Don't Turn the Other Cheek

Don't Turn the Other Cheek

A redheaded Irish girl, A Russian prince, A Mexican bandit-They turned a fun filled fight for gold into a riotous revolution

PG 1971 · 115 min · ★ 5.6 · Comedy, Western

A spaghetti western in which three adventurers team up during the Mexican Revolution. Mary O'Donnell, a radical Irish journalist, wants to foment a peasant revolt in Mexico. She enlists the help of a seedy bandit, Lozoya, by saving him from a death sentence in Utah. They meet a man calling himself Prince Dmitri Vassilovich Orlowsky, who claims to be a Russian prince, not to mention a man of the cloth. Wallach pretends to be a Mexican folk hero. The trio crosses the border, the two men seeking a cache of gold while O'Donnell pursues her revolution.

Directed by Duccio Tessari · Written by Günter Ebert

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Franco Nero Prince Dimitri Vassilovich Vladek Orlowsky
Eli Wallach Maz Lozoya
Lynn Redgrave Mary O'Donnell
Horst Janson Yuma Sheriff Randall
José Moreno Yuma prison warden
Eduardo Fajardo Gen. Huerta
Carla Mancini Telegrapher
Marilù Tolo Lupita
Gisela Hahn Orlowsky's Wife
Gunda Hiller The Bride
Dan van Husen Kelly, Prison Guard
Rudy Gaebel Mendoza

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