A Town Called Bastard

A Town Called Bastard

Vengeance's fire is raging.

R 1971 · 95 min · ★ 5.0 · Western

A group of Mexican revolutionaries murders a town priest and a number of his christian followers. Ten years later, a widow arrives in town intent to take revenge from her husband's killers.

Directed by Robert Parrish · Written by Richard Aubrey

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