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The Last Ride to Santa Cruz (1964)

The Last Ride to Santa Cruz poster
Original title
Der letzte Ritt nach Santa Cruz
Directed by
Rolf Olsen
Genre
Western film
Country
Germany, Austria
Runtime
1h 35m
Rated
16
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man seeks revenge after a betrayal. He rides across rugged terrain to confront those who wronged him.

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What happens

The Last Ride to Santa Cruz (German: Der Letzte Ritt nach Santa Cruz) is a 1964 West German-Austrian Western film directed by Rolf Olsen and starring Edmund Purdom, Mario Adorf, and Marianne Koch. The film was shot at the Spandau Studios, and on location in the Canary Islands. The sets were designed by the art directors Hertha Hareiter, Leo Metzenbauer and Otto Pischinger (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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