In 1974 Herman Cohen released an edited American version of the film called The Stranger's Gundown.

The burning question becomes whether these people are dealing with a one-man army of flesh and blood or an avenging angel of death.

The answer may lie in the betrayal and massacre of a Confederate Army unit during the Civil War... Django the Bastard was first released in 1969.

[2] VCI Entertainment released the English dubbed version on DVD during 2002 in both full and widescreen formats under its U.S. title The Strangers Gundown.

[3] The film was re-released on 18 September 2015 in the United States under its original title Django il Bastardo from RetroVision Entertainment LLC, as a double bill with Boot Hill.