- Film Review
- Reviewed By David Parkinson
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2 out of 5
With Dirk Bogarde strutting around a small Mexican town in the tightest black leather trousers the censors would allow and John Mills spouting Catholic dogma in an abominable Irish accent, this has all the makings of a cult classic. Sadly, the story, penned by Nigel Balchin from a long-forgotten novel by Audrey Erskine Lindop, is so dull that your mind is soon numbed to the actorly excesses of the stars. Director Roy Ward Baker doesn't help matters with his leaden pacing and over-deliberate staging. French actress Mylène Demongeot looks lost and far from home at the centre of this scene-stealing tug-of-war.
Plot Summary
Western starring Dirk Bogarde and John Mills. A tiny Mexican town is terrorised by murderous bandit Anacleto, with only a newly arrived priest willing to defy him. However, Anacleto uses a young woman who has fallen in love with the priest as a pawn in his deadly game.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Anacleto
- Dirk Bogarde
- Father Keogh
- John Mills
- Locha
- Mylène Demongeot
- Old uncle
- Laurence Naismith
- Chief of police
- John Bentley
- Father Gomez
- Leslie French
- Presidente
- Eric Pohlmann
- Vito
- Nyall Florenz
- De Cortinez
- Roger Delgado
- Phil Brown
- Philip Gilbert
- Chela
- Selma Vaz Dias
- Pablo
- Laurence Payne
- Dona Marian
- Jacqueline Evans
- Pepe
- Lee Montague
- Jasefa
- Serafina Di Leo
Crew
- Director
- Roy Ward Baker
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