Stranger in Sacramento

1965 film

Uno straniero a Sacramento

Directed by	Sergio Bergonzelli
Written by	Sergio Bergonzelli
Story by	Jim Murphy (novel)
Starring	Mickey Hargitay
Cinematography	Bitto Albertini
Music by	Felice Di Stefano
Release date	1965 (1965)
Running time	89 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Stranger in Sacramento or Uno straniero a Sacramento is a 1965 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Bergonzelli. It was based on the novel I Will Kill You Tomorrow by Jim Murphy.

Cast

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Mickey Hargitay as Mike Jordan
Enrico Bomba as Chris (as Steve Saint-Claire)
Mario Lanfranchi as Mill (as Johnny Jordan)
Giulio Marchetti as Sheriff Joe (as James Hill)
Florencia Silvero as Lisa (as Flo Silver)
Barbara Frey as Rona Barret
Big Matthews (as Big I. Matthews)
Gia Sandri
Luciano Benetti as Deputy sheriff (as Lucky Bennett)
Gabriella Giorgelli as Rosa (saloon dancer)
Ariel Brown
Renato Chiantoni
Franco Gulà
Romano Giomini
Julián Marcos

Plot

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During a cattle drive, Mike Jordan finds his father and brothers murdered and the herd stolen. He is met with suspicion by the local sheriff and the population. Eventually, Mike is able to expose the rancher Barret as the perpetrator. He is assisted by Lisa, Barret's former sister-in-law, and Chris, a wanted horse thief.

Reception

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In his investigation of narrative structures in Spaghetti Western films, Fridlund discusses Stranger in Sacramento among films that mix some characters, motifs and plots well known from American traditional Westerns with others usual in Spaghetti Westerns. For example, Mike Jordan is close to the typical American Western hero, while Chris is more like Joe in A Fistful of Dollars.^[1]