His Name Was King (Italian: Lo chiamavano King) is a 1971 Italian Western film directed by Giancarlo Romitelli and starring Richard Harrison and Klaus Kinski.

[1] The bounty killer "King" Marley kills one of the Benson brothers, who are wanted smugglers.

In retaliation the Bensons kill King's brother and rape his sister-in-law.

The government agent Collins has King arrested, but this turns out to be a ruse to catch the real boss of the smuggling activities, which in fact is Foster.

This is a variant of the partnership plot that was used in many Spaghetti Westerns following the success of For a Few Dollars More where one of the bounty killer partners turns out to have a secret vengeance motive.