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A Balasaur Score of 79 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 92%, Metacritic 77/100. Scores higher than 97% of the 148 1970s western movies in this catalog. It runs long at 2h 37m. Streaming on Prime and Tubi.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes92%
Metacritic77/100
1,217 audience votes
Key crew
- Sergio LeoneDirector
- Ennio MorriconeOriginal Music Composer
- Sergio LeoneScreenplay
- Luciano VincenzoniScreenplay
- Sergio DonatiScreenplay
Cast
- Rod SteigerJuan Miranda
- James CoburnJohn H. Mallory
- Romolo ValliDr. Villega
- Maria MontiWoman on Stagecoach
- Rik BattagliaSanterna
- Franco GraziosiGovernor Jaime
- Antoine Saint-JohnCol. Günther Reza
- Vivienne ChandlerJohn's Girlfriend
- David WarbeckSean Nolan
- Giulio BattiferriMiguel
- Poldo BendandiRevolutionary
- Omar BonaroRevolutionary
Stills
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Themes
The Best Movies of 1971
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