An American bartender and his prostitute girlfriend go on a road trip through the Mexican underworld to collect a $1 million bounty on the head of a dead gigolo.
"Why is his head worth one million dollars and the lives of 21 people?"
Top Billed Cast
Warren Oates
Bennie
Isela Vega
Elita
Robert Webber
Sappensly
Gig Young
Quill
Helmut Dantine
Max
Emilio Fernández
El Jefe
Kris Kristofferson
Biker
Chano Urueta
Manchot
Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews
J John ChardVerified TMDB Critic
2014-06-28
One man and his quest for meaning turns into a Peckinpah classic.
El Jefe is outraged to find that his daughter has fallen pregnant to a man who has upped and gone, after learning the identity of the rascal (Alfredo Garcia), he offers one million dollars to anyone who can bring him the head of the Lothario running man. On the trail are hit men Quill & Sappensly, Bennie & his prostitute girlfriend Elita, and some other Mexican bandit types, all of them are on a collision course that will bring far more than they all bargained for.
This was the one film where director Sam Peckinpah felt he...
C citizenerasedVerified TMDB Critic
2019-09-19
Some of the works of Peckinpah had been on my watch list for months, sitting there in a subfolder of a subfolder. From the choice of Straw Dogs and Cross of Iron, I chose the aforetitled, liking the idea of embarking on a bit of a journey through Mexico with a gritty protagonist as we experience splatterings of violence and negotiate the thoughts of a down and out vagabond making a ran for his riches.
The film left me with mixed feelings. I enjoyed the path of Benny, experiencing how his character is unwavering in his desire to take that last lucky ticket out of debauchery street, but didn'...
