La Bataille de San Sebastian (1968)

Directed by

Gilberto Martínez Solares, Henri Verneuil

Genre

drama film, Spaghetti Western

Country

France, Italy

Runtime

1h 55m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 105 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An outlaw hides in a remote Mexican village by posing as a priest. He leads the villagers in a fight against hostile Yaqui Indians, but not everyone trusts him.

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What happens

Guns for San Sebastian (French: La bataille de San Sebastian) is a 1968 French Western film based on the 1962 novel A Wall for San Sebastian, written by Rev. Fr. William Barnaby "Barby" Faherty, S.J. The film is directed by Frenchman Henri Verneuil, and stars Anthony Quinn, Anjanette Comer and Charles Bronson. The score is by Ennio Morricone, who would then use his work in this film as an inspiration for the main theme in The Mercenary. Filming took place in Sierra de Órganos National Park in the town of Sombrerete, Mexico. It was made as a co-production between France, Italy, and Mexico. It is a rare instance of a French Western actually being shot in Mexico, instead of substituting Spain or some similar European location. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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