A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die 1968

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Title: A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die (Italian: Un minuto per pregare, un istante per morire).
Year: 1968 (also listed as 1967 in one source).
Genre: Italian Spaghetti Western.
Director: Franco Giraldi (this was his fourth and last western).
Cast: Alex Cord, Arthur Kennedy, Robert Ryan, Enzo Fiermonte.
Original intent: Directed by Sergio Corbucci, cast to include Raffaella Carrà and Renzo Palm.
Plot: A famous gunman (Clay McCord) decides to change his life and turn himself in when amnesty is declared by the new governor of the New Mexico Territory. A vindictive sheriff (or local marshal) sets out to stop him from reaching the Territory, triggering a violent confrontation between himself, the local marshal, and other bandits.