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El Condor / The Condor
USA 1970
Director: John Guillermin
With Jim Brown, Lee Van Cleef, Patrick O'Neal, Marianna Hill, Iron Eyes Cody, Imogen Hassall, Elisha Cook Jr.
Screenplay: Larry Cohen, Steven W. Carabatsos
Cinematography: Henri Persin
Music: Maurice Jarre
Brown, an escaped convict, and Van Cleef, an alcoholic fortune seeker, are after the gold supposedly buried in the Mexican fortress of El Condor. Van Cleef once lived with the Apaches and claims they still follow him wherever he goes. Brown reckons the Apaches are the army he needs to attack the fortress, defended by the Mexican federal army.
Filmed in Almeria, this ersatz spaghetti western was produced by the great Andre De Toth and stars Lee van Cleef in a part more appropriate to Eli Wallach. "El Condor" is noisy and violent, with several scenes offering female nudity that is far more valuable than all the gold of the fortress. Like Raquel Welch in "100 Rifles", Marianna Hill is crazy about black hunk Jim Brown. Yes, the times really were a changin'. This is also the first, and arguably best, of three westerns starring Brown and Van Cleef, the other two being "Take a Hard Ride" and "Kid Vengeance". For this one Brown was top-billed, for the other two Van Cleef.
spaghetti-western.net/index.php/Condor,_El
El Condor / The Condor
USA 1970
Director: John Guillermin
With Jim Brown, Lee Van Cleef, Patrick O'Neal, Marianna Hill, Iron Eyes Cody, Imogen Hassall, Elisha Cook Jr.
Screenplay: Larry Cohen, Steven W. Carabatsos
Cinematography: Henri Persin
Music: Maurice Jarre
Brown, an escaped convict, and Van Cleef, an alcoholic fortune seeker, are after the gold supposedly buried in the Mexican fortress of El Condor. Van Cleef once lived with the Apaches and claims they still follow him wherever he goes. Brown reckons the Apaches are the army he needs to attack the fortress, defended by the Mexican federal army.
Filmed in Almeria, this ersatz spaghetti western was produced by the great Andre De Toth and stars Lee van Cleef in a part more appropriate to Eli Wallach. "El Condor" is noisy and violent, with several scenes offering female nudity that is far more valuable than all the gold of the fortress. Like Raquel Welch in "100 Rifles", Marianna Hill is crazy about black hunk Jim Brown. Yes, the times really were a changin'. This is also the first, and arguably best, of three westerns starring Brown and Van Cleef, the other two being "Take a Hard Ride" and "Kid Vengeance". For this one Brown was top-billed, for the other two Van Cleef.
