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1969 | Color | 145 min 0 seg

A group of outlaws on the Mexico-U.S. border plan the robbery of a U.S. military train, but standing in their way is the Mexican army, a gang of dangerous bounty hunters and the unavoidable march of progress. No one is innocent in this gritty tale of a desperate struggle against changing times.


Country: Estados Unidos
Direction: Peckinpah; Sam
Script: Green; Walon, Peckinpah; Sam
Production: Feldman; Phil, N Sickner; Roy
Photography: Ballard; Lucien
Sound: J Miller; Robert
Music: Fielding; Jerry
Cast:Holden; William, Borgnine; Ernest, Ryan; Robert, O?brien; Edmond, Sanchez; Jaime, Martin; Strother, Arau; Alfonso, Urueta; Chano, Oates; Warren, Fernández; Emilio, Johnson; Ben
Art direction: Carrere; Edward
Participation year at FICM: 2012

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