This politically oriented spaghetti western,
chronicles the exploits of a mercenary who aligns himself
with a revolutionary.
Their goal is to liberate a peaceful professor and his students
who are being held hostage in Texas.
The mercenary's real reason for joining him is that the revolutionary
knows the location of a cache of gold.
En route to Texas they run into a strange wooden handed gunslinger
who likes to smoke marijuana.
The gunman is accompanied by his pet falcon.
Tension between the mercenary and the rebel rise throughout
the movie, but when the opposing forces attack, they unite.
Cast:
Iris Berben, Eduardo Fajardo, Jesus Fernandez, Tomas Milian,
Franco Nero, Jack Palance, Fernando Rey, Karin Schubert, Gerard
Tichy
Director:
Sergio Corbucci |