Synopsis
El Kárate, el Colt y el Impostor
“The fastest gun in the West joins with the most brutal hands in the East!”
During a hold-up in the Wild West, Dakota kills a rich old Chinese man, Wang. Later, he is captured, sentenced, and is about to be hanged – and he never profitted from Wang's death, has he buried him with the photographs of his four widows, and a few worthless papers. Meanwhile, Ho comes to America in search of his uncle's fortune, and must get Dakota free, as he his the only man who can lead him to Wang's tomb. They open the tomb, retaking the pictures of Wang's widows. It happens he reads the papers and knows that Wang had one quarter of a map tattooed in each of his women's buttocks. Now, the difficult part will really start… Treasure hunt.
The 1973–1975 Hong Kong Window
24 Hong Kong films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. The Stranger and the Gunfighter sits at position #21.
#1Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend
★ 9.0 · 1973
#2The Golden Lotus
★ 8.0 · 1974
#3Five Shaolin Masters
★ 7.5 · 1974
#4The Man from Hong Kong
★ 6.9 · 1975
#5The Flying Guillotine
★ 6.7 · 1975
#6The Fate of Lee Khan
★ 6.6 · 1973
#7Disciples of Shaolin
★ 6.6 · 1975
#8All Men Are Brothers
★ 6.6 · 1975
The 1970s Hong Kong Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 1970s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Stranger and the Gunfighter premiered. 122 total titles in this decade from Hong Kong.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #718 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (14th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.9 points below the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.
Among Hong Kong Action productions specifically: #458 of 516 (top 89%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Hong Kong, Italy, Spain |
| Original Language | En |
| Spoken Languages | English, Italian, Spanish |
| Production Companies | Champion Films, Compagnia Cinematografica Champion, Harbor Productions, Midega Film, Shaw Brothers |
| Runtime | 1h 47m |
| Release Date | January 1, 1974 |
| IMDb | tt0071784 |