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Viva Cangaceiro
Viva Cangaceiro

Viva Cangaceiro

Genres

Western

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Brazil, the 1920s. The sadistic colonel Minas massacres the hometown of a famous cangaceiro (a kind of revolutionary bandit). The only survivor is a young farmer called Espedito; he is nursed back to health by a hermit who thinks he has been sent by God and therefore baptizes him the Redeemer. Espedito/The Redeemer forms his own gang of cangaceiros but doesn’t really understand what he’s doing until he befriends the proverbial European intellectual, a Dutch Oil prospector, who introduces him to important people. Espedito is hired by the Dutchman and a corrupt local governor, but then the Dutchman changes sides …

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Italian

Runtime

102 mins

Rating

6.5/10

Release Date

23 December 1969

Country

Spain

Cast

Tomas Milian

Tomas Milian

Espedito/Miguein "The Redeemer"

Ugo Pagliai

Ugo Pagliai

Vicenzo

Howard Ross

Howard Ross

Vincent Helfer/Hoffman

Eduardo Fajardo

Eduardo Fajardo

Governor Branco

Howard Ross

Howard Ross

Hoffmann

Leo Anchóriz

Leo Anchóriz

Colonel Minas

Mário Gusmão

Mário Gusmão

Black Devil

Alfredo Santacruz

Alfredo Santacruz

Jesús Guzmán

Jesús Guzmán

Claudio Scarchilli

Claudio Scarchilli

José Carlos Farias

José Carlos Farias

Bernardete Dinorá de Carvalho

Bernardete Dinorá de Carvalho

M. de Moura

M. de Moura

Irio Fantini

Irio Fantini

Quinto Gambi

Quinto Gambi

Pedro

Aldo Gasparri

Aldo Gasparri

Bob Leo

Bob Leo

Goffredo Unger

Goffredo Unger

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