Johnny Hamlet (Italian: Quella sporca storia nel West, lit.

'That Dirty Story in the West' is a 1968 Italian film directed by Enzo G. Castellari.

[3] Johnny Hamilton returns to his Texas home from the American Civil War where he fought for the Confederacy.

Arriving to his Ranch El Señor, where he finds that his father was killed by the Mexican bandit Santana and his mother Gertry has married his uncle Claude.

According to director Franco Rossetti, after finishing filming The Dirty Outlaws he was offered to do another Western which was a reinterpretation of Hamlet by Sergio Corbucci.

[5] Rossetti stated that after he turned down the offer to direct it feeling that he thought Shakespeare in a Western setting was absurd.

[5][6] Castellari said he was contacted by the producers to direct the film and accepted after liking Corbucci's script.

[7] Castellari however later disliked the films Italian title which translated to "The Dirty Story in the West" stating that "Nobody went to see it.