Any Gun Can Play puts the Euro-Western phenomenon into perspective, exploring the films'' wider reaches, their recurrent themes, characters, quirks and motifs. It examines them in relation to their American ancestors, and spotlights the unsung actors, directors, musicians and poster artists who subverted the ''code'' of the Western and dragged it into the modern age. Based on years of research backed up by interviews with many of the genre''s leading lights, Any Gun Can Play is the definitive work on the genre, that continues to satisfy both connoisseurs and the curious.