Rich man Ralph Bellamy hires weapons specialist Lee Marvin to lead Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, and Woody Strode to rescue his wife Claudia Cardinale from Mexican revolutionary Jack Palance. A just okay all-star actioner, think of it as a milder version of The Wild Bunch, but with a happier ending and just not as good. Must say I was disappointed, had higher hopes, Marvin's good, Lancaster fine, Ryan and Storde just kind of there. Always nice to see Cardinale however (my favorite Italian beauty of the 1960's, though here playing a Mexican) and Jack Palance surprisingly good in his part, he's actually acting here, not just hamming. Still turns out this movie is lesser known for a reason. Not recommended.
See instead: The Wild Bunch (1969), The Leopard (1963) and The Scalphunters (1968).
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... and Once Upon A Time in the West.
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