Movie Review: His Name Was King

His Name Was King (Lo chiamavano King) a.k.a Bullet King 

Foro Film, Italy, 1971. 

This movie can be found in Ten Thousand Ways to Die The Spaghetti Western Collection 12 Movie Pack by Mill Creek Entertainment. 

Benson Brothers, a nasty gun smugglers kill a group of soldiers with Gatling guns near border of Mexico. Ben Benson (Goffredo Unger) is their leader. Bounty hunter John 'King' Marley (Richard Harrison, perhaps best known for low-budget Ninja films) is after the Benson gang. King is friend of Sheriff Brian Foster (Klaus Kinski). 

John 'King' Marley

Ben Benson and one of his brothers (Lorenzo Fineschi)

Sheriff Brian Foster

A shady character is the brains behind the gun smuggling operation. The Bensons kill King's brother and rape his sister-in-law Carol (Anne Puskin). King seeks revenge and leaves Foster to take care of Carol. Government agent Mr. Collins (Luciano Pigozzi) investigates the murder of the soldiers. He thinks that King is involved in gun smuggling. King finds the weapon cache of Mexican bandits but bandit leader Mestas (Marco Zuanelli) captures him. King escapes but to clear his name and catch the real gun smuggler boss.

King's brother George and Carol

Mr. Collins

Mestas

Again Luis Bacalov composed a catchy theme song. The song was also used in Tarantino's "Django Unchained" and video game "Red Dead Revolver." However the title song is about the only memorable thing. The story is quite formulaic revenge tale, but action is okay. Klaus Kinski is great with his unpredictable mannerisms but looks very pale for a Western character. 

Mill Creek version runs 77 minutes and the sound effects are slightly out of sync. 

Theme song sung Ann Collin (NOT by Edda Dell'Orso):

Rating: Average

Starring: Richard Harrison, Klaus Kinski, Anne Puskin, Goffredo Unger (as John Silver), Marco Zuanelli, Vassili Karis, Lorenzo Fineschi, Sergio Smacchi, Luciano Pigozzi, Federico Boido (as Rick Boyd), John Bartha, Tom Felleghy, Paolo Magalotti, Osiride Pevarello, Claudio Ruffini, Ada Pometti, Giorgio Dolfin, Giuseppe Monteverdi, Lucio Zarini, Nestore Cavaricci, Antonio Basile, Oscar Giustini, Salvatore Billa, Renzo Pevarello

Director: Giancarlo Romitelli (as Don Reynolds)