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August 1974 (Austria) moreTagline:
It's got guts! morePlot:
An American bartender and his prostitute girlfriend go on a road trip through the Mexican underworld to collect a $1 million bounty on the head of a dead gigolo. full summary | add synopsisNewsDesk:
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Violent, Beautiful, Ugly, Haunting. moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Warren Oates | ... | Bennie | |
| Isela Vega | ... | Elita | |
| Robert Webber | ... | Sappensly | |
| Gig Young | ... | Quill | |
| Helmut Dantine | ... | Max | |
| Emilio Fernández | ... | El Jefe (as Emilio Fernandez) | |
| Kris Kristofferson | ... | Biker | |
| Chano Urueta | ... | Manchot, the bartender | |
| Donnie Fritts | ... | John (as Donny Fritts) | |
| Jorge Russek | ... | Cueto | |
| Chalo González | ... | Chalo (as Chalo Gonzalez) | |
| Don Levy | ... | Frank | |
| Enrique Lucero | ... | Esteban | |
| Janine Maldonado | ... | Theresa | |
| Tamara Garina | ... | Grandmother Moreno |
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112 minColour:
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Iceland:16 | Germany:16 (re-rating) (2005) | West Germany:18 (original rating) | Singapore:M18 | New Zealand:R16 | Australia:R | Finland:K-18 | France:-12 | Italy:VM14 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 (video rating) (1987) | UK:X (original rating) | USA:RFun Stuff
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One of the few critics to actually praise the film was Roger Ebert, who would win the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism the following year. moreGoofs:
Crew or equipment visible: At a little after 1:33 in the movie, as Bennie crosses inside his apartment, alone and talking to Alfredo's head ("A friend of ours used to take a shower in there...You know that? You know that!"), a crewman in black clothing can be glimpsed ducking behind an adjacent transom. A second later, his arm reappears as Bennie reaches for a bottle in the pantry. moreQuotes:
Bennie: [as he keeps shooting a man he has already killed] Why? Because it feels so damn good! moreSoundtrack:
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Watching this unforgettable near masterpiece for the first time it's impossible to understand why it isn't regarded as one of the greatest movies of the 70s - a decade that produced an astonishing amount of classics. How Maltin can dismiss it with the throwaway comment "sub-par bloodbath" defies belief! Almost everything about this movie is perfect, but the cornerstone is Warren Oates performance, perhaps his greatest. Rarely do you see such a completely engrossing, believable portrayal of a man who has lost EVERYTHING, who knows he cannot win, but also knows that he must keep going to the very end. Once seen, never forgotten may seem like a trite comment, but in this case it says it all. You will NEVER forget this movie!