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Guns for San Sebastian
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Title: Guns for San Sebastian (1968)
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| Anthony Quinn | ... |
Leon Alastray
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| Anjanette Comer | ... |
Kinita
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| Charles Bronson | ... | ||
| Sam Jaffe | ... |
Father Joseph
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| Silvia Pinal | ... |
Felicia
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Jorge Martínez de Hoyos | ... |
Felipe Cayetano
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Jaime Fernández | ... |
'Golden Lance'
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Rosa Furman | ... |
Agueda
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| Leon Askin | ... |
Vicar General
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José Chávez | ... |
Antonito
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Ivan Desny | ... |
Col. Calleja
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Fernand Gravey | ... |
Governor
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| Pedro Armendáriz Jr. | ... |
Father Lucas
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Jorge Russek | ... |
Pedro
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Aurora Clavel | ... |
Magdalena
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Leon Alastray is an outlaw who has been given sanctuary by Father John, whom he then escorts to the village of San Sebastian. The village is deserted, with its cowardly residents hiding in the hills from Indians, who regularly attack the village and steal all their supplies. When Father John is murdered, the villagers mistakenly think the outlaw is the priest. Alastray at first tells them he is not a priest, but they don't believe it, and an apparent miracle seems to prove they are correct. Eventually, he assists them in regaining their confidence and defending themselves. Written by Espere
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Adventure that explodes with the fury of men . . . women . . . and guns gone wild! [USA] See more »Parents Guide:
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EnglishRelease Date:
10 May 1968 (Mexico) See more »Also Known As:
The Guns of San Sebastian See more »Company Credits
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Compagnie Internationale de Productions Cinématographiques (CIPRA), Producciones Enríquez S.A., Filmes Cinematografica See more »
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The movie begins bad with some bad story-flow and also the rest of the movie suffers from this, though the movie definitely gets better as the movie progresses. In the beginning it isn't too clear were the movie is heading to and the movie makes a pretty formulaic and redundant impression. However from the moment on when the main character arrives in San Sabastian, the story gets developed well and becomes interesting and original. This certainly ain't no formulaic spaghetti western. The movie gets multiple layered, when it concentrates on the divine. It helps the characters to develop well and the story to become interesting. The movie certainly shows some parallels to the movie "The Mission", even though it isn't as beautifully and professionally made.
It doesn't seem like it at first but the movie becomes surprisingly action filled toward the ending, with some quite big scale battles. Also the ending most certainly does not disappoint.
The movie has some good actors that help to flesh out the flat characters. Anthony Quinn is a good main lead and he makes the moral change his character goes through seem believable. Charles Bronson plays a good movie villain, though his character is perhaps a bit underused. Further more the movie features Sam Jaffe, once again in the role of a Christian.
The directing isn't much good, since the story-flow of the movie is quite poor at times, which is also due to some bad editing. Nevertheless the movie is filled with some memorable and great looking sequences, although it's also definitely true that most of those sequences are being uplifted by the musical score by Ennio Morricone.
Definitely worth seeing if you get the chance.
7/10
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