Duck, You Sucker! (1971)

Original title

Giù la testa

Directed by

Sergio Leone

Genre

Spaghetti Western, war film, buddy film

Country

Italy

Runtime

2h 37m

Rated

PG

Rating

7.7 of 10 from 1,195 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

During the Mexican Revolution an outlaw and an IRA explosives expert become reluctant revolutionary heroes after an accidental meeting. They face heavy sacrifices as they get pulled into the conflict against their will.

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What happens

Duck, You Sucker! (Italian: Giù la testa, lit. "Duck Your Head", "Get Down"), also known as A Fistful of Dynamite and Once Upon a Time ... the Revolution, is a 1971 epic Zapata Western film directed and co-written by Sergio Leone and starring Rod Steiger, James Coburn, and Romolo Valli. Set during the Mexican Revolution of the 1910s, the film tells the story of Juan Miranda, a Mexican outlaw, and John Mallory, a former member of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and Irish Volunteer Army. After they accidentally meet under less-than-friendly circumstances, Juan and John involuntarily become heroes of the revolution, despite being forced to make heavy sacrifices. It is the second film of Leone's unofficial Once Upon a Time Trilogy, following Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) and preceding Once Upon a Time in America (1984). The last Western directed by Leone, some critics consider it among his most overlooked films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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