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Of suspense, pursuit and courage...
Manuel Artiguez, a famous bandit during the Spanish civil war, has lived in French exile for 20 years. When his mother is dying he considers visiting her secretly in his Spanish home town. But his biggest enemy, the Spanish police officer Vinolas, prepared a trap at the hospital as a chance to finally catch Artiguez.
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Nov 22, 2023 · via TMDB
Although this does definitively conclude, there is something almost unfinished about this story based around the aftermath of the Spanish Civil war. We start with "Miguel" (Gregory Peck) joining a long line of defeated republican freedom fighters leaving their country to exile in France. Meantime, his nemesis - police captain "Viñolas" (Anthony Quinn) is scheming up ways to entice him back... An opportunity occurs when the man's mother becomes seriously ill, and so every effort is made to get a message to her son to tempt him back. What now ensues is quite a poignant story that Peck, Omar Sharif as the priest "Francisco" and an effective Raymond Pellegrin as the young and vengeful "Carlos" deliver strongly. Fred Zinnemann take his time to develop the characters and the relationships, to illustrate the manipulation and betrayal - as well as the love, honour and loyalty. There's a little bit of police brutality and religious conflict and the writing leaves us enough space to come to our own conclusions about this developing scenario. Peck was good in these sort of loner, brooding roles, as was Quinn in the rather sinister ones and this is an enjoyable to watch meeting of two character actors making the best of a solid story.
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Gregory Peck
Manuel Artiguez
Anthony Quinn
Viñolas
Omar Sharif
Francisco
Raymond Pellegrin
Carlos
Paolo Stoppa
Pedro
Mildred Dunnock
Pilar
Daniela Rocca
Rosana, Mistress of Viñolas
Christian Marquand
Zaganar
Marietto Angeletti
Paco Dages
Perrette Pradier
Maria, Hussy
Zia Mohyeddin
Luis, Guide of Paco
Rosalie Crutchley
Teresa, Wife of Viñolas
Jean-Paul Moulinot
Father Esteban
Laurence Badie
Celestina
Martin Benson
Priest
Alain Saury
Lt. Sanchez
José Luis de Vilallonga
Horse Dealer
Elisabeth Wiener
Cafe Girl
Michael Lonsdale
Reporter
Claude Berri
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Claude Confortès
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Pierre Dux
(uncredited)
Albert Michel
(uncredited)
Albert Rémy
(uncredited)
Alexandre Trauner
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Fred Zinnemann
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Alexandre Trauner
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