The Specialists

The Specialists (, also known as Drop Them or I'll Shoot) is a 1969 Spaghetti Western co-written and directed by Sergio Corbucci. It was an international co-production between Italy, France and West Germany. Retrospective critics and scholars of Corbucci's Westerns have deemed The Specialists to be the final film in the director's "Mud and Blood" trilogy, which also includes Django (1966) and The Great Silence (1968). Plot A single stranger named Hud comes to Blackstone, a town where his brother has been hanged after being falsely accused of robbing a bank. After tangling with the local sheriff and a nearby Mexican bandit turn revolutionary, Hud finds out one of the town's most dignified citizens swapped the real money out with counterfeit bills. After several gunfights and backing down a group of young toughs, Hud rides off after saving a local girl and burning the stolen money. Cast Johnny Hallyday as Hud Dixon Gastone Moschin as Sheriff Gideon Ring Françoise Fabian as Virginia Pollicut Sylvie Fennec as Sheba Mario Adorf as Francisco Rafael Pacorro ("El Diablo") Angela Luce as Valencia Serge Marquand as Boot Gino Pernice as Cabot Andrés José Cruz Soublette as Rosencrantz Gabriella Tavernese as Apache Stefano Cattarossi as Kit Christian Belegue as Buddy Renato Pinciroli as Lord Lucio Rosato as Deputy Sheriff Remo De Angelis as Romero Riccardo Domenici as Mac Lane Mario Castellani as Judge Ham Mimmo Poli as Barman Franco Castellani as Woodie Brizio Montinaro as Charlie Dixon Franco Marletta as Bill