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Bookmark this pageEl Condor (1970)
Director: John Guillermin
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From Time Out Film Guide
A real hotch-potch, this: an American spaghetti Western, shot in Spain, set in Mexico, directed by British expatriate Guillermin, produced by the Hungarian Andre De Toth (who would probably have made a better job of directing it), and written by Steven Carabatsos and Larry (It's Alive, Demon) Cohen. Plus, its story features a black chaingang fugitive, a Yankee conman and an Apache, hunting down buried gold in a desert fortress. Unfortunately, too many cooks spoil the unappetising broth; the film is emptily flashy, fashionably violent, and totally lacking in subtlety or real tension.Author: GA
Cast & crew
Director: John Guillermin
Producer: André De Toth
Cast: Jim Brown, Lee Van Cleef, Patrick O'Neal, Mariana Hill, Iron Eyes Cody, Imogen Hassall, Elisha Cook Jr full cast
Genre(s): Westerns
Duration: 102 mins
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