Les 100 fusils

Original title: 100 Rifles

1969
12
1h 50m

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6.0/10

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Raquel Welch, Burt Reynolds, and Jim Brown in Les 100 fusils (1969)

In 1912 Sonora, Mexico, native revolutionary Yaqui Joe (Burt Reynolds) robs a bank to buy arms for his oppressed people, but finds himself sought by an American lawman and the Mexican Army.

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In 1912 Mexico, a half-Yaqui bank robber seeking to buy guns for his people is pursued by an American lawman, but the pair soon team up with a beautiful revolutionary to fight off the Army.In 1912 Mexico, a half-Yaqui bank robber seeking to buy guns for his people is pursued by an American lawman, but the pair soon team up with a beautiful revolutionary to fight off the Army.In 1912 Mexico, a half-Yaqui bank robber seeking to buy guns for his people is pursued by an American lawman, but the pair soon team up with a beautiful revolutionary to fight off the Army.

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IMDb RATING

6.0/10

4.1K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Von Klemme
(as Hans Gudegast)

Michael Forest

Humara

Aldo Sambrell

Sgt. Paletes

Soledad Miranda

Girl in Hotel

Alberto Dalbés

Padre Francisco
(as Alberto Dalbes)

Charly Bravo

Lopez
(as Carlos Bravo)

José Manuel Martín

Sarita's Father
(as Jose Manuel Martin)

Akim Tamiroff

Gen. Romero
(scenes deleted)

Sancho Gracia

Mexican Leader
(uncredited)

Jose Halufi

Verdugo's Captain
(uncredited)

Lorenzo Lamas

Indian Boy
(uncredited)

Director
- Tom Gries
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Trivia
Chuck Roberson (John Wayne's longtime stuntman) was meant to double for Jim Brown on some of the riskier stunts, with director Tom Gries planning to put black-face on him. Burt Reynolds would not perform with him, deeming it improper, and stated "Those days are gone, you better get a black stuntman here right now." When the production manager stated it was not in the budget, and "Fox would never go for it," Reynolds paid $500 out of his own pocket to pay for a black stuntman.

Goofs
The machine gun on the porch would have had to shoot through the supports of the porch railing to hit the people on the ground below, but no damage is seen to the railing or supports.

Quotes
Yaqui Joe Herrera: How come they done give you a badge in the first place?
Lyedecker: Well I guess I took a job nobody wanted. And even at that it took me a whole year to get it.

Alternate versions
Originally rated R upon its initial release, in 1973 the film was edited and re-rated PG. The recent Region 1 DVD by FOX is this PG rated version.

Connections
Featured in Le clan des Siciliens (1969)

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7/10

The film makes a little sense but a lot of amusing noise

The movie takes place during a bloody time period of Mexico history At that time, anyone coming to Mexico ought to be speaking Spanish But Lyedecker (Jim Brown) didn't speak the language He was a black policeman looking for a valuable man, a bank robber named Joe Herrera (Burt Reynolds), who looks Mexican but doesn't talk Mexican Herrera is a half-breed, whose mother was a Yaqui Indian and his father was from Alabama

General Verdugo (Fernando Lamas) is sure that the money was not spent on women or on Whisky For him, Joe stole the $6,000 from the Citizen's Bank in Phoenix, Arizona to buy 100 rifles for his people, the Yaqui Indians

Verdugoa murderer and an assassin who runs the State of Sonorahave orders to get rid of the Yaquis any way he could, and he took the easy way by killing everybody He even kidnapped Yaqui children to regain the rifles And now he wants Lyedecker's head on a stick in the middle of the plaza for everyone to see

Lyedecker doesn't care about nothing and nobody He took a job that nobody else wanted His intentions are to take Joe back for the $200 reward and a permanent job The policeman rejected any deal in spite of all the atrocities he witnessed like executing Indians or hanging them up like a side of beef

Steven Grimes (Dan O'Herlihy)who runs the railroad doesn't want his train to be a small sacrifice to the mean general The German military adviser Lt. Von Klemme (Eric Braeden) thinks that the Indians must be finished off as quickly as possible before more guns come through Raquel Welch's most audacious moment comes out when the Indians attack a well-guarded train carrying troops and supplies, and she was openly showering in the flat part, under a water tower

With a very nice score by Jerry Goldsmith, "100 Rifles" is a slam-bang action epic, with loads of explosions and gory fighting, making little sense but a lot of amusing noise