Sollima’s follow-up to The Big Gundown reunites him with Tomas Milian, joined here by seasoned Spaghetti Western lead Gian Maria Volontè. Tense mano a mano acts of transference play out as university prof Volontè is embedded with Milian’s outlaw gang, and comes to perceive it as ripe for a not-so-bloodless coup. With a score by Ennio Morricone.