100 Rifles
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Tom Gries
Jim Brown
Raquel Welch
Burt Reynolds
Fernando Lamas
Dan O'herlihy
Film Details
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Synopsis
In the early 1900's, Yaqui Joe, a half-breed Indian, robs an Arizona bank and flees across the border into the Mexican town of Nogales where the governor, General Verdugo, aided by a German military advisor, Von Klemme, is waging a war of annihilation against the Yaqui Indians. Verdugo captures Joe and orders him shot, whereupon Lyedecker, a black American deputy assigned to bring the half-breed back to the States, intervenes and is himself arrested. The two men escape to the hills where they are joined by Sarita, a beautiful Indian revolutionary. After Joe has revealed that he used the bank loot to purchase 100 rifles for the Indians, General Verdugo once more captures the two men and orders them shot. Determined to see that the rifles reach her people, Sarita leads an attack on the General's hacienda and frees the two men as well as the rifles. Enraged, Verdugo retaliates by storming a Yaqui village and taking children as hostages. Lyedecker, finally won over to both Sarita and the Indian cause, rescues the children and vows to destroy Verdugo. Taking over the leadership of the Yaquis, Lyedecker ambushes Verdugo's train while Sarita distracts the attention of the soldiers on board by taking a public shower. The railroad manager, Grimes, captured by the Indians, escapes and warns Verdugo that the Indians plan to attack the town with the train, but Lyedecker outwits the General by filling the train with dead bodies. As Verdugo's men open fire on the corpses, the Yaquis attack from behind. During the bloody battle, Verdugo is killed and his men are defeated, but Sarita also pays with her life. Returning to the United States without his prisoner, Lyedecker leaves Yaqui Joe to take over the leadership of the Indians.
Director
Tom Gries
Cast
Jim Brown
Raquel Welch
Burt Reynolds
Fernando Lamas
Dan O'herlihy
Hans Gudegast
Michael Forest
Aldo Sambrell
Soledad Miranda
Alberto Dalbes
Carlos Bravo
Jose Manuel Martin
Crew
L. B. Abbott
Carl Anderson
Joseph C. Behm
Mary Bredon
Roy Charman
Art Cruickshank
Ramon De Diego
David Dockendorf
Jerry Goldsmith
Tom Gries
Clair Huffaker
Cecilio Paniagua
Chuck Roberson
Oscar Rodriguez
Marvin Schwartz
Marvin Schwartz
Robert Simpson
David Tamkin
Tony Tarruella
Tadeo Villalba
Alex Weldon
Film Details
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Notes
Location scenes filmed in Spain. Screenplay writer Clair Huffaker requested that his name be removed from the credits.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Spring April 1969
Released in USA on video.
Released in United States Spring April 1969
