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Giù la Testa (1971)
Director: Sergio Leone
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From Time Out Film Guide
Having already, in Once Upon a Time in the West, taken energetic liberties with the typical (John) Fordian Western, it's not surprising that Leone should have taken a sideswipe at another of the director's stereotypes, the revolutionary Irishman, in the second part of his trilogy of political fables. But the specific IRA background of Coburn's Sean is as ultimately unimportant as the specific Mexican setting: with characteristic flamboyance, Leone is more concerned to build a composite of the all-purpose, all-causes revolutionary 'John Doe' from Sean's informed commitment and the naïve brute force of Steiger's Juan. The most wry of the political spaghettis, and wholly wonderful.Author: PT
Cast & crew
Director: Sergio Leone
Producer: Fulvio Morsella
Cast: James Coburn, Rod Steiger, Romolo Valli, Maria Monti, Rik Battaglia, Franco Graziosi full cast
Genre(s): Action/Adventure
Duration: 150 mins
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