An American barroom pianist and his prostitute girlfriend go on a road trip through the Mexican underworld to collect a bounty on the head of a dead gigolo.
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Cast
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| Warren Oates | ... | Bennie | |
| Isela Vega | ... | Elita | |
| Robert Webber | ... | Sappensly | |
| Gig Young | ... | Quill | |
| Helmut Dantine | ... | Max | |
| Emilio Fernández | ... | El Jefe (as Emilio Fernandez) | |
| Kris Kristofferson | ... | Biker | |
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Chano Urueta | ... | Manchot, the bartender |
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Donnie Fritts | ... | John (as Donny Fritts) |
| Jorge Russek | ... | Cueto | |
| Chalo González | ... | Chalo (as Chalo Gonzalez) | |
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Don Levy | ... | Frank |
| Enrique Lucero | ... | Esteban | |
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Janine Maldonado | ... | Theresa |
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Tamara Garina | ... | Grandmother Moreno |
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A family scandal causes a wealthy and powerful Mexican rancher to make the pronouncement--'Bring me the head of Alfredo Garcia!' Two of the bounty-hunters thus dispatched encounter a local piano-player in their hunt for information. The piano-player does a little investigating on his own and finds out that his girlfriend knows of Garcia's death and last resting place. Thinking that he can make some easy money and gain financial security for he and his (now) fiancée, they set off on this goal. Of course, this quest only brings him untold misery, in the form of trademark Peckinpah violence. Written by Tad Dibbern <DIBBERN_D@a1.mscf.upenn.edu>
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Release Date:
13 March 1975 (Mexico) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
$1,500,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Elita: I know you weren't.
Bennie: I used to shoot a lot of pistols when I was in the army.
Elita: You're a nice gringo. You didn't have a thing to do in the army anyways.
Bennie: You'd be surprised, honey.
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One of the films included in "The Fifty Worst Films of All Time (And How They Got That Way)" by Harry Medved and Randy Lowell. See more »Goofs
At the beginning, a Pan Am 707 takes off. It lands a few seconds later with a different livery/paint scheme. The red stripe along the fuselage had changed to blue, and color appears around the base of the tail fin. See more »Quotes
Bennie: Hell, I wasn't trying to hit them, you knowElita: I know you weren't.
Bennie: I used to shoot a lot of pistols when I was in the army.
Elita: You're a nice gringo. You didn't have a thing to do in the army anyways.
Bennie: You'd be surprised, honey.
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There are only three credits at the beginning of the film: The production credit, the two stars, and the story/screenplay. Everything else is at the end, and the film's title is the very last credit. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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There was probably no greater director in the U.S. from 1969-1974 than Sam Peckinpah. He made seven films, ranging from classics (The Wild Bunch) to superior genre pics (The Getaway). And before his career began sliding, he had one more masterpiece in him: Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia. This is the story of one man's alcohol-fueled journey into dissolution and redemption and a really strange film. Warren Oates plays Benny, a piano player cajoled by a pair of men into finding Alfredo's head. See, Alfredo impregnated the daughter of a vicious landowner, and now he wants him dead. But this isn't really what the film is about. It's more about Benny, and how his journey costs him everything. Warren Oates is wonderful as Benny, and there are some great darkly comic moments between him and the head. And this is one of Michael Medved's 50 worst movies of all time - what more of a recommendation do you require? Seriously, this is a great film.