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Duck, You Sucker

1971 · Film · 157 min

  • Western

Plot

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.

About Duck, You Sucker

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.

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Cast

  • Rod SteigerJuan Miranda
  • James CoburnJohn H. Mallory
  • Romolo ValliDr. Villega
  • Maria MontiWoman on Stagecoach
  • Rik BattagliaSanterna
  • Franco GraziosiGovernor Jaime
  • Antoine Saint-JohnCol. Günther Reza
  • Vivienne ChandlerJohn's Girlfriend
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