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100 Rifles

  • 19691969
  • RR
  • 1h 50m
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100 Rifles (1969)
In 1912 Sonora, Mexico, native revolutionary Yaqui Joe (Burt Reynolds) robs a bank to buy arms for his oppressed people, but finds himself sought by an American lawman and the Mexican Army.
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In 1912 Sonora, Mexico, native revolutionary Yaqui Joe (Burt Reynolds) robs a bank to buy arms for his oppressed people, but finds himself sought by an American lawman and the Mexican Army.In 1912 Sonora, Mexico, native revolutionary Yaqui Joe (Burt Reynolds) robs a bank to buy arms for his oppressed people, but finds himself sought by an American lawman and the Mexican Army.In 1912 Sonora, Mexico, native revolutionary Yaqui Joe (Burt Reynolds) robs a bank to buy arms for his oppressed people, but finds himself sought by an American lawman and the Mexican Army.
IMDb RATING
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3.4K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
11,464
3,914
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    • Director
      • Tom Gries
    • Writers
      • Clair Huffaker(screenplay)
      • Tom Gries(screenplay)
      • Robert MacLeod(novel)
    • Stars
      • Jim Brown
      • Raquel Welch
      • Burt Reynolds
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Tom Gries
    • Writers
      • Clair Huffaker(screenplay)
      • Tom Gries(screenplay)
      • Robert MacLeod(novel)
    • Stars
      • Jim Brown
      • Raquel Welch
      • Burt Reynolds
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    • 43User reviews
    • 32Critic reviews

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    Raquel Welch, Burt Reynolds, Jim Brown, and Michael Forest in 100 Rifles (1969)
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    Raquel Welch and Jim Brown in 100 Rifles (1969)
    100 Rifles (1969)
    Raquel Welch in 100 Rifles (1969)
    Raquel Welch, Burt Reynolds, Jim Brown, and Michael Forest in 100 Rifles (1969)
    Raquel Welch and Jim Brown in 100 Rifles (1969)
    Raquel Welch in 100 Rifles (1969)
    Raquel Welch in 100 Rifles (1969)
    Raquel Welch in 100 Rifles (1969)
    Jim Brown in 100 Rifles (1969)
    Raquel Welch and Jim Brown in 100 Rifles (1969)

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    Jim Brown
    Jim Brown
    • Lyedecker
    Raquel Welch
    Raquel Welch
    • Sarita
    Burt Reynolds
    Burt Reynolds
    • Yaqui Joe
    Fernando Lamas
    Fernando Lamas
    • Verdugo
    Dan O'Herlihy
    Dan O'Herlihy
    • Grimes
    Eric Braeden
    Eric Braeden
    • Von Klemme
    • (as Hans Gudegast)
    Michael Forest
    Michael Forest
    • Humara
    Aldo Sambrell
    Aldo Sambrell
    • Sgt. Paletes
    Soledad Miranda
    Soledad Miranda
    • Girl in Hotel
    Alberto Dalbés
    Alberto Dalbés
    • Padre Francisco
    • (as Alberto Dalbes)
    Charly Bravo
    • Lopez
    • (as Carlos Bravo)
    José Manuel Martín
    José Manuel Martín
    • Sarita's Father
    • (as Jose Manuel Martin)
    Akim Tamiroff
    Akim Tamiroff
    • Gen. Romero
    • (scenes deleted)
    Sancho Gracia
    Sancho Gracia
    • Mexican Leader
    • (uncredited)
    Lorenzo Lamas
    Lorenzo Lamas
    • Indian Boy
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Tom Gries
    • Writers
      • Clair Huffaker(screenplay)
      • Tom Gries(screenplay)
      • Robert MacLeod(novel)
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    • Trivia
      Chuck Roberson (John Wayne's longtime stuntman) was meant to double for Jim Brown on some of the riskier stunts, with Director Tom Gries planning to put black-face on him. Burt Reynolds would not perform with him, deeming it improper, and stated "Those days are gone, you better get a black stuntman here right now." When the Production Manager stated it was not in the budget, and "Fox would never go for it", Reynolds paid five hundred dollars out of his own pocket to pay for a black stuntman.
    • Goofs
      During the fight at the water tower, a hole is blown in the side of the water tank. The hole is approximately 4 ft. x 6 ft. that Lydecker climbs out of when he joins the fight. After the fight when the train is loaded with the Yaqui Indians and headed for town, the water tower is shown with the whole top of it blown off to the left of the screen.
    • Quotes

      Yaqui Joe Herrera: How come they done give you a badge in the first place?

      Lyedecker: Well I guess I took a job nobody wanted. And even at that it took me a whole year to get it.

    • Alternate versions
      Originally rated R upon its initial release, in 1973 the film was edited and re-rated PG. The recent Region 1 DVD by FOX is this PG rated version.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Sicilian Clan (1969)

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    6/10
    Passable Western set in turn of the century Mexico , realized in Spaghetti style , and shot in Almeria , Spain , as usual
    Entertaining and amusing Western that tells the story of a thief (Burt Reynolds is of part Cherokee Indian descent) , his flight into Mexico and his pursuit by a Black American lawman (Jim Brown) and both of whom chased by a despotic military governor (Fernando Lamas) and his hoodlums (Aldo Sambrell , Eric Braeden) . As in 19th century Mexico appears a half-breed bank robber (Burt Reynolds plays a native/half-white American and his previous film, Navajo Joe 1966 , he also played an Indian) , he is Yaqui Joe , an Indian who robs a bank in order to buy guns for his people who are being savagely repressed by the government . As the lawman and the outlaw eventually become allies and team up with a female revolutionary (Raquel Welch) to help save them from annihilation and to take up the cause of the Indians.

    Stirring and exciting Western with thrills , violence , shootouts , a lot of firing squad and plenty of action in which a misfit group formed by Yaqui Joe and a sheriff join up with a female revolutionary and attempt to take money from a bank to buy arms for their oppressed people but all of them are relentlessly pursued by the Mexican Army . It includes spectacular pursuits in which the pursued protagonists cross impressive landscapes , rivers and mountains . Although quite racy in its day for its interracial sex sizzle of Brown and Welch , it's overblown and tame by today's standards . In fact , this film was apparently one of the first movies to feature a sex scene between people of different races . What it lacks in political correctness it makes up for in fits of action . Although this film was shot in Spain , it was filmed by an American studio -20th Century-Fox- with an American director , Tom Gries , producer Marvin Schwartz , and expert Western writer Cliff Huffaker , being based on the novel written by Robert MacLeod . Nice acting by Burt Reynolds as a mestizo or half Yaqui Indian who finds himself wanted by an American lawman , adequately played by Jim Brown . Raquel Welch is gorgeous and memorably over-the-top as as the woman who forms a strong axis to Brown . This is one of a number of westerns that Burt Reynolds made during the mid- to late 1960s and early 1970s . These include Navajo Joe(1966), Sam Whiskey (1969) and The man who loved Cat Dancing (1973). And gorgeous Raquel Welch giving a mediocre acting ; Raquel Welch and Burt Reynolds fell out whilst making this movie, three years later they both starred in "Fuzz" . Support casting and crew are formed by an European (usually Spanish) cast , all of them ordinaries in Paella/Spaghetti Western shot in Spain such as : Aldo Sambrell , Alberto Dalbes , Sancho Gracia , Jose Manuel Martin , Charly Bravo , Rafael Albaicín and the beauty Soledad Miranda as a prostitute .

    Superbly photographed by Cecilio Paniagua on spectacular outdoors from Almeria -though the train wreck station shot in Villamanta, Madrid- , including its terrain closely resembles the northeast Mexico/southwest US área and where in the 60s and 70s were filmed uncountable Westerns . The Spanish Cecilio Paniagua was a very good cameraman who photographed several Westerns such as ¨Custer of the West¨ , "Great Treasure Hunt" , and ¨Hunting party¨ , all of them filmed in Almeria . Special mention for the thrilling as well as evocative musical score by maestro Jerry Goldsmith , composed in his peculiar style . The motion picture was professionally directed by Tom Gries though flopped in theatres . This movie was filmed in the same Almeria, Spain, region as director Tom Gries' TV series The Rat Patrol (1966), both starred Eric Braeden . Traveling to Hollywood in 1947, Gries took a job as a talent agent, and eventually went to work for producer/director Stanley Kramer . He entered the production end of the business as an associate producer, then graduated to writing and producing documentaries. Tom switched to television, where he received an Emmy in 1963 for directing the series East Side/West Side (1963) . Tom was an expert director of Western as ¨Breakheart pass¨ , this ¨100 Rifles¨ , and ¨Will Penny¨ that is the best work ever made ; Gries also directed other successes as ¨Breakout¨, ¨The glass house¨ , ¨Helter Skelter¨ and TV series as ¨QBVII¨ , but he also made some real duds . His later output in other genres was routine.
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    • Release date
      • March 26, 1969 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • One Hundred Rifles
    • Filming locations
      • Monasterio de Santa Maria la Real de Valdeiglesias, Pelayos de la Presa, Madrid, Spain
    • Production companies
      • Marvin Schwartz Productions
      • Twentieth Century Fox
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    • Budget
      • $3,920,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 50 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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