Long Live Your Death (1971)

Original title

¡Viva la muerte... tua!

Directed by

Duccio Tessari

Genre

comedy film, Western film, Spaghetti Western, treasure hunt film

Country

Germany, Italy, Spain

Runtime

1h 43m

Rated

PG

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 22 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A con artist pretends to be a priest to steal a treasure map tattooed on the rear of a bandit who is impersonating a dead revolutionary. They team up to find the hidden fortune in a spoof of political Westerns.

playfulsatiricaladventurouslightheartedcomedicparodicwhimsicalenergetic

What happens

Long Live Your Death (Italian: Viva la muerte... tua!), also known as Don't Turn the Other Cheek!, is a 1971 Zapata Western comedy film directed by Duccio Tessari. The film is primarily a parody of 'political' Spaghetti Westerns (also called Zapata Westerns), such as A Professional Gun and Compañeros. In the film, a con artist posing as a priest learns the location of a hidden treasure. He needs the assistance of a bandit, who is impersonating a deceased revolutionary. The bandit has a treasure map tattooed on his buttocks. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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