Django the Condemned


Django the Condemned is a 1965 English-speaking Spanish Western movie starring George Montgomery and directed by Maury Dexter.

Storyline

Pat O'Brien is an outlaw from Texas who's accused of killing his wife, who now, as a fugitive from justice residing in Mexico, finds himself as an officer in the Mexican army, an underling under General Miguel Camargo, also a known bandit, and his job is to protect the General's property from Espada and his bandit gang. Django is accused of killing the nephew of a wealthy land owner named Don Cristibal Riaño, an emperor Maximiliano's supporter, and when Camargo begins to show interest in Francesca Riaño, a young widow living in Riano's house, he also finds himself accused of the murder.
After extensive inquiries, O'Brien, or Django, manages to piece together the story of the nephew's death, and discovers that Riano himself is the culprit. Espada's bandit gang strikes again, as Django succeeds in killing most of them in his defense of the General's property.
Finally, Django ends up with Francesca, with whom he's fallen in love, as Camargo is left to look after himself.

Cast

Production

The film was originally called Outlaw of Red River. It was a co production between Robert L. Lippert's company and a Spanish company -
Lippert provided above the line costs and the key creatives, the Spanish provided below the line costs. George Montgomery agreed to star. Lippert insisted his mistress, Margia Dean, be cast, but Maury Dexter refused.
Ken Annakin was filming Battle of the Bulge in Spain at the same time and cast Montgomery in that film once he heard he would be in the country.