Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Brutal
- gritty
- propulsive
- sardonic
- classic western marathon
- action movie night
What critics said
Available reception information treats the film as a conventional spaghetti western centered on vindication and retribution, with notable affinity to the genre's political social-bandit tradition.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Django works as a hangman while secretly building an army and gathering evidence against David Barry and the men who destroyed his life.
Django saves condemned innocents from execution and turns his hangman role into an instrument against Barry's political power.
The supposedly hanged men Django rescues become his loyal covert force for revenge and evidence gathering.
The conflict links personal revenge to David Barry's unscrupulous political control, echoing the social-bandit dynamics associated with political spaghetti westerns.
Films like Django, Prepare a Coffin, and why
Django
shares the spaghetti western tradition, revenge-driven narrative, stylized gunplay, and morally charged frontier politics
The Mercenary
shares Italian western conventions, a charismatic gunslinger protagonist, shifting alliances, and political intrigue
The Big Gundown
shares the retribution plot, outlaw camaraderie, dusty frontier settings, and heightened action tone
Movie Details
- Director
- Ferdinando Baldi
- Release Date
- 1968-01-27
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Rating
- 6.3 / 10 (115)
Cast
- Terence Hill
- Horst Frank
- George Eastman
- Barbara Simon
- Pinuccio Ardia
- Guido Lollobrigida
- Gianni Brezza
- Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia
- Luciano Rossi
- Andrea Scotti
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video
- Buy
- Amazon Video
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Django, Prepare a Coffin about?
- A betrayed hangman secretly builds an army of rescued outlaws to expose the politician who ruined his life and exact frontier justice.
- What is Django, Prepare a Coffin like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Django, Prepare a Coffin as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Django, Prepare a Coffin violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Django, Prepare a Coffin as brutal.
- What did critics think of Django, Prepare a Coffin?
- Available reception information treats the film as a conventional spaghetti western centered on vindication and retribution, with notable affinity to the genre's political social-bandit tradition.
- Which films are like Django, Prepare a Coffin?
- Films with a similar feel include Django, The Mercenary, and The Big Gundown.
- How long is Django, Prepare a Coffin?
- Django, Prepare a Coffin runs 92 minutes.
- Where can I watch Django, Prepare a Coffin?
- In United States, Django, Prepare a Coffin is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video.
