This exciting S.W. is plenty of zooms , shootouts , double-crosses , thrills , twists and loads of violence and blood . It is an entertaining Pasta western with lots of action , gun-play and fun . The town of Tombstone is at the mercy of the five feared O'Hara brothers : Ramon (Antonio Cantafora or Michael Coby) , Pedro ,Miguel , Ryan & Slide (played by unknown actors) who torture and kill several sheriffs . An expert gunslinger , Burt Collins (Fred Robsham) arrives in Tombstone , when his brother is murdered , Burt is immediately persuaded to take on the duties of sheriff and he then accepts , but he is really seeking vengeance . There takes place a massacre and Burt escapes with the nasty brothers hot on their tail . The tough and rare gunslinger Burt becomes an efficient Pistolero , acting as judge , jury , and executioner . Meantime , the cunning Judge Wilson (Dante Maggio as Dan May) is assisted by a strange lawyer , James Webb (Klaus Kinski), watching mostly in the background and who always carries two large law books with him . Burt helped by the beautiful Indian Sarah Collins (Marina Malfatti) chases the malicious killers and the ending settle disputes by shooting .This Italian production is a moving S.W. movie starred by Fred Robsham , Klaus Kinski and Marina Malfatti . The film deals with a mysterious stranger , become a new sheriff , who vows to clean up the town of dreaded outlaws ; and it takes on a strange gunslinger against treacherous gang : the O'Hara brothers . This Spaghetti movie gets the usual Western issues , such as greedy antiheroes , violent facing off , quick zooms , and exaggerated baddies . It is an acceptable , passable Western with several titles as ¨Matador Nego¨ or ¨Pistoleiro Negro¨ , or ¨Assassino Negro¨ or ¨Black Killer¨ that contains an interesting and violent plot about a sheriff seeking vendetta . It packs crosses and double crosses , thrills , shoot'em up , violence , and results to be quite entertaining , though drags at times , balancing in ups and downs . There is plenty of action in the movie , guaranteeing some pursuits , crossfire or stunts every few minutes . It's a thrilling western with breathtaking confrontation between the protagonist against the heartless enemies formed by a brutal gang of Mexican brothers led by Antonio Cantafora . The main starring is the unknown Fred Robsahm and the popular Klaus Kinski who appears elegantly dressed and with a brilliant look , gaining a reputation for his ferocious talent and equally ferocious temper ; Kinski plays as a strange lawyer who occasionally joins in on the action with his deadly law books . Here he plays with lots of gesticulation and excessive gestures . As he is fine , as he ravages the screen with his peculiar face and using suddenly his hidden weapons . This Spaghetti is made during his Italian period when Klaus starred a lot of Westerns , later he collaborated with Werner Herzog with whom played several prestigious films . They later collaborated on five movies : Aguirre (1972), Woyzeck (1979), Nosferatu, (1979), Fitzcarraldo (1982) and Cobra Verde (1987). As Kinski starred numerous Spaghetti such as : Pray to Kill and Return Alive , Black Killer , If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death , Bullet King , Shangai Joe , Clint the solitary , The Ruthless Four , Nevada Kid , The return of Clint , and specially famous resulted to be his acting in ¨For a fistful of dollars more¨ . There is a very odd implementation of shots in the camera work during some particular scenes as well as a lot of twists and turns , as the film approaches its climax , as in the final and the customary conclusion . Atmospheric Eastmancolor cinematography by Franco Villa in WideScreen , though being necessary a good remastering and filmed in De Paolis/INCIR Studios , Italy Elios studios Rome , as usual , and El Lacio . Enjoyable and thrilling musical score by Daniele Patucchi , including catching leitmotif .The motion picture was middlingly directed by Carlo Croccolo , under pseudonym Lucky Moore , and it was filmed in parallel with another spaghetti western , "Gunman of One Hundred Crosses" , which also was directed and also starred by Marina Malfatti along with Tony Kendall , Jessica Dublín , Mimmo Palmara , Ray Saunders . Carlo Croccolo is usually a secondary actor and occasionally filmmaker , as he has played several films as ¨After the Fox" , ¨In Love and War¨, ¨Three man and a leg¨, ¨Yesterday , Today and tomorrow¨, ¨El Avaro¨, Via Lattea La Prima a Destra , ¨Il Professor¨ , ¨O Re¨, ¨Perdono¨, ¨The Biggest Bundle of Them All" , among others .

There are so many spaghetti westerns that have some weird film concepts. Some of them, don't really stand out, when it should had. This movie is one of those films; that deserve one more glance. After all, there isn't a lot of western movies that has a character, James Webb, (Klaus Kinski) a lawyer that disguise his guns with books! It's a little silly, but a pretty cool idea. It was a bit surprising to find out that Klaus Kinski isn't the main lead of this movie, but more like a supporting character. The trailer and marketing posters for the film were very misleading. I was hoping, he was, as it would make the movie, a little more memorable. Since, the movie doesn't really focus much on him, the movie directed by Carlo Croccolo AKA Lucky Moore goes another route with the normal often cliché concept of a mysterious drifter rescuing a fearful lawless town from bandits or gangs. In this movie, that drifter is named Burt Collins (Fred Robsahm) who become the new sheriff of the town call Tombstone when the previous one was killed by a Mexican gang known as the O'Hara Brothers: Ramon (Antonio Cantafora), Pedro (Enzo Pulcrano), Miguel (Calogero Caruana), Ryan (Antonio Danesi) & Slide (Mimmo Maggio). I really can't buy them, being Mexican. They don't even look anything near Hispanic. Who know, that the English sounding O'Hara was indeed Spanish or Latin American. While, the bandit's costumes look ridiculousness, they were very striking sinister in their actions. The movie was surprising very grim & violent, compare to other Spaghetti Westerns at the time. While, yes there are some one shot unrealistic kills, some of the kills, were pretty intense. There were some really hard to watch, brutal moments like the rape scene that might turn off, some people. The movie also has a lot more gratuitous nudity than I thought, coming in. Both Tiziana Dini as Consuelo and Marina Malfatti as Sarah Collins are beautiful ladies, and seeing them in the buff is a guilty pleasure, even if it didn't make any sense and seem very unnecessary. Still, only one of them, was treated like a real person than eye candy. Marina Malfatti's character had lot of character development. She had a very good back story, and purpose to take revenge on the O'Hara brothers. It was nice to see a female character have more to do, than a love-interested. She was badass, most of the film, shooting arrows and stabbing bad guys in the neck. Still, like the villains, her Indian get-up is a bit laughable, and bit short. Her ass was nearly out, the whole movie. The lead, Fred Robsahm wasn't that bad, but his character was a bit confusing and dry. He's nearly forgettable. I still don't really understand; what was the relationship with him and the lawyer, James Webb. There's a very pointless and totally implausible plot-twist near the end, which perfectly summarizes the overall clumsiness of this unconventional Spaghetti Western. It was bit odd. To be honest, the storytelling is a little confused and messy. It appears a lot more convoluted than it really should do. About the James Webb character, I was really hoping that he turned out to be a villain, because Klaus Kinski play it off, like he was. There were a lot of things that he did that made you question, who side, he was really playing on. I really didn't see him as a hero type. The English dubbing was alright for the most part. It's wasn't jarring or distracting like other critics, say it was. Some of the film editing was bit awkward. It was cuts so badly, that it make it seem like two characters were in the same room when they were in two different locations. There were some serious plot hole due to the editing like the missing redhead that was to go warn the main character, but she just basically disappears and there's no mention of her anymore. Maybe the print I had, had her scenes cut or something. It was a bit peculiar. It was really hard to tell, what's going on, at times. The music by Daniele Patucchi sounds more like Australia outback than American western, it's still very impressive. The cinematography is alright, but there wasn't much to look at. Kinda wish for a little more use in beautiful locations. Black Killer hasn't aged well, since it's released. The movie was often use as stock footage for later films such as 1972's Bounty Hunter in Trinity. This ultra-low budget gem is often badly copy in DVDs with discoloring and dirty grain film footage. The version, I had, had this static sound that rang, throughout the film. It felt like it was watching a movie in the nonstop pouring rain. Nevertheless, it's still was a tremendously fun and action-packed gunslinger movie. Overall: A must watch for any Spaghetti Western fan.

Klaus Kinski plays a mysterious attorney named James Webb who dresses like a tenderfoot but conceals firearms in his law books. He rides into Tombstone and finds himself caught in the middle of a war between trigger-happy Mexican brothers improbably named the O'Hara and two American brothers, Peter and Burt Collins, and Peter's pretty Indian wife Sarah. Webb serves as a catalyst to see that the O'Hara brothers are wiped out by Burt Collins and the Indian girl after the O'Haras kill his younger brother Peter and rape Sarah. After she recovers, Sarah wields her bow and arrow and she joins Burt to hit the warpath. Director Carlo Croccolo's Spaghetti western is sadistic, violent, and indulges in gratuitous nudity. One character, Consuelo, is constantly being interrupted when she is undressing, so full frontal nudity is seen. The Kinski character--James Webb--lurks on the periphery, implicating a corrupt town official, Judge Wilson who is in cahoots with the O'Hara clan. The murder of the sheriff as the film unfolds is particularly brutal. The villains bomb his office with a bundle of dynamite, shoot him several times when he rushes out and then impale him with knives and hang his corpse up as a message for everybody to see. This low-budget Italian western contains heroes who don't catch on quickly enough, and many people have to die before they go into action in the final quarter-hour to clean out the villains. Blond leading man Fred Robsahm of "Barbarella" makes a competent enough hero. He bears a vague resemblance to Franco Nero. Croccolo and co-scenarist Luigi Angelo of "Judge Roy Bean" (1971) spring a last minute surprise on Webb when Burt disarms him and takes him into custody for killing Wilson. The color cinematography of "Wipe Out" lenser Franco Villa and the choice of camera setups heightens the action and generates a modicum of atmosphere.

Man, if I wouldn't be a 100% heterosexual (and if he wouldn't be dead for more than 15 years already), I swear I would instantly send a love-letter to Klaus Kinski to state that he is the greatest and absolute coolest icon of European cult-cinema who ever lived! Kinski was an amazing actor! His on screen charisma has yet to be equaled, his bright blue eyes and grimaces were almost naturally petrifying and somehow he always managed to make even the crappiest movies worthwhile viewing. He appeared in many Spaghetti Westerns, some of which are widely acclaimed masterpieces by now ("The Great Silence", "Bullet for the General"...) and others still are very obscure and nearly impossible to trace down, like "Black Killer". This ultra-low budget gem can hardly be called a masterpiece, but it's nevertheless a tremendously fun and action-packed gunslinger adventure. The title doesn't refer to a cowboy with a dark skin color, but to Mr. Kinski himself, and he doesn't even play the lead role. That's how proud the creators must have been for being able to cast the Klaus Kinski, ha! Klaus plays a mysterious and freaky lawyer, entirely dressed in black and always carrying around books that contain guns instead of knowledge, and he's temporarily hanging around in the little town of Tombstone. The remote town is under the constant siege of terror of the five Mexican O'Hara brothers, who killed no less than NINE Sheriffs in only a couple of weeks time. The local authorities assign lone traveler Burt Collins as the new Sheriff, but the murderous O'Hara clan immediately kill his brother and rape his Indian sister-in-law. Collins teams up with the awkward lawyer to terminate the reign of the O'Hara's once and for all. The plot of "Black Killer" is a little too confusing and convoluted for its own good sometimes, but director Croccolo easily forces you to look past the script's incoherence and focus on the outrageous sequences of explicit violence as well as the awesomely ingenious gimmicks. The lawyer's method of killing people is original, to say the least, and the O'Hara brothers too come up with inventive ways to viciously entertain themselves. The gunfights and executions are quite nasty, and particularly the rape-scene is unsettling to watch, as it seems to last for several whole minutes. Tiziana Dini provides the film with an overload of gratuitous – but welcome – nudity, while the rest of the cast delivers more than adequate acting performances Daniele Patucchi's musical score is very enchanting and the filming locations are overall convincing. There's a very pointless and totally implausible plot-twist near the end, which perfectly summarizes the overall awkwardness of this unconventional Spaghetti Western. In conclusion, "Black Killer" certainly lacks the quality and competence to rank among Italy's best Westerns, but there's more than enough stuff to recommend if you're an open-minded admirer of the genre. And, for the record, Kinski is a cinematic deity!