Taste of Vengeance (Italian: I vigliacchi non pregano, Spanish: El vengador del sur), also known as Cowards Don't Pray, is a 1968 Spaghetti Western film co-written and directed by Mario Siciliano under the pseudonym Marlon Sirko.
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Cast
Gianni Garko as Bryan Clarke
Ivan Rassimov as Daniel
Elisa Montés as Julie
Jerry Wilson as Robert
Carla Calò as Miss Douglas
José Jaspe as Feelty Bottle
Maria Mizar as Saloon-keeper
Alan Collins as Bill Perkins
Manuel Galiana as Art Blake
Miguel Del Castillo as Blake's father
Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia as William Douglas
Lorenzo Robledo as Ringleader
Julio Peña as John Murray
Marco Morelli as Felix Perkins
Luis Barboo as Romero
Frank Braña as Rod
Luis Induni as Tom
Production
The film is an Italian-Spanish co-production by Matheus Film and Copercines. It was shot between Guadix, Banos de Alicun de las Torres in Villanueva de las Torres, Aldea del Fresno, Fonelas, Elios Studios in Rome and Madrid. It had as working titles L'amaro sapore della vendetta ('The bitter taste of revenge') and Ho visto un teschio e una pistola ('I saw a skull and a gun'). Gianni Marchetti served as composer, though in the official credits he was replaced by Spanish composer Manuel Parada, a choice made to obtain funding from the Spanish government.
Reception
While reviewing the film, Italian critic Marco Giusti noted that "it's fascinating to observe how the director and writers approached the character's complexity". Thomas Weisser described it as "an interesting film with more depth and character development than the genre usually tends to offer".