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Two Mules for Sister Sara

1970 · Film · 114 min

  • Western

Plot

When a wandering mercenary named Hogan rescues a nun called Sister Sara from the unwanted attentions of a band of rogues on the Mexican plains, he has no idea what he has let himself in for. Their chance encounter results in the blowing up of a train and a French garrison, as well as igniting a spark between them that survives a shocking discovery.

About Two Mules for Sister Sara

Two Mules for Sister Sara is a 1970 Western film directed by Don Siegel and starring Shirley MacLaine and Clint Eastwood. Set during the second French intervention in Mexico (1861–67), the plot follows an American mercenary who gets mixed up with a nun and aids a group of Juarista rebels during the puppet reign of Emperor Maximilian in Mexico. The film was to have been the first in a five-year exclusive association between Universal Pictures and Sanen Productions of Mexico. The film featured both American and Mexican actors and actresses, including being filmed in the picturesque countryside near Tlayacapan, Morelos. Two Mules for Sister Sara was the second of five collaborations between Siegel and Eastwood, following Coogan's Bluff (1968). Released in the United States by Universal Pictures on May 28, 1970, Two Mules for Sister Sara was a moderate financial success and received a warm critical reception.

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Cast

  • Shirley MacLaineSara
  • Clint EastwoodHogan
  • Manolo FábregasColonel Beltran
  • Alberto MorinGeneral LeClaire
  • Armando Silvestre1st American
  • John Kelly2nd American
  • Enrique Lucero3rd American
  • David PovallJuan
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