Another wonderfully ground-breaking western from Sergio Leone with a memorable score from Ennio Morricone - this time with Rod Steiger as a bit of a low life bandit who encounters James Coburn - a IRA explosives expert on the run from the British. The story is told in tandem timelines as we discover just what brought Coburn to revolutionary Mexico in the first place and the current scenario as he and Steiger gradually develop their relationship from potential bank robbers to something way more sophisticated and inter-reliant. Along the way we've got plenty of humour, action - explosives galore - with some fine photography of the locale. At times, it can be a little too unnecessarily violent - particularly once they become more involved in the revolution; but Steiger and Coburn are great.
Duck, You Sucker
"Two daredevils battle for a fortune in gold, and it will take an army to stop them!"
At the beginning of the 1913 Mexican Revolution, greedy bandit Juan Miranda and idealist John H. Mallory, an Irish Republican Army explosives expert on the lam from the British, fall in with a band of revolutionaries plotting to strike a national bank. When it turns out that the government has been using the bank as a hiding place for illegally detained political prisoners -- who are freed by the blast -- Miranda becomes a revolutionary hero against his will.
Quick Stats
7.7
TMDB Rating
1,198
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2h 37m
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DirectorSergio Leone
WriterRoberto De Leonardis
CinematographyGiuseppe Ruzzolini
ComposerEnnio Morricone
EditorNino Baragli
Production DesignAndrea Crisanti
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Rafran CinematograficaSan MarcoEuro International Films
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1 featuredCast
Rod Steiger
Juan Miranda
James Coburn
John H. Mallory
Romolo Valli
Dr. Villega
Maria Monti
Woman on Stagecoach
Rik Battaglia
Santerna
Franco Graziosi
Governor Jaime
Antoine Saint-John
Col. Günther Reza
Vivienne Chandler
John's Girlfriend
David Warbeck
Sean Nolan
Giulio Battiferri
Miguel
Poldo Bendandi
Revolutionary
Omar Bonaro
Revolutionary
Roy Bosier
Landowner on Stagecoach
John Frederick
American on Stagecoach
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Amato Garbini
Policeman on Train
