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“ | When a man with a .45 meets a man with a rifle, the man with a pistol will be a dead man. | „ |
~ Ramón Rojo to Joe. |
“ | The Americano's dead. | „ |
~ Ramón Rojo in his final confrontation with Joe. |
Ramón Rojo is the main antagonist in the 1964 Spaghetti Western film A Fistful of Dollars. He is the middle-aged of the Rojo brothers, including the gang's leader Miguel and the violent Esteban. Though not the leader of the cartel, he is the most ambitious and cunning member. The Rojo gang were a notorious gang of liquor smugglers in San Miguel.
He was portrayed by the late Gian Maria Volonté, who later played El Indio in the sequel, For a Few Dollars More. In the English-language release, Rojo is voiced by the late Bernard Grant, who also voiced El Indio in the English-language release of the aforementioned sequel.
Biography[]
Ramón Rojo is first mentioned by the bartender Silvanito mentions to Joe about the Baxters and Rojos, with Ramón being the most dangerous of the brothers. Ramón is first seen when Joe and Silvanito rides to where the Mexican army is doing a trade with the Americans, but the army is massacred when the Americans turn out to be Ramón and the Rojos in disguise. Afterwords, being introduce to Joe, Ramón has suspicious that Joe is more than a hired gun. That night, Joe tricks the Rojos and the Baxters to go to the cemetery to find two "survivors" of the massacre, really two dead Mexican soldiers leaning up against a grave.
Ramón is able to "kill" the "survivors" and capture Antonio Baxter in the process. While the fighting happens, Joe searches for the gold that they stole, but hides when he hears someone coming. It turns out to be Marisol, Ramón's mistress. Unfortunately, Joe doesn't realize this until after he knocks her out. He takes her to the Baxters to help her, and they use her to trade for Antonio. Joe learns of her past, and frees her, causing all hell to break loose while Ramón searches for both of them.
Ramón and his right-hand, Rubio captures Joe and brutally interrogates him, but Joe escapes. Ramón thinks that the Baxters are protecting him, so he sets fire to their house and kills all the residents. The next day, Ramón is now interrogating Silvanito, but Joe interrupts them. Ramon fires all rounds in his rifle into Joe's chest, but he has an improvised bulletproof vest hidden under his poncho, and only gets back up after each shot. Joe kills all of Ramón's guards, including Rubio and his older brother Miguel, and challenges Ramón to see if he can reload his rifle faster than he can reload his revolver. He fails and Joe shoots him in the chest, killing him.
Personality[]
Ramón is described as the most capable and intelligent of the Rojos Brothers. He is extremely cruel, vicious, ruthless, and sadistic. He does not hesitate to kill, being capable of killing an entire army of men, as seen in the beginning of the film. Although despite his viciousness, he does show a moment of shock when his brother, Esteban killed Consuela Baxter. He also feels a remarkable disdain toward Americans. Being the most cunning of the brothers, he correctly suspects that Joe is not just skilled with a gun, but also really smart. Ramón even figured out that Joe had released Marisol and waited in his room where he and one of his men were waiting. His preferred weapon is a Winchester rifle, viewing rifles as superior to handgun pistols, despite being shot dead by Joe armed with a revolver. His pride in his rifle and his motto to kill a man in the heart proved his undoing as Joe was able to outsmart him with an improvised bulletproof vest and duel him to prove his statement of rifles
Abilities[]
- Skilled marksmanship: Ramón is an extremely skilled shot. Joe even compliment it after seeing his shooting. Ramón manage to kill every Mexican solider with a Mitrailleuse Machine Gun and he killed the last one with his Winchester rifle. He also manage to "kill" two surviving soldiers in a graveyard. Despite his skilled marksmanship, Ramón was unable to reload his rifle in his duel with Joe.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- He is based on Unosuke from the 1961 Japanese samurai film Yojimbo.
- Ramón primary uses a Winchester 1892 Saddle Ring Carbine and in some scenes a Winchester 1894 (Note that the 1894 is an error).
- He is the only main antagonist of the trilogy whose full name is known, next to Tuco Ramirez.
- Gian Maria Volonté, Ramón's actor, didn't speak English. He repeated his lines phonetically with the help of a translator when they recorded the dub.
External links[]
- Ramón Rojo in the Pure Evil Wiki.
- Ramón Rojo on the Dollars Trilogy Wiki
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