Fernando Sancho Movies
- 1966
A bounty hunter is hired by a wealthy man to rescue his kidnapped daughter. But the bounty hunter likes the prospects of the kidnapper better--the two team up. After the kidnapper betrays him, though, the bounty hunter throws his lot back with the wealthy landowner, resolving to bring the girl back to her father. ~ All Movie Guide
- 1983
This sequel to Valentina jumps ahead eight years where the gentle-poet Pepe is studying in a university and doing an internship in a pharmacy lab. Though it has nearly been a decade, he is still in love with the beautiful Valentina. Unfortunately, things in Spain are getting more tense as his countrymen prepare to rebel against the oppressive government. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Miguel Molina, Christina Marsillach, (more)
- 1963
Samuel Bronston produced this extravagant blockbuster, shot in Super Technirama 70. Nominally directed by Nicholas Ray (who makes a brief appearance as the U.S. ambassador), Ray was taken off the film and replaced by the more pliable directorial touches of Andrew Marton. Charlton Heston stars as Maj. Matt Lewis, the leader of an army of multinational soldiers who head to Peking during the infamous Boxer Rebellion of 1900. As the film unfolds, the foreign embassies in Peking are being held in a grip of terror as the Boxers set about massacring Christians in an anti-Christian nationalistic fever. Inside the besieged compound, the finicky British ambassador (David Niven) gathers the beleaguered ambassadors into a defensive formation. Included in the group of high-level dignitaries is a sultry Russian Baroness (Ava Gardner) who takes a shine to Lewis upon his arrival at the embassy compound with his group of soldiers. As Lewis and the group conserve food and water and try to save some hungry children, they await the arrival of expected reinforcements, but the tricky Chinese Empress Tzu Hsi (Flora Robson) is, in the meantime, plotting with the Boxers to break the siege at the compound with the aid of Chinese recruits. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, (more)
- 1965
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When a brilliant professor is kidnapped and forced to develop a revolutionary weapon of mass destruction, it's up to Agents Dick Maloy (Ken Clark) and Evelyn Stone (Margaret Lee) to thwart the diabolical plans of a powerful criminal mastermind. Shortly after dreaming up a design for a lethal disintegration machine, Professor Kurtz vanishes without a trace. He's being held on an island fortress, and should he succeed in carrying out his captor's plans, they day of reckoning may finally be upon us. Now, Agents Maloy and Stone race to shut down the project and rescue the professor. Other films featuring Clark as suave super-spy Dick Malloy include Mission Bloody Mary (1965) and Operation Lady Chaplin (1966). ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Kenneth Clark, Margaret Lee, (more)
- 1965
This Italian/French/Spanish sagebrusher stars Giuliano Gemma as the Arizona Colt, a notorious bandit. Imprisoned in a desert town, the Colt is sprung by gang leader Gordon Watch (Fernando Sancho). Instead of galloping off into the sunset, Our Hero elects to stay in town to defend its citizens from the film's real bad guys: Watch's gang. Had Clint Eastwood and Sergio Leone had anything to do with it, Arizona Colt would probably be hailed as a classic; as it stands, it's just another spaghetti western. The film was also released as Man From Nowhere. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
In this western, Civil War veteran Ringo Brown finally returns home and is devastated to discover that Mexican banditos have kidnapped his wife and razed his once peaceful hometown. He immediately rides out after them to get revenge and save his wife. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1976
- R
Themes long forbidden in Spain under the Franco dictatorship began to be explored in the years just following his demise. In this 1976 film, an unhappy and very effeminate man (played by a woman, Victoria Abril), experiences one difficulty after another. As a boy in Cataluña, his father attempts to teach him to "be a man." These lessons include taking him to a big-city whorehouse to have sex. At the bordello, he successfully avoids having sex with a woman, but when he sees a transvestite revue which culminates in the actors revealing their actual genitalia, he is fascinated. He runs away from home, learns to be a hairdresser, and develops a transvestite act of his own. After numerous love affairs with men, he eventually realizes his transsexual nature and goes to another country to have a sex-change operation. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
Franco Nero is the actor most closely associated with the Django spaghetti westerns, but it's Glenn Saxon who stars in Django Shoots First. Actually, Saxon plays the son of famed gunslinger Django. Inheriting half of a dirty little frontier town, Django Jr. can't imagine that anyone would want this hellhole. But someone does: Django Sr's unsavory (and very funny) ex-partner Fernando Sancho. Played mostly for laughs, Django Shoots First is one of the more frolicsome entries in this long-running series. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
This amusing spaghetti western from prolific director Alfonso Balcazar is set during the American Civil War. Luis Davila stars as Dynamite Jim, a Northern spy smuggling Mexican gold through Rebel territory to an Iowa fort. Jim's journey includes betrayal by a greedy cohort (Fernando Sancho), a showdown with an evil bandit (Aldo Sambrell), and other standard encounters, well-photographed by Victor Monreal. Cult-film fans will be pleased by the lovely Rosalba Neri (as a dancehall floozy) and amused by a particularly ludicrous soundtrack by Nico Fidenco. ~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Luis Davila, Fernando Sancho, (more)
- 1964
A greedy gold smuggler hires a handsome hero to transport a stolen fortune to a new hideout in this thrilling adventure. The smuggler sends his moll to accompany (and spy on) the hero. The two set out for Beirut to get instructions as to where the gold is located. They travel throughout exotic southeastern Europe and the Middle East seeking further instructions, never realizing that they have had it all along. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, (more)
- 1972
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The satanic Templars return for more bloodletting and mayhem in this sequel to Tombs of the Blind Dead. This time around, the Templars are shown in flashback killing and drinking the blood of a virgin -- a process by which they hope to achieve eternal life. Local villagers arrest them, scald out their eyes with their torches, and burn the knights at the stake. This differs from the first film which had a legend explaining that crows ate out the Templars' eyes after they had been hung. Either way, the evil blind knights awaken during a festival celebrating the 500th anniversary of their defeat at the hands of the villagers. The drunken shouts of partygoers are quickly replaced by screams at the sight of the skeletal zombies and the massacre is on. A group of survivors -- including fireworks ace Jack, his old flame Vivian, the town's crooked mayor, and a few other eventual victims -- all gather in an old church that is quickly surrounded by the saber-swinging ghouls. One by one, they make idiotic moves that get them killed until only Jack, Vivian, and a little girl remain. As dawn approaches, they make their move to escape in a tense climactic scene that ends in a surprisingly effective twist. Tombs of the Blind Dead was followed by El Buque Maldito. ~ Patrick Legare, All Movie Guide
- 1971
After a group of outlaws rob a bank, the spoils are stolen by a man who helped with the heist in this spaghetti western. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide
- 1964
A successful gamble nets $5,000 and a portion of a cattle ranch, but self defense leads to the death of the previous owner by the gambler. ~ All Movie Guide
- 1963
In this sword-and-sandal fantasy, the mighty Goliath must battle the evil Bokan who has usurped him from his throne. He must also deal with feisty Amazons, tremendous tempests, and scary sea monsters before he can save the beautiful Elea. He does, and of course, he wins. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1965
In this western, Wyatt Earp helps a young woman thwart the evil plans of a greedy mine owner. To do so, Earp masquerades as a drifter. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Guy Madison
- 1967
In this spaghetti western, a bank robber becomes friends with the enigmatic Sabato by giving him back the money that he had just put into the bank. Trouble ensues when the robber discovers his murdered wife. He immediately suspects that Sabato did it, and rides off to get revenge. Sabato is innocent and when the robber realizes this, they team up to discover that it was Sabato's ex-partner that did the deed. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Antonio Sabato, Fernando Sancho, (more)
- 1966
Cowboy Saxon vows to seek revenge, with the assistance of Sancho, on the killer, Gazzolo, who murdered his father. ~ All Movie Guide
- 1962
This sequel to the classic adventure, stars Sean Flynn, the son of the swashbuckling actor who played Captain Blood in the original. In this version, the son of the notorious pirate is raised by his mother. She wants him to be a doctor, but unfortunately, the lad has salt-water in his veins and adventure in his heart; he longs to sail the high seas of his father. Eventually the mother gives in, and young Blood joins a crew. There he finds himself falling in love with a pretty passenger. Trouble ensues when a wicked pirate attempts to forcibly board the ship. He soon discovers that the old villain was one of his father's worst enemies. Adventurous mayhem ensues. After the ocean-going outlaws are defeated, the good sailors race homeward to warn the people of an impending tidal wave. They succeed and end up hailed as heroes. The young Blood then decides that he has had enough of the sea-faring life and decides to become a humble doctor after all. The lovely female passenger remains by his side. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Sean Flynn, Alessandra Panaro, (more)
- 1966
In this spaghettiesque western, a supposedly dead man returns to his village and finds his family being held captive by an evil desperado and his gang. The frightened man does all he can to save them. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Giuliano Gemma, Fernando Sancho, (more)
One major film star referred to director Nicholas Ray as a "loser," because of Ray's alleged willingness to let his more temperamental actors walk all over him. Evidently, Ray had a very compliant and cooperative cast in King of Kings, inasmuch as the film emerged as one of the most disciplined Biblical epics ever made. Jeffrey Hunter is cast as Jesus Christ, delivering a wholly credible performance in this most taxing of roles (never mind the wags who referred to the film as "I Was a Teenage Jesus"). Siobhan McKenna is a radiant if somewhat overaged Mary; Hurd Hatfield offers a properly preening Pontius Pilate; Rip Torn portrays Judas more for the tragedy than the treachery; Robert Ryan (a personal favorite of Ray's) is one of the best John the Baptists you're ever likely to see; and Harry Guardino convincingly interprets Barabbas as a firebrand political extremist. The only false note in the casting is the MGM-dictated selection of teenaged Brigid Bazlen as Salome. The best aspect of the film is its handling of the days after the Resurrection; the "Jesus sightings" are offered as secondhand information, so as to retain some of the mystery inherent in the Scriptures. King of Kings was previously filmed in 1927 by Cecil B. DeMille, with a middle-aged H.B. Warner as Jesus. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jeffrey Hunter, Hurd Hatfield, (more)
