The Bastard
(1968)
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The Bastard
(1968)
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| Rita Hayworth | ... |
Martha
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Giuliano Gemma | ... |
Jason
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| Klaus Kinski | ... |
Adam
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Margaret Lee | ... |
Karen
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| Claudine Auger | ... |
Barbara
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Serge Marquand | ... |
Jimmy
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Umberto Raho | ... |
Doctor
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Carl Cik | ... |
Policeman
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Detlef Uhle | ... |
T.V. Announcer
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| Dan van Husen |
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Hans Thorner | ... |
Policeman
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Paola Natale | ... |
Dancer
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Mirella Pamphili | ... |
Dancer
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Luis Barboo |
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Lorenzo Robledo |
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Jason and Adam are brothers who specialize in jewel heists. Jason is betrayed by Adam, who steals his girlfriend, and has him beaten and left for dead. A female doctor nurses him back to health, and he sets about planning his revenge.
It's a bit difficult for me to give a final verdict on this movie since, despite the running time given by IMDb, I saw it by way of a crummy bootleg of an Asian TV broadcast that had been chopped down to about 67 minutes. Still, what remained was entertaining enough to keep me watching (and wondering what had been left out).
The Bastard is about a thief who's betrayed by his brother, crime boss Klaus Kinski, and has the tendons in his right hand cut. After that the movie is about the thief licking his wounds, enjoying some sexual healing, learning to shoot with his left hand, and planning his revenge. Then, in an odd and way-out-of-left-field plot device, a natural disaster intercedes and makes the ending feel like a cop-out.
It would be nice if somebody brought out a restored version so people could rediscover this one.