If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death

If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death

Year: 1968

Runtime: 95 mins

Language: Italian

Western

After a stagecoach is ambushed, its passengers slaughtered and the strongbox seized by outlaw Lasky, a web of surprise attacks and murderous double‑crosses erupts across the West. The gunslinger Sartana, famed for his unrivaled arsenal, sets out to recover the missing loot and uncover the mastermind behind the grisly robberies and killings.

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1

Attack on the carriage

An elderly couple on a horse-drawn carriage is attacked by Morgan's gang. Sartana arrives on the scene and shoots the robbers, killing several of them while Morgan escapes.

road outside town
2

Stagecoach gold robbery and ambush

A stagecoach carrying a shipment of gold is robbed by Mendoza's Mexican gang, with a disguised passenger murdering the guards. Lasky and his men ambush the gang and kill them, seizing control of the staged heist.

highway near town
3

The strongbox and the insurance plan

The strongbox from the coach is opened, but it contains only rocks, not gold. Lasky heads to town to press his insurance scam, meeting Jeff Stewal and Alman to collect payment.

near the stagecoach site
4

Sartana outguns and defeats Lasky in a card game

Sartana defeats Lasky in a high-stakes card game and takes their money. When four of Lasky's men close in, Sartana outguns them, ending the immediate threat.

town gambling hall
5

Lasky pursues Sartana

Lasky gathers a new gang and tracks Sartana, drawing them toward the site of his previous massacre. The plan backfires as the gang turns on Lasky and chases him into a cabin booby-trapped with dynamite.

cabin near massacre site
6

Dynamite trap and escape

Lasky detonates the dynamite, wiping out much of his own group. Sartana's presence spooks him, and he escapes, but the confrontation has only just begun.

cabin area
7

Morgan's death

Lasky sends Morgan, now his partner, to kill Sartana, but the attempt fails and Morgan is killed. The failed hit confirms Sartana's power and raises the stakes in their duel.

around town outskirts
8

A further Sartana takedown

A different gang hired by Lasky is wiped out by Sartana, who again deliberately lets Lasky escape. The pursuit persists with ongoing tension between the two men.

near town
9

Mendoza learns the truth

After Lasky blackmails Stewal and Alman, Mendoza's men capture Lasky and try to force him to reveal the gold's location. Lasky insists that Sartana alone knows where the gold is hidden.

Mendoza's residence
10

Stewal and Alman plot; Evelyn's involvement

Stewal, having an affair with the late mayor's widow, plans to escape with the gold supposedly hidden in the mayor's coffin, aided by Alman and his wife Evelyn. Sartana warns that Mendoza will dig up the coffin and seize the gold for himself, complicating the plan.

mayor's mansion
11

Stewal's death

Stewal is killed by Mendoza's men while checking the coffin, and the plan collapses as the supposed gold is not found. The town reels as the scheme unravels in real time.

mayor's residence
12

Mendoza's death and the coffin reveal

Lasky infiltrates Mendoza's residence and kills him and his men with a Gatling gun. Sartana arrives and the two open the coffin, discovering rocks and the mayor's corpse instead of gold.

Mendoza's residence
13

Sartana is downed

Lasky shoots Sartana, and it appears that Sartana is dead. The town braces for the final confrontation as Lasky believes he has won.

near the coffin site
14

Evelyn's betrayal and the real stash

Alman had hidden the gold, but Evelyn betrays and kills Alman, then leads Lasky to the true stash hidden in another coffin. Lasky shoots Evelyn, and Sartana reappears alive to challenge him.

graveyard
15

Final duel and gold in tow

Sartana returns and the two duel in a dramatic showdown. Lasky is killed, and Sartana rides out of town with the coffin full of gold.

town outskirts

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