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The Relentless Four

1965 film by Primo Zeglio

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 4, 2026
Entity authorityQ1993713 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Relentless Four or I quattro inesorabili is a 1965 Italian Spaghetti Western film in Eastmancolor directed by Primo Zeglio.

Synopsis

A Texas Ranger is framed by the four outlaws he is chasing for a crime he did not commit.

Cast

Adam West as Ranger Sam Garrett

Robert Hundar as Alan

Red Ross as Troy

Ralph Baldwyn as Moss

János Barta as Rancher John

José Jaspe as Implacable

Roberto Camardiel as Jeffrey Anders

Dina Loy as Eliza Anders / Susan Terry

Cris Huerta as Comisario

Elisa Mainardi as Nancy

Luis Induni as Sheriff Luke

Francisco Sanz as Doctor

Robert Johnson Jr. as Bobi Calhoun

Pauline Baards as Lucy Anders / Sra.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “The Relentless Four” is 1965 film by Primo Zeglio. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Relentless, Four and film, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewBest approached as a cultural-object dossier: authorship and date matter, but circulation and reception often explain the wider significance. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1965—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1965-01-01. For this dossier, Relentless, Four and film is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “1965 film by Primo Zeglio” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Reception evidence should be dated and situated: later canonical status may differ sharply from the work’s initial circulation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 4, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1993713. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1965.

Critical limits

Titles can refer to several editions, objects or performances, making precise identification essential before interpretation. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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This entry incorporates text from “The Relentless Four” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.