The best José Riesgo’s western movies

José Riesgo

José Riesgo

08/09/1919- 16/05/2002
We present our ranking of the best José Riesgo’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about José Riesgo.
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A Fistful of Dollars

A Fistful of Dollars
7.9/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 18/01/1964
  • Character: Mexican Cavalry Captain (uncredited)
The Man With No Name enters the Mexican village of San Miguel in the midst of a power struggle among the three Rojo brothers and sheriff John Baxter. When a regiment of Mexican soldiers bearing gold intended to pay for new weapons is waylaid by the Rojo brothers, the stranger inserts himself into the middle of the long-simmering battle, selling false information to both sides for his own benefit.

Zorro

Zorro
6.4/10
A newly arrived governor finds his province under the control of the corrupt Colonel Huerta. To avoid assassination by Huerta, he pretends to be weak and indecisive so Huerta will believe he poses no threat. But secretly he masquerades as Zorro, and joins the monk Francisco and the beautiful aristocrat Hortensia in their fight for justice against Huerta and his soldiers.

The Legend of Frenchie King

The Legend of Frenchie King
5.2/10
Outlaw sisters in the old West inherit a ranch and try to settle down and develop relationships with neighboring family of lots of brothers.

Villa Rides

Villa Rides
6.3/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 29/05/1968
  • Character: Fierro's Assistant (uncredited)
Pulled into the Mexican Revolution by his own greed, Texas gunrunner & pilot Lee Arnold joins bandit-turned-patriot Pancho Villa & his band of dedicated men in a march across Mexico battling the Colorados & stealing women's hearts as they go. But each has a nemesis among his friends: Arnold is tormented by Fierro, Villa's right-hand-man; and Villa must face possible betrayal by his own president's naiveté

Bad Man's River

Bad Man's River
4.6/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 03/12/1971
Robber Roy King loses his wife, Alicia, to revolutionary Montero. Despite their rivalry they collaborate in an attempt to rob the Mexican government of one million dollars.

The Man Who Killed Billy the Kid

The Man Who Killed Billy the Kid
6/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 09/03/1967
  • Character: Comprador de armas (uncredited)
This spaghetti western presents a fictitious version of the often filmed legend of Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid. Billy becomes innocently an outlaw while protecting his mother, but then turns into a trigger happy killer. When he falls in love he tries with the help of Pat Garrett, a fatherly friend, to change back. However, circumstances force Billy to become violent again and it is Garrett who is credited with the killing.

Shoot, Gringo... Shoot!

Shoot, Gringo... Shoot!
5.7/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 31/08/1968
  • Character: Bandit (as Jose Ruiz Cortine)
Chad Stark is offered his life and a nice ammount of dollars if he is to bring back the runaway son of mexican land-owner Gutierrez . This son, Fidel, teams up with an outlaw band lead by a former military man going by the name The Major. When Stark finds Fidel he is reintroduced to an old acquaintance which makes his job of returning the son a lot more difficult.

Seven Guns for the MacGregors

Seven Guns for the MacGregors
5.4/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 02/02/1966
  • Character: Carcelero (uncredited)
Ranch owner MacGregor has seven sons and oldest Gregor leads his brothers to Las Mesas, a small town where they want to sell horses. They get into trouble with local people who are related with evil Santillana. After getting imprisoned and losing their horses they decide to go after Santillana's gang.

Sabata the Killer

Sabata the Killer
5.5/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 12/09/1970
  • Character: Poker Player
After giving a ride to a man who recently ripped-off his thieving business partner, Sabata and his buddy are unaware that a group of men have been hired to kill them and bring back the loot!

Four Bullets for Joe

Four Bullets for Joe
4.6/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 21/09/1962
  • Character: Richard
The mysterious death of a man who is about to leave a small town in Kansas with his girlfriend triggers a chain of unfortunate events that will only end when another man completes a relentless and bloody revenge.

El Coyote

El Coyote
5.4/10
California, 1848. An invading army has defeated the few opposing forces and the territory has become part of the United States. Don César de Echagüe, an old gentleman, begs his son César to return from Europe, confident that he will know how to confront the oppressor…

Black Angel of the Mississippi

Black Angel of the Mississippi
4.2/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 24/08/1964
  • Character: Chihuahua
Early Spanish western. Ramon Torrado’s westerns remain among the most obscure ones. Of his four westerns, all shot around 1964.

I Want Him Dead

I Want Him Dead
6.1/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 15/06/1968
After his sister is kidnapped and murdered, a gunslinger's plans for vengeance involve assassinating two generals to prolong the Civil War.

Sonny and Jed

Sonny and Jed
6.2/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 11/08/1972
  • Character: Ranch Host (uncredited)
Jed (Tomas Milian) is an unlikely hero in this Italian western. As thoroughly unlikeable a robber as ever walked the West, he nonetheless robs from the rich and gives to the poor. Not only is he a murderous, ill-tempered sort, he is bad-mannered, too. When Sonny (Susan George) decides he should be her man and teach her how to be a proper outlaw, sparks fly.

Jaguar

Jaguar
6/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 01/01/1963
A murderous villain takes over a family's ranch, killing everyone but the youngest son, still a toddler, who is rescued by a faithful servant. The son grows up and becomes The Jaguar, a bandit who along with his gang robs the corrupt rulers of the town and gives to the church. Trouble brews when he falls in love with the daughter of the villainous magistrate.

One by One

One by One
5.1/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 24/08/1968
  • Character: Greyson's Challenger
Bill learns that his father, during the American Civil War, was accused of theft and killed. Convinced of his innocence, Bill discovers the true robbers.

Due contro tutti

Due contro tutti
4.8/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 04/12/1962
  • Character: Fats Henchman (uncredited)
Two brothers, Bull and Jonathan Bullivan, witness the murder of bandit Black Boy who had been terrorizing Golden City. The bandit had been put in place by the city mayor, who wants the local residents to leave so that he can keep their land, where there is oil. The two brothers eat a chicken that has been fed with a strong tonic and they become sort of invincible for a few minutes. The mayor, pressured by the villagers, appoints the Bullivan Brothers as sheriffs and tasks them with the arrest of Black Boy.

Heroes of the West

Heroes of the West
5.2/10
Two stage robbers impersonate the heirs to a gold mine but end up defending the families they intended to rip-off.

Revenge of the Black Wolf

Revenge of the Black Wolf
5.6/10
Black Wolf is forced again to fight his rival, who now has been appointed California Governor. Against such power, the lonely 'wolf' fights a duel to the death.

Zorro the Avenger

Zorro the Avenger
5.6/10
Zorro the Avenger

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