Roy Colt and Winchester Jack
Roy Colt and Winchester Jack
| 01 December 1975 (USA)
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Two outlaws compete with each other over a treasure map that will lead them to buried gold while one of them is in league with a sadistic priest-turned-crime lord, while a young Native American girl helps both outlaws and plays both sides against each other.

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Perry Kate

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

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Phonearl

Good start, but then it gets ruined

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Maidexpl

Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

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Taha Avalos

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

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Lee Eisenberg

Knowing that Mario Bava spent most of his career directing horror flicks, it may come as a surprise that he also directed a western. Well, not only did he direct one, it came out quite cool. Portraying a pair of outlaws splitting up and meeting again after one of them has gone straight, "Roy Colt & Winchester Jack" plays everything for all that it's worth. As can be expected, there's plenty of gunfights (I suspect that the Old West was like that). But what I notice was different about this movie that wasn't true about any other spaghetti westerns - at least the ones that I've seen - was the whole brothel scene; it was probably fun to film all that! Leave it to the Italians to stick something like that in a western.Anyway, this is one movie that makes no pretense about being anything other than pure, unadulterated fun. Some of the characters - particularly the Reverend - seemed a little annoying. But the movie's quick pace makes up for any problems. I liked the movie. And not just because Manila was really hot! PS: Brett Halsey, who played Roy Colt, had earlier co-starred with Vincent Price in "Son of the Fly" and "Twice-Told Tales".

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bensonmum2

Reading various comments on the internet about Roy Colt and Winchester Jack, you would think that it was the worst movie ever made. I've now seen most of Mario Bava's films (23, to be exact) and I've seen my fair share of Spaghetti Westerns. While Roy Colt and Winchester Jack isn't a very good example of either, it's hardly the worst film Bava made (see Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs) or the worst Spaghetti Western I've watched (see God's Gun). In fact, there are moments and certain set-pieces in the movie that I really enjoyed. The best example that comes to mind is the film's finale. Without giving it away, I'll just say that it's a nice twist that worked for me. The film's soundtrack is interesting. I wouldn't call it a traditional Spaghetti Western, but it's enjoyable enough anyway. Brett Halsey and Charles Southwood are okay in the title roles, but Marilu Tolo stands out in the role of Manila. More of Tolo would have been a good thing. Finally, while some of the more eccentric characters in the movie don't work, the gunfighter in the opening scenes with Tourettes Syndrome is a real hoot.I actually would have enjoyed Roy Colt and Winchester Jack more and rated it higher if it weren't for two things. First, the movie hardly feels like a Bava film. There are none of the great director's flourishes of color or unique camera tricks I look forward to seeing. It's all rather flat and dull looking. Second, and my biggest complaint with the movie, is the character called The Reverend. A more annoying character I can't think of at the moment. He's not funny, he's not threatening, and his idiosyncrasies are downright painful to watch. Similar to what I wrote about Tolo, less of The Reverend would have been a good thing.

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spider89119

This is the only western that I know of that was directed by the great Italian horror director Mario Bava. He directed quite a few non-horror movies, but his true talent is mainly exhibited within the categories of horror and giallo. His other films usually aren't meant to be taken very seriously, and this one is no exception. That having been said, this film is still lots of fun to watch, especially if you are a spaghetti western fan.The music score is great. The trumpet, guitar and organ music set the proper tone for a spaghetti western.The acting seems about average for a Eurowestern. Marilu Tolo is beautiful as Manila, and she steals the show by doing the best acting out of the entire cast, as well as being so nice to look at. The character called "the reverend" is very annoying, and suffers from some very corny translation in the subtitles. I probably would have given this movie a higher rating if it had been dubbed in English, since I prefer watching westerns that way. They could have at least done a better job with the subtitles! This movie is a bawdy, humorous spaghetti western, not the dark and vengeful kind one might expect from a director of horror movies. The humor misses in a couple of parts, but works pretty well in general if you recognize this as a light-hearted film. The story is one of those in which everyone double crosses one another in the search for gold. It is typical, but engaging and fun. There is a twist at the end, but I saw it coming about 10 minutes into the film.This one's not bad, and all connoisseurs of the spaghetti western should see it at least once.

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westerner357

(aka: ROY COLT AND WINCHESTER JACK)I'm amazed at the review written below.In fact, I'm not even gonna bother repeating the plot since this ranks about as bottom of the barrel as CAPTAIN APACHE. In fact, this is one of the worst spaghetti westerns that I've ever seen, and I've seen a lot of 'em. AND this is also *the* worst Mario Bava movie I've seen yet. Bava should have stuck with horror films because if this is typical of the three westerns he directed, then I don't even wanna bother seeing the other two. The dialog is awful and the jokes are lame and flat. It looks like Bava shot this one in less than a week. I did like the Reverend (Teodoro Corra) blowing himself up with the stick of dynamite at the end since that was the only time I laughed.If you like to see comedy mixed with the spaghetti western genre, then go with Terence Hill and Bud Spencer in the TRINITY series they did. Or even Terence Hill in ACES HIGH (1969) or MY NAME IS NOBODY (1973). Now those are pretty funny spoofs.Bear in mind too that the anamorphic widescreen DVD by Image uses only an Italian language print, so there's no overdubbing. It's all subtitles with no extras beyond a short Bava bio. I'll bet the only reason they bothered to release it on DVD was because Mario Bava directed it. Otherwise it would have been condemned to spaghetti oblivion.3 out of 10-

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