A Coffin for the Sheriff

Una bara per lo sceriffo
Original theatrical release poster
Directed byMario Caiano
Written byDavid Moreno
Guido Malatesta
Produced byLuigi Mondello
Roberto Santini
Eduardo Manzanos
StarringAnthony Steffen
CinematographyJulio Ortas Plaza (Eastmancolor, Panavision)
Edited byAntonio Gimeno (as Antonio Jimeno)
Music byFrancesco De Masi
Production
companies
Nike Cinematografica
Estela Films
Distributed byExclusivas Floralva Distribución S.A.
Release date
  • 1965 (1965)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

A Coffin for the Sheriff (Italian: Una bara per lo sceriffo) is a 1965 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Mario Caiano and starring Anthony Steffen, Eduardo Fajardo, Fulvia Franco, George Rigaud and Armando Calvo.

Synopsis

A mysterious gunslinger named Shenandoah arrives to the town of Richmond, which is in terror of the famous criminal Lupe Rojo. Rojo and his gang carry a rule of lawlessness, but the townspeople allow him and his gang to stop there after robberies out of fear, while the town sheriff is being paid by the Rojo and looks the other way. Shenandoah quickly falls in with the group of outlaws, but he has a hidden past: he is actually former US Marshal Joe Logan and he is on a revenge mission, searching for the gang member who murdered his wife two years ago.

Cast

Some parts of the soundtrack composed by Francesco De Masi are featured in the videogame Red Dead Revolver.

DVD release

Wild East released this on a limited edition R0 NTSC DVD alongside Blood at Sundown in 2014.