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1970 | Color | 118 min

During the Mexican Revolution, Swedish gun smuggler Yolaf Peterson joins General Mongo in order to free Professor Xantos—a prisoner of the U.S. army and the only one who knows where a cherished loot is hidden.  Peterson agrees to help in the search, but is joined against his will by El Vasco. The two will have to face John, Peterson’s old business partner, who will do nothing but sabotage their search.

 


Country: Italia, Alemania, España
Direction: Corbucci; Sergio
Script: Corbucci; Sergio
Production: Morelli; Antonio
Photography: Ulloa; Alejandro
Music: Morricone; Ennio
Cast:Milian; Tomas, Pallance; Jack, Nero; Franco, Berben; Iris

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