Three Ruthless Ones

Three Ruthless Ones
Spanish	El sabor de la venganza
Directed by	Joaquin L. Romero Marchent
Screenplay by	Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent Jesús Navarro Carrión Rafael Romero Marchent
Story by	Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent Jesús Navarro Carrión Rafael Romero Marchent
Produced by	Félix Durán Aparicio Adriano Merkel
Starring	Richard Harrison Gloria Milland Robert Hundar Fernando Sancho
Cinematography	Rafael Pacheco
Edited by	Mercedes Alonso
Music by	Riz Ortolani
Production companies	Centauro Films Produzioni Europee Associate (PEA)
Distributed by	Materna Film-Verleih Andrés Salvador Molina Magic Video II Mike Hunter Video Toleratus Films Andrés Salvador Moli Toleratus Films S.A. Wild East Productions
Release dates	8 February 1964 (1964-02-08)(Italy) 4 May 1964 (1964-05-04)(Spain)
Running time	97 min
Countries	Spain Italy

Three Ruthless Ones, Gunfight at High Noon, Sons of Vengeance or Eye for an Eye ^[1] (Spanish : El sabor de la venganza) ^[2] is a 1964 Spanish/Italian western film directed by Joaquin L. Romero Marchent, ^[3] produced by Alberto Grimaldi, ^[4] scored by Riz Ortolani, ^[5] and starring Richard Harrison, ^[6] Raf Baldassare and Gloria Milland. ^[7]

It was shot in Almería. ^{[8] [9]}

Cast

• Richard Harrison as Jeff Walker
• Fernando Sancho as Pedro Ramirez
• Gloria Milland as Louise Walker
• Robert Hundar as Chet Walker
• Miguel Palenzuela as Brad Walker
• Gloria Osuna as Susannah Westfall
• Luis Induni as Westfall
• Carlos Romero Marchent as Charlie ^[10]
• José Manuel Martín as Richard
• José Truchado as Palmer
• Francisco Sanz as Juez Klem
• Alfonso Rojas as Grayson
• Aldo Sambrell as Palmer Henchman
• Emilio Rodríguez as Comisario Merrill
• Indio González as Palmer Henchman
• Rufino Inglés as Miembro del jurado
• Joaquín Burgos as Miembro del jurado
• Dina Loy as May
• Magda Maldonado as Esposa de granjero
• José Riesgo as Clark Walker
• Rafael Vaquero as Granjero
• Miguel Merino as Hermano de Clark
• Ricardo Rodríguez as Palmer Henchman
• Ricardo G. Lilló as Hotel Clerk
• Marcelo Gonzalez
• Joaquín Bergía as Barman
• Pablito Alonso as Brad de niño
• Enrique Hernández as Chet de niño
• Luis Miguel Arranz as Jeff de niño
• Red Cameron
• Freddie Toehl as Rock
• Agustín Bescos as Ciudadano
• Pedro Fenollar as Ciudadano
• Antonio Orengo
• Rafael Romero Marchent as Ciudadano que se lava los pies

References

1. "Eye for an Eye". Letterboxd. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
2. Pitts, Michael R. (28 November 2012). Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films (2nd ed.). McFarland Publishing. p. 137. ISBN   9780786463725.
3. Stone, Barry (4 August 2016). The 50 Greatest Westerns. Icon Books. p. 35. ISBN   9781785781599.
4. Brunetta, Gian Piero (2009). The History of Italian Cinema: A Guide to Italian Film from Its Origins to the Twenty-first Century. Translated by Parzen, Jeremy. Princeton University Press. p. 205. ISBN   9780691119885.
5. Lentz III, Harris M. (11 March 2015). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2014. McFarland Publishing. p. 265. ISBN   9781476619613.
6. Weisser, Thomas (11 March 2014). Spaghetti Westerns--the Good, the Bad and the Violent: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Filmography of 558 Eurowesterns and Their Personnel, 1961-1977. McFarland Publishing. p. 97. ISBN   9781476611693.
7. Prickette, James (2 January 2012). McLendon, Charles Anthony (ed.). Actors of the Spaghetti Westerns. Xlibris Corporation. p. 205. ISBN   9781469144290.
8. "'Filming Almería' consolida sus rutas senderistas cinematográficas con tres visitas guiadas". Diputación de Almería (in Spanish). 4 April 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
9. De la Tour, Dominique (13 April 2018). "Il était une fois à Almería". Les Echos (in French). Retrieved 7 November 2019.
10. Lentz III, Harris M. (23 May 2014). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2013. McFarland Publishing. p. 327. ISBN   9781476616520.

External links

• Three Ruthless Ones at IMDb