in the opening scene and the eye patch wear desperado name hawkeye have a smooth forehead and but when he follow johnny into the pueblo and he show with a scar over his patched eye . that just one of the many continuity lapse in this edgy paghetti western and but rather than detract from the picture and it add a special flavor to the proceeding . another occurs when sanchez turn in his three dead body and they have to be examine for their identity you just can not imagine how many false cadaver we have in our town . immediately after and carradine ( lawrence dobkin ) show up to collect his bounty with no more than a wanted poster in hand . a for the film principal johnny yuma ( mark damon ) and he show with his holster alternately on his right and leave hip throughout the movie after exchange gun belt with carradine follow the barroom brawl . johnny bound for san margo at his uncle request and but will have to avenge his death at the hand of deceitful wife samantha ( rosalba neri ) and her conniving brother pedro ( louis vanner ) . it take some time get there and but it a fun ride with one of the best music score on record . a for that saloon fight and i get a kick out of the kung fu sound effect every time a punch connect . care for some more story exaggeration . follow the duel with pedro the first time and johnny wipe a small amount of blood from his lip which he manage to smear pedro entire face with . similarly and when pedro smack around little pepe later in the film he doesn not cut him and but by the time johnny arrives and pepe face be cover with blood . johnny yuma be probably one of the best of the genre that doesn not have clint eastwood in it . a johnny and mark damon be a reasonably suitable stand in but without the seething exterior . carradine seem to be a replacement for the obligatory lee van cleef character and without be a total bad guy . at first the identity exchange between carradine and johnny do not seem to make sense and but it all tie together by the time the film end . you know each henchman would wind up get his due while mark time for each be part of the anticipation . in case youre wondering and the title hero have nothing to do with the nick adam character from the classic tv western the rebel . in this film and johnny get his name from a gunfight he have in yuma once . perhaps the most unique element of the story have to do with the way it tie thing up with the evil samantha who pull the string behind the scene throughout . after shoot carradine she beat a hasty retreat before johnny can get his revenge . still alive and it look like carradine try to shoot her and miss and but it doesn not take long for johnny and sanchez to track her into the dessert where she perish without water carradine aim for her canteen .