicchi Levi
Music by	Stelvio Cipriani
Production companies	Tescia Discobolo Film
Distributed by	Vincit Films (Spain) Discobolo Film (Italy) United Artists (US)
Release dates	4 November 1966 (1966-11-04) (Italy) 17 April 1967 (1967-04-17) (Spain)
Running time	95 minutes
Countries	Spain Italy

The film marked the debut of Tomás Milián in the western genre^[2] and was the first film score of composer Stelvio Cipriani. It was also the first Spanish western to receive a state funding for the "artistic interest of the work".^[2] The film was based on the 1958 novel The Bounty Killer by Marvin H. Albert.

It was shown as part of a retrospective on Spaghetti Western at the 64th Venice International Film Festival.^[3] On October 11, 2017 Eugenio Martín was honored for the fiftieth anniversary of this at the 7º Almería Western Film Festival.^[4][5]

Plot

The notorious bounty hunter, Luke Chilson, pursues Mexican fugitive Jose Gomez. He follows him through the desert and arrives in a Mexican village where Gomez manages to turn the peasants against his pursuer. Unaware of the danger, Chilson finds himself trapped.

Cast

• Richard Wyler as Luke Chilson
• Tomas Milian as José Gómez
• Ella Karin as Eden
• Mario Brega as Miguel
• Glenn Foster as Novak
• Hugo Blanco
• Luis Barboo
• Lola Gaos as Ruth Harman
• Ricardo Canales as Joe Harmon
• Manuel Zarzo as Marty Hefner
• Tito García as Zacarías
• Antonio Iranzo as Antonio
• Fernando Sánchez Polack as Doc, Gomez henchman
• Saturno Cerra as Gomez Henchman
• Augusto Pesarini as Gomez Henchman
• José Canalejas as Juan Valdez
• Goyo Lebrero as Cajero
• Enrique Navarro as Manuel, wagon driver
• Rafael Vaquero as the sheriff of Bisbee
• Gonzalo Esquiroz as Bill, the shotgun messenger
• Ricardo Palacios as the waystation attendant
• Antonio Cintado as Max, the escort guard
• Chiro Bermejo as Dade, the hed escort guard
• Frank Braña as Wade Dempsey
• Gene Collins as a gang member