A Talent for Loving

A Talent for Loving

1969 · 110 min · ★ 5.2 · Comedy, Western

This Western spoof stars Richard Widmark as an American gambler who wins the deed to a Mexican ranch from a cunning outlaw. At the ranch, the gambler discovers that his new lands have entangled him in an ancient Aztec curse. The ranch's patriarch tries to persuade the newcomer to marry his daughter and explains that the family's women are doomed to be especially fierce and prolific in their romantic encounters.

Directed by Richard Quine · Written by Jack Rose

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Richard Widmark Major William Patten
Chaim Topol Mexikanischer Bandit
Geneviève Page Lady Butler
Cesar Romero Landbesitzer
Max Showalter Franklin
Caroline Munro Evalina
Fran Jeffries Maria
Derek Nimmo
Joe Melia
John Bluthal

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