100 Rifles (1969)

100 Rifles was a less successful attempt to do the kind of gritty, revisionist western done by such contemporary films as The Wild Bunch and Once Upon a Time in the West. Set in Mexico in 1912, black lawman Lyedecker (James Brown) crosses the boarder in pursuit of half-Indian outlaw Yaqui Joe Herrera (Burt Reynolds) who is supplying the titular number of riffles to Sarita (Raquel Welch) and an Indian resistance against General Verdugo (Fernando Lamas), who is himself assisted by a smarmy railroad agent (Dan O'Herlihy) and a German military 'observer' (Eric Braeden). The film felt both overstuffed and in need of direction, though it is for the most part watchable. Chiefly notable for the then provocative interracial love scenes between Brown and Welch (who reportedly hated each other). Filmed in Spain. **