Movie Cosmos - Duck, You Sucker

Description:

At the beginning of the 1913 Mexican Revolution, greedy bandit Juan Miranda and idealist John H. Mallory, an Irish Republican Army explosives expert on the lam from the British, fall in with a band of revolutionaries plotting to strike a national bank. When it turns out that the government has been using the bank as a hiding place for illegally detained political prisoners -- who are freed by the blast -- Miranda becomes a revolutionary hero against his will.

Top Cast >

Rod Steiger

As Juan Miranda

James Coburn

As John H. Mallory

Romolo Valli

As Dr. Villega

Maria Monti

As Woman on Stagecoach

Rik Battaglia

As Santerna

Franco Graziosi

As Governor Jaime

Antoine Saint-John

As Col. Günther Reza

Vivienne Chandler

As John's Girlfriend

David Warbeck

As Sean Nolan

Giulio Battiferri

As Miguel

Poldo Bendandi

As Revolutionary

Omar Bonaro

As Revolutionary

Roy Bosier

As Landowner on Stagecoach

John Frederick

As American on Stagecoach

Amato Garbini

As Policeman on Train

Michael Harvey

As Coachman

Biagio La Rocca

Furio Meniconi

As Innkeeper

Nazzareno Natale

Vincenzo Norvese

As Miranda Gang Member

Stefano Oppedisano

As Revolutionary

Memè Perlini

As Miranda's Son

Goffredo Pistoni

As Miranda's Father

Renato Pontecchi

As Pepe Miranda

Jean Rougeul

As Priest on Stagecoach

Corrado Solari

As Napoleon Miranda

Antonio Casale

As Notary on Stagecoach

Benito Stefanelli

Franco Tocci

Rosita Torosh

Aldo Sambrell

As Mexican Officer (uncredited)

Florencio Amarilla

As Revolutionary (uncredited)

Sergio Calderón

As Revolutionary (uncredited)

Simon van Collem

As Conductor (uncredited)

Paolo Figlia

As Soldier in Mesa Verde Bank (uncredited)

Alberigo Donadeo

As Santerna's Man (uncredited)

Tony Casale

As Mesa Verde Bank Prisoner (uncredited)

Romano Milani

As Mesa Verde Bank Prisoner (uncredited)

Luigi Tripodi

As Revolutionary (uncredited)

Claudio Mancini

As Mexican Army Captain (uncredited)

Riccardo Pizzuti

As Santerna's Man (uncredited)

Franco Ukmar

As Soldier in Mesa Verde Bank (uncredited)

Antonio Montoya

As Miranda Gang Member (uncredited)

Rafael Cortes

As Miranda Gang Member (uncredited)

Top Crew >

Sergio Leone

Director, Screenplay, Story

Fulvio Morsella

Producer

Ennio Morricone

Original Music Composer, Conductor, Orchestrator

Giuseppe Ruzzolini

Director of Photography

Nino Baragli

Editor

Andrea Crisanti

Art Direction

Dario Micheli

Set Decoration

Franco Carretti

Costume Design

Michael Billingsley

Sound Editor

Antonio Margheriti

Special Effects

Benito Stefanelli

Stunts, Master at Arms

Luciano Vincenzoni

Screenplay

Sergio Donati

Screenplay, Story

Roberto De Leonardis

Dialogue

Carlo Tritto

Dialogue

Camillo Teti

Production Manager

Tony Brandt

Assistant Director

Fausto Ancillai

Sound Mixer

Amato Garbini

Makeup Artist

Rossana Maiuri

First Assistant Editor

Alberto De Martino

Second Unit Director

Angelo Novi

Still Photographer

Idelmo Simonelli

Camera Operator

Serena Canevari

Continuity

Raffaello Forti

Production Accountant

Vasco Mafera

Production Secretary

Franco Tocci

Key Grip

Gino Bartolini

Assistant Editor

Olga Sarra

Assistant Editor

Claudio Mancini

Associate Producer, Production Supervisor

Ugo Tucci

Associate Producer

Paolo Borselli

Hairstylist

Giancarlo Santi

Second Unit Director

Giovanni Corridori

Construction Coordinator, Special Effects

Ezio Di Monte

Assistant Art Director

Antonio Palombi

Construction Coordinator

Franco Velchi

Assistant Art Director

Eros Bacciucchi

Pyrotechnic Supervisor

Gerry Johnston

Special Effects

Franco Delli Colli

Second Unit Director of Photography

Roberto Forges Davanzati

Assistant Camera

Massimo Massimi

Gaffer

Alessandro Ruzzolini

Assistant Camera

Massimiliano Terzo

Assistant Camera

Claudio Sabatini

Assistant Camera

Luisa Buratti

Key Costumer

Federico Savina

Music Editor

Alessandro Alessandroni

Musician

Edda Dell'Orso

Musician

Franco Ukmar

Stunts

Paolo Figlia

Stunts

Antonio Montoya

Stunts

Reviews:

CinemaSerf (7/10)

Another wonderfully ground-breaking western from Sergio Leone with a memorable score from Ennio Morricone - this time with Rod Steiger as a bit of a low life bandit who encounters James Coburn - a IRA explosives expert on the run from the British. The story is told in tandem timelines as we discover just what brought Coburn to revolutionary Mexico in the first place and the current scenario as he and Steiger gradually develop their relationship from potential bank robbers to something way more sophisticated and inter-reliant. Along the way we've got plenty of humour, action - explosives galore - with some fine photography of the locale. At times, it can be a little too unnecessarily violent - particularly once they become more involved in the revolution; but Steiger and Coburn are great.

2023-05-29