Companeros (1970)
Synopsis of Companeros
This politically oriented spaghetti western, chronicles the exploits of a mercenary who aligns himself with a revolutionary. Their goal is to liberate a peaceful professor and his students who are being held hostage in Texas. The mercenary's real reason for joining him is that the revolutionary knows the location of a cache of gold. En route to Texas they run into a strange wooden handed gunslinger who likes to smoke marijuana. The gunman is accompanied by his pet falcon. Tension between the mercenary and the rebel rise throughout the movie, but when the opposing forces attack, they unite. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 120 mins
Complete Cast of Companeros
- Iris Berben - Lola
- Jesus Fernandez
- Franco Nero - Yolof Peterson
- Fernando Rey - Prof. Xantos
- Gerard Tichy - Lieutenant
- Eduardo Fajardo - Colonel
- Tomas Milian - Basco
- Jack Palance - John
- Karin Schubert - Zaira
- Director(s):
- Sergio Corbucci
- Writer(s):
- Arduino Maiuri, Fritz Ebert, Massimo de Rita
- Producer(s):
- Alberto Grimaldi
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Questionable for Children)
- Categories:
- Westerns
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