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Guns for San Sebastian

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When fugitive Leon Alastray (Anthony Quinn) meets Father Joseph, a Franciscan priest, while on the run, the two form a friendship. Joseph helps Alastray avoid the law, and Alastray disguises himself to travel with Joseph. As they reach a ghost town, Joseph is shot dead from afar. Alastray then meets half-Indian Telco (Charles Bronson), who explains that the inhabitants are in hiding from a band of violent Yaqui Indians. Mistaken for the priest, Alastray helps the villagers fight back.

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Myles Standish St. Louis Post-Dispatch 05/01/2024
French director Henri Verneuil has made this visually striking, with some rousing battle scenes, but the dialogue, as dubbed into English from the original French-Mexican-Italian production, is atrociously stilted. Go to Full Review Matt Brunson Film Frenzy 06/19/2021
2.5/4
It's Quinn who makes this worth a peek. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Thomas D. @tvtwin Aug 16 Entertaining movie! I can see the influence this movie had on future scripts. See more julian n 06/13/2024 Very entertaining film as are all of Anthony Quinns movie's See more 10/28/2016 Anthony Quinn dominates in screen time and with his very likeable outlaw character in what is a familiar story of helping the the little people in the lawless desert. See more 05/15/2015 Quite entertaining and also very earnest spaghetti western about outlaw Anthony Quinn finding shelter from a priest in the small town of San Sebastian. The town, however, is under siege from bandits led by Charles Bronson. When the priest is killer, the townsfolk mistaken Quinn as a fellow priest who then leads the towns people to rise up against their tormentors. Although the story is a bit of a rehash of "The Magnificent Seven" (which was itself a remake), Quinn gives a a very earnest and soulful performance, which you don't often get in spaghetti western, which typically focused on visuals, violence and quirk. The heart that Quinn brings to this film sets it apart from many of it's ilk. See more 03/22/2014 With Anthony and Charles you can't go wrong. See more 03/07/2014 A really good story of a bad guy who learns generousity in helping a village defend themselves against Yaqaui Indians. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Henri Verneuil

Director

Anthony Quinn

Leon Alastray

Anjanette Comer

Kinita

Charles Bronson

Teclo

Sam Jaffe

Father Joseph

Silvia Pinal

Felicia
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Synopsis When fugitive Leon Alastray (Anthony Quinn) meets Father Joseph, a Franciscan priest, while on the run, the two form a friendship. Joseph helps Alastray avoid the law, and Alastray disguises himself to travel with Joseph. As they reach a ghost town, Joseph is shot dead from afar. Alastray then meets half-Indian Telco (Charles Bronson), who explains that the inhabitants are in hiding from a band of violent Yaqui Indians. Mistaken for the priest, Alastray helps the villagers fight back.
Director
Henri Verneuil
Producer
Jacques Bar
Screenwriter
Ennio De Concini, Miguel Morayta
Production Co
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Filmes Cinematografica, Compagnie Internationale de Productions Cinématographiques, Producciones Enriquez S.A
Rating
G
Genre
Western
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 51m
Sound Mix
Stereo