Last of the Mohicans (1964)
Ok, this is now a German western based on the James Fenimore Cooper book. Steffen plays Hawkeye, the white hunter, in his first western. I haven't seen it. Other notable names in the cast is Karin Dor, wife of the director Harald Reinl, who at the same time made a lot of other German westerns based on the Karl May novels.
A first spaghetti by Edoardo Mulargia, first with Steffen, probably first with the beautiful Ida Galli, who finds a cruel destiny in this movie. Pretty violent one for 1965, but otherwise nothing special.
Another revenge tale, Steffen gets into the gang to find out who killed his wife. There's a blonde Eduardo Fajardo in a part that would suit more to Klaus Kinski. Nothing special about this movie.
Another one I haven't seen yet. Steffen must get his revenge once again. His enemy is Fernando Sancho. Who else?
A first Django clone, Steffen is a sheriff this time. His enemy is and isn't Frank Wolff. Nothing memorable.
A big revenge tale against Steff's own brother, played by Gianni Garko. And the brother's name is Sartana! But not the big Sartana from the latter movies. A slightly better movie, but not a great one by any means.
Steffen against Fajardo and I still haven't seen it.
This title is really confusing, because it's a tale of several men and one map to the hidden treasure. Fajardo is Steffen's friend this time, the enemy is played by Frank Wolff again.
Steffen gets mixed with the Mexican revolution and with Fernando Sancho once again. Haven'T seen this one.
A Train for Durango (1967)
A comedy within the Mexican revolution, and a good one. Steffen meets Mark Damon, Roberto Camardiel and Enrico Mario Salerno as a Tuco-like sidekick.
Steffen meets Ida Galli again, but most importantly William Berger as the bad guy. Steffen loses his memory and has to find out who he is.
A confusing title, but two movies that are nothing alike. This one is more comedic one, Steffen has a partner in form of Mark Damon, and they are two bounty killers involved in a land stealing scheme by a wealthy rancher. Piero Lulli plays a mean sheriff.
Another revenge tale I've yet to see. The enemy is Eduardo Fajardo this time again.
No Room to Die (1969)
Bounty killer Steffen vs. bounty killer Berger and I don't know what was it all about anymore. A stylishly made film, but made in a sandpit, so it doesn't look that great.
Steffen vs. Peter Lee Lawrence! But I still haven't seen this one.
Steffen is a ghost! Or not? Again a Sergio Garrone movie, very stylish, very dark, and probably one of the best that Steffen can offer.
Shango (1970)
Another Mulargia, a cruel picture set in a village occupied by a crazy colonel Fajardo, who doesn't want to believe that the civil war is over.
Another cruel picture that starts with a goofy song and behaves as a comedy, but turns pretty violent later. The bad guy is Aldo Sambrell, we have here also Roberto Camardiel as the sidekick and Rosalba Neri as a kidnapped woman. Is it a sequel to Gemma's Arizona Colt or not?
Viva Sabata (1970)
Steffen meets Peter Lee Lawrence and Eduardo Fajardo again. But this one looks like a bad comedy.
Apocalypse Joe (1971)
A really funny movie with a great Bruno Nicolai music. Eduardo Fajardo is a bad guy once again. It's something about a silver mine, but ratherabout shooting every five minutes, with the final battle that lasts 30 minutes!
This one is somehow similar to the previous western, but it's a revege tale. Steffen has a Tuco-like partner and it's called Django, because he wears black. Like in the other movies.
Too Much Gold For One Gringo (1972)
Juan Bosch gets to the director's chair and not for the last time. I still haven't seen this one. Fernando Sancho is in it. Again.
Oh, this one is a turkey that tried to be funny... But wasn't. Roberto Camardiel is the really annoying sidekick and Fajardo is a confused bad guy.
Dallas (1975)
That looks like the worst one. It was shot in 1972, but never got released till 1975. Sancho is Steffen's sidekick in it.
My top 5:
Django the Bastard
Apocalypse Joe
A Train for Durango
Cry for Revenge
Blood at Sundown
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