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Challenge of the McKennas (1970)

Challenge of the McKennas poster
Original title
La sfida dei MacKenna
Directed by
León Klimovsky
Genre
Western film
Country
Italy, Spain
Runtime
1h 41m
Rating
5.2 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man is drawn into a conflict over a hidden fortune in a lawless frontier town. He must navigate betrayal and danger to survive.

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What happens

Challenge of the McKennas, also known as One Dollar and a Tomb (Italian: La sfida dei MacKenna; Spanish: Un dólar y una tumba) is a 1970 western film directed by León Klimovsky, produced by José Frade, written by Pedro Gil Paradela, scored by Francesco De Masi, and starring Robert Woods, John Ireland, Roberto Camardiel and Annabella Incontrera. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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