100 Rifles (1969)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Tom Gries

Writers:

Clair Huffaker (screenplay) and
Tom Gries (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

26 March 1969 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Western

Tagline:

All they need is . . . 100 RIFLES

Plot:

Reynolds plays Yaqui Joe, an Indian who robs a bank in order to buy guns for his people who are being savagely repressed by the government...

Plot Keywords:

Gatling Gun | Train | Beautiful Woman | Interracial Relationship | Kissing

Cast

Jim Brown	...	Lyedecker
Raquel Welch	...	Sarita
Burt Reynolds	...	Yaqui Joe Herrera
Fernando Lamas	...	General Verdugo
Dan O'Herlihy	...	Steven Grimes
Eric Braeden	...	Lt. Franz Von Klemme (as Hans Gudegast)
Michael Forest	...	Humara
Aldo Sambrell	...	Sgt. Paletes
Soledad Miranda	...	Girl in Hotel
Alberto Dalbés	...	Padre Francisco (as Alberto Dalbes)
Charly Bravo	...	Lopez (as Carlos Bravo)
José Manuel Martín	...	Sarita's Father (as Jose Manuel Martin)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Akim Tamiroff	...	General Romero (scenes deleted)
Sancho Gracia	...	Mexican leader (uncredited)
Lorenzo Lamas	...	Indian boy (uncredited)

Directed by
Tom Gries

Writing credits
Clair Huffaker		(screenplay) and
Tom Gries		(screenplay)
Robert MacLeod		(novel)

Produced by
Marvin Schwartz	....	producer

Original Music by
Jerry Goldsmith

Cinematography by
Cecilio Paniagua		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Robert L. Simpson		(as Robert Simpson)

Art Direction by
Carl Anderson

Makeup Department
Mary Bredin	....	hair stylist (as Mary Briedon)
Ramón de Diego	....	makeup artist (as Ramon De Diego)

Production Management
Joseph C. Behm	....	unit production manager
Tadeo Villalba	....	production manager: Spain

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Chuck Roberson	....	second unit director
Antonio Tarruella	....	assistant director (as Tony Tarruella)

Sound Department
Roy Charman	....	sound (as Roy J. Charman)
David Dockendorf	....	sound

Special Effects by
L.B. Abbott	....	special photographic effects
Art Cruickshank	....	special photographic effects
Alex Weldon	....	mechanical effects

Stunts
Stefano Capriati	....	stunt double (uncredited)
Gino DeAgustino	....	stunts (uncredited)
Donna Garrett	....	stunt double: Raquel Welch (uncredited)
Terry Leonard	....	stunts (uncredited)
Hal Needham	....	stunts (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Oscar Rodriguez	....	wardrobe

Music Department
David Tamkin	....	orchestrator

Other crew
Sue Dwiggins	....	production secretary (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Marvin Schwartz Productions Inc.
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Distributors

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (1969) (USA) (theatrical)
• Playhouse Home Video (video)
• Studio T Home Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD)

Also Known As:

One Hundred Rifles (USA) (alternative spelling)

Runtime:

110 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Singapore:NC-16 | West Germany:18 | Iceland:16 | Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 | Sweden:15 | USA:PG | USA:R (original rating)

Filming Locations:

Spain

Company:

Marvin Schwartz Productions Inc.

Movie Connections:

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A bit clumsy sometimes, but good fun

Sheriff Lyedecker (Jim Brown) comes to Mexiko as he chases the bank robber Yaqui Joe (Burt Reynolds). As a victim of circumstance, Lyedecker becomes the number 1 enemy of a Mexican general who wants to kill the Yaqui Indians. The sheriff has no other choice than to fight side by side with the bank robber and the Indians now...

The years 1969-1971 mark the beginning of the modern western with the irony of „Little Big Man", the cruelty of „Soldier Blue", the myth awareness of „Butch Cassidy And the Sundance Kid", the depression of „McCabe & Mrs Miller" and many more. „100 Rifles" is a kind of missing link between 1960s westerns and the new approach as from 1970 onwards. It makes deliberate, obvious attempts to break taboos, telling the love story between a black guy and a white woman, pushes violence to the level of an Italian western of that time, includes nudity not only in Raquel Welch's famous shower scene, but also in Soledad Miranda's hotel scene at the beginning, and the screenplay adds a left-wing political, anti-racist theme. „100 Rifles" gets carried away by its own enthusiasm sometimes, putting forward its messages a bit clumsily compared to the elegance of „The Professionals", a movie which took much more careful steps into the revolution movie direction 2 years earlier. Nevertheless, I enjoyed watching the picture for being a (wild) child of its time, speedy narration and a gorgeous Raquel Welch.