Director: Giuseppe Colizzi
Written by: Giuseppe Colizzi, Gumersindo Mollo
Cast: Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Frank Wolff, Gina Rovere

Year / Country: 1967, Italy / Spain
Running Time: 109 mins.

Italian stars Terence Hill and Bud Spencer would star in 19 films together. God Forgives… I Don’t! is their first collaboration. Although they act as a duo, the main credit goes to Hill. His character’s quest for revenge is the story’s main driver. Hill got this part because he resembles western-star Franco Nero, who wasn’t available for this movie. Hill took the opportunity to become a major star himself.

The story: a payroll train is robbed and the bandits took off with 100.000 dollars in gold. They also murdered everybody on the train, but accidentally left one witness alive. This witness tells insurance agent Hutch (Spencer) that the supposedly dead Bill San Antonio was the lead robber. Together with gunslinger Cat (Hill), who has a bone to pick with Antonio, he goes on a quest with the intention to retrieve the stolen gold.

God Forgives… I Don’t! is typical spaghetti-western material; loner versus evil outlaw; betrayal; gold; revenge. Unfortunately the story unfolds way too slowly, so any tension is killed. This could have been a satisfying 80/90 minute film. Now, it is a boring one. Also lacking is the trademark Hill / Spencer humour. They moved to greener territory soon after, which is fortunate – because with more films like this, they would not have made it as far as they did.

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Biography: Giuseppe Colizzi (1925, Rome – 1978, Rome) only directed a handful of movies. The first three were spaghetti westerns with Terence Hill and Bud Spencer as Cat Stevens and Hutch Bessy. These films helped them launch their careers prior to the Trinity movies. He then made the non-western Spencer/Hill vehicle All the Way Boys. He returned to the western with Run, Run, Joe!, starring Keith Carradine.

Filmography: God Forgives… I Don’t! (1967), Ace High (1968), Boot Hill (1969), All The Way Boys (1972), Run, Run, Joe! (1974), Switch (1979)