
Bullet for a Badman
1964

1966
Director
Emimmo Salvi
Runtime
100 minutes
Average Rating
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Pre-American Civil War Ringo and his friends rescue a young woman from kidnappers. Ringo later marries her. With the coming of the civil War Ringo finds himself at odds with one of his friends, Frank, who has joined The South and is now in the pay of a crooked Mayor....
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Category Breakdown
LGBTQ+ Representation
The film adheres to mid-century genre conventions. It lacks non-cisnormative identities or same-sex intimacy, focusing instead on a traditional heterosexual marriage.
Gender Representation
Narrative agency is almost exclusively male, centered on combat and stoicism. The female lead serves as a plot catalyst through her rescue rather than driving the conflict.
Racial & Ethnic Diversity
The cast aligns with the homogeneous casting norms of the 1960s. It lacks significant evidence of non-white characters holding positions of high agency.
Religious & Cultural Diversity
The film explores gray morality and subjective motives typical of Spaghetti Westerns. However, it does not critique Western institutions or promote anti-colonialist sentiments.
Disability Representation
There is no discernible presence of characters with visible or invisible disabilities. These traits are not utilized as narrative devices.
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AI Analysis
Three Bullets for Ringo is a quintessential Spaghetti Western that prioritizes masculine agency and established genre tropes. The story focuses on individualistic heroism and frontier justice rather than social subversion. The film reinforces traditional social hierarchies and homogeneous casting. While it offers a departure from singular morality through its morally ambiguous characters, it remains a traditionalist piece that avoids deconstructing systemic power dynamics.

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