Silver Saddle

Silver Saddle
Italian theatrical poster
Directed by	Lucio Fulci
Produced by	Piero Donati
Written by	Story: Adriano Bolzoni Screenplay: Adriano Bolzoni
Starring	Giuliano Gemma Sven Valsecchi Ettore Manni Gianni De Luigi Cinzia Monreale Licinia Lentini Donald O'Brien Aldo Sambrell Philippe Hersent Geoffrey Lewis
Music by	Franco Bixio Fabio Frizzi Vince Tempera
Cinematography	Sergio Salvati
Edited by	Ornella Micheli
Distributed by	Adria Filmverleih Jupiter-Film
Release date	April 20, 1978 (Italy) April 27, 1979 (West Germany) January 9, 1980 (Norway) April 17, 1980 (Hungary)
Running time	100 min.
Country	Italy
Language	Italian
Box office	237,000,000 £ (ITL)

Silver Saddle (Italian: Sella d'argento; also released under the titles The Man in the Silver Saddle and They Died with Their Boots On), is a 1978 Spaghetti Western. It is the third and final western directed by Lucio Fulci and one of the last spaghetti westerns to be produced by a European studio. The film was based on an original story written by screenwriter Adriano Bolzoni and directed by Fulci for the Italian studio Rizzoli Film Productions.

This was also the final western film role for leading man Giuliano Gemma, whose breakout role was in the 1965 spaghetti western A Pistol for Ringo, although he would continue acting in other genres for more than twenty years afterwards. Along with Gemma, the film also starred Sven Valsecchi, Ettore Manni, Gianni De Luigi, Cinzia Monreale, Licinia Lentini, Donald O'Brien, Aldo Sambrell, Philippe Hersent and Geoffrey Lewis. Although Gemma, Manri, O'Brien and Sambrell were all experienced veterans of the genre, for most of the cast this would be their first and only spaghetti western appearance.

The film opens in a small South Texas bordertown in the 1850s. A poor farmer and his young son arrive into the settlement where the farmer confronts Luke, a thieving henchman employed by wealthy land baron Richard Barrett. The man complains to Luke that he had been cheated by Barrett claiming he had been sold a deed to non-existent property. Luke finally shoots the farmer, killing the man in front of his young son. His son then picks up his father's shotgun, uses it to kill Luke, and rides out of town with Luke's horse and a distinctive silver-trimmed saddle.