Get Mean, also known as Beat a Dead Horse, Vengeance of the Barbarians and The Stranger Gets Mean, is a 1975 Italian-American Spaghetti Western film directed by Ferdinando Baldi and starring Tony Anthony, Lloyd Battista, Raf Baldassarre, Diana Lorys and Mirta Miller.

In the town is a family of gypsies and a fortune teller, who offers the Stranger $50,000 to return Princess Elizabeth Maria de Burgos to Spain, where her nation is being attacked by Barbarians.

Upon arriving in Spain, The Princess and The Stranger wind up in the middle of a battle between the allied Moors, and the invading Barbarians.

The Stranger, left swinging from his feet, loudly proclaims that he won't leave the country until he gets his money, before being fired on from a Barbarian cannon.

The Barbarians travel back to the conquered castle, where they give thanks to Rodrigo's stallion, while The Stranger is rescued by Morelia, a member of the Spanish resistance.

The trial's magic turns The Stranger into a black man, and faces him off against a bull, before transporting him to the temple with his treasure.

The Barbarians discover The Stranger harbors a cursed amulet called 'The Scorpion's Sting,' which spells death to whoever wears it.

The Barbarians prepare The Stranger for a human sacrifice in memory of Rodrigo, as Morelia engages in a duel with Sombra after she refuses to tell him the location of the treasure.

The Stranger threatens Alfonso with the Scorpion's Sting, and gets him to swallow a message within a ball of wax in order to deliver it back to The Barbarians.

The Barbarians find The Scorpion's Sting encased in the ball of wax, and are prepared for his arrival by capturing The Stranger.

Sombra fires his cannons, but misses every shot, as he quotes Richard III's famous line, lamenting his kingdom for a horse.

Anthony stated that he wasn't at all interested in historical accuracy, and just wanted to put The Stranger in a strange land, choosing old Spain.

[3] Due to budget restraints, the battle scenes were shot using the same horses and the same actors, changing costumes in between takes.