Franco Nero is the charismatic anti-hero dressed in black coat and hat, dragging a full-sized coffin behind him. The mysterious figure and his deathly cargo arrive in a mostly abandoned town, a place under siege from a post-Civil War racist Confederate Major (Eduardo Fajardo) and a group of Mexican bandits, a situation that was no doubt inspired by Kurosawa's
Yojimbo (1961).
Django stands up for the abused when it suits him, including coming to the aid of a beautiful prostitute named Maria (Loredana Nusciak). He's a well-written character, and thanks to Nero's cool demeanour and handsome eyes is often more compelling than the slow-moving film itself.
3½ muddy feet out of 5
