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up his prisoner for the night. The warden is reluctant to incarcerate Sledge because he thinks it is the sheriff's business, but the sheriff arrives and attacks Sledge for killing a deputy earlier, convincing the warden to allow them to stay in a cell for the night. Later, Sledge, Ward, and nearby prisoners overpower the warden, killing him in the process. Taking his keys, they free the remaining prisoners, who begin to take over the rest of the prison. Sledge's gang dynamites the prison gate, creating enough noise to be heard in town, and the gold guards head to the prison.
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Hearing her screams, Sledge abandons the gold while fighting his way to Ria, who says they did not need the gold to be happy, and uses her dying breath to warn that Bice is behind him with a rifle. Sledge kills Bice, then Hooker, and wounds the escaping old man, who threatens that he has hidden the
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The gang escapes and later stop to split the gold, with Sledge taking a double share, which the old man notes aloud. A musical montage shows a myriad of poker hands in which it appears the old man wins a substantial amount of the other outlaws' gold. Playing against Joyce, the old man finds that he
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The gang begins observing the gold guards and testing their defenses. Seeing how difficult it is to approach, the gang decides to get into the prison, turn the prisoners loose, and steal the gold in the ensuing havoc. Sledge is taken to the prison by Ward, who poses as a US Marshal needing to lock
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The gold is held in a safe in a cell, but only the warden knew the combination. Sledge locks the old man up in his former cell, adjoining the cell with the safe, which he heard being opened for years. By sound, the old man guides Bice through opening the safe. The gold guards arrive and encounter
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Luther Sledge, a wanted outlaw, is visiting his prostitute girlfriend, Ria, when one of his gang is shot over a poker game. Sledge kills the murderers, and is recognized by an old man, who follows him. Sledge waylays the old man, who then relates a tale of a periodic gold shipment that is heavily
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Sledge leaves with his winnings despite the gang's protestations, and the old man proposes they kidnap Ria. With her, they follow Sledge to a Spanish Mission town, deserted for a local festival. Now leading the gang, the old man attempts negotiating with Sledge, while one of the others tries to
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Garner wrote in his memoirs that this movie was "one of the few times I've played a heavy and one of the last. I wish I could remember why I let Dino de Laurentiis talk me into this turkey. The poster says 'Not suitable for children.' It should say 'not suitable for consumption.'"
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ambush him. Sledge is wounded while killing the bushwhacker, Kehoe, but still refuses to bargain, so the old man reveals their kidnapping of Ria, badly hurt by Bice, whom it is implied has raped and beaten her. A horrified Hooker vows to kill Bice when they get the gold.
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Sledge assembles his regular gang (including Joyce, Bice, Gutherie, Beetle, Kehoe and Hooker), they investigate the story, and equip themselves for the endeavor. The local sheriff recognizes the old man from the prison, causing a shootout, and Sledge and his gang flee.
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has been cheated with sand substituted for gold dust and kills him. Guthrie objects to this, and angrily leaves after Sledge defends the old man's actions. Sledge then proceeds to win the old man's gold at poker, and most of everyone else's as well.
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armed, rioting prisoners and Sledge's gang. Ward is killed in the battle with the gold guards. The sheriff arrives again, and is killed in a running, horseback rifle-fight with Sledge.
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gold where it can never be found without him. Remembering Ria's words, Sledge kills the old man and rides away empty-handed as the town refills with locals.
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guarded by forty riders, but stops at a prison where the old man was incarcerated for years.
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in an extremely offbeat role as a grimly evil thief, and featuring
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film poster
Vic Morrow
Dino De Laurentiis
James Garner
Laura Antonelli
Dennis Weaver
Claude Akins
John Marley
Luigi Kuveiller
Renzo Lucidi
Gianni Ferrio
Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica
Columbia Pictures
Italy
English
Spaghetti Western
James Garner
Dennis Weaver
Claude Akins
Wayde Preston
Vic Morrow
Techniscope
James Garner
Dennis Weaver
Claude Akins
John Marley
Laura Antonelli
Wayde Preston
Ken Clark

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