Django Defies Sartana
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| director = Pasquale Squitieri
| starring = {{plainlist|* George Ardisson
| released = {{Film date|1970}}
}}{{Short description|1970 Italian film by Pasquale Squitieri}}
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Django Defies Sartana (Italian: Django sfida Santana) is a 1970 Italian Spaghetti Western directed by Pasquale Squitieri (as William Redford).{{Cite web |title=scheda |url=http://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=AG2816 |access-date=2023-04-11 |website=www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it |archive-date=2023-04-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411233144/http://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=AG2816 |url-status=live }} The film is also known as Django Against Sartana.{{Cite web |title=Django Against Sartana (1970) - Once Upon a Time in a Western |url=https://onceuponatimeinawestern.com/django-against-sartana-1970/ |access-date=2023-04-12 |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-04-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412083557/https://onceuponatimeinawestern.com/django-against-sartana-1970/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Django Against Sartana Review (by Len Liu) - The Spaghetti Western Database |url=https://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/Django_Against_Sartana_Review_(by_Len_Liu) |access-date=2023-04-12 |website=www.spaghetti-western.net |archive-date=2023-04-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412083607/https://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/Django_Against_Sartana_Review_(by_Len_Liu) |url-status=live }} or Django Challenges Sartana.{{Cite web |title=Django Challenges Sartana - Rotten Tomatoes |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/django-sfida-sartana-django-defies-sartana |access-date=2023-04-12 |website=www.rottentomatoes.com |language=en |archive-date=2023-04-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412084633/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/django-sfida-sartana-django-defies-sartana |url-status=live }}
Plot
Django is looking for the murderer of his brother Steve, whom he has found hanged near Tombstone. Django first believes Sartana, a rival bounty hunter, is the murderer and goes after him. However, after a fight, Django understands that he was wrong and both men decide to find the real culprit together.
Cast
Production
The film is not an official part of either the Django or Sartana series and along with Demofilo Fidani's One Damned Day at Dawn… Django Meets Sartana! and Django and Sartana Are Coming... It's the End, was among three of the Django and Sartana films released in 1970.
Reception
An Italian contemporary review states that this is "a mediocre film, based upon characters, situations and developments more than predictable."{{Citation |title=DJANGO SFIDA SARTANA |url=https://www.cinematografo.it/film/django-sfida-sartana-bwyjgcg1 |access-date=2023-04-11 |language=it |archive-date=2023-04-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411233144/https://www.cinematografo.it/film/django-sfida-sartana-bwyjgcg1 |url-status=live }}
A retrospective review on the Spaghetti Western Database finds the film "lame" and states that "As so often" (with Spaghetti Western films) the music (here composed by Piero Umiliani) "is the best part to remember."{{Cite web |title=Django sfida Sartana - The Spaghetti Western Database |url=https://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/Django_sfida_Sartana |access-date=2023-04-11 |website=www.spaghetti-western.net |archive-date=2023-04-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411233155/https://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/Django_sfida_Sartana |url-status=live }}
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Category:Spaghetti Western films
Category:1970 Western (genre) films
Category:Films directed by Pasquale Squitieri
Category:1970s Italian-language films