Companeros (1970)

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118 min - Western | Comedy - April 1972 (USA)

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Arms dealer Yolaf Peterson aims to make a sale to guerilla Mongo, but the money is locked in a bank safe... See full summary »

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Franco Nero	...	Yodlaf Peterson
	Tomas Milian	...	El Vasco
	Jack Palance	...	John
	Fernando Rey	...	Prof. Xantos
	Iris Berben	...	Lola
	José Bódalo	...	Gen. Mongo (as Francisco Bódalo)
	Eduardo Fajardo	...	Colonel (as Edoardo Fajardo)
	Karin Schubert	...	Zaira
	Gino Pernice	...	Tourneur (as Luigi Pernice)
	Álvaro de Luna
	Jesús Fernández
	Claudio Scarchilli
	Lorenzo Robledo	...	Man Dancing with Zaira
	Giovanni Petti
	Gérard Tichy	...	Lieutenant

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Storyline

Arms dealer Yolaf Peterson aims to make a sale to guerilla Mongo, but the money is locked in a bank safe, the combination known only to Professor Xantos, a prisoner of the Americans. Yolaf agrees to free Xantos, accompanied by reluctant guerilla Basco, but a former business partner of Yolaf's- John 'The Wooden Hand', has other ideas. Written by Tom Seldon <elpuro@msn.com>

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Fate brought them together. Greed made them inseparable, and violence made them Companeros!

Genres:

Western | Comedy

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Details

Country:

Italy | West Germany | Spain

Language:

Italian | Spanish

Release Date:

April 1972 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Companheiros See more »

Filming Locations:

Almería, Andalucía, Spain See more »

Box Office

Gross:

ESP 45,052,639 (Spain)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Tritone Cinematografica, Terra-Filmkunst, Atlántida Films See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

118 min | Spain: 110 min | Germany: 115 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

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Trivia

At one point, Tomas Milian is seen dragging a coffin out of a graveyard. This is a reference to Sergio Corbucci and Franco Nero's previous collaboration Django in which the title character drags a coffin behind him. See more »

Quotes

Yolof Peterson: Your friend is right, compañero. When you're about to die, don't ask so many questions.
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Referenced in Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) See more »

Companeros (1970)
Vamos a matar, compañeros (original title)

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