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The Magnificent Bandits(Movie, 1970)

Original title: "O Cangaceiro" (Italian/IT)
1h 42min | Genre: Western
The Magnificent BanditsRating: 3.6/5 (with 44 votes)
Viva Cangaceiro (originally titled as O' Cangaçeiro, also known as The Magnificent Bandits) is a Brazilian themed Spaghetti Western-like movie co-produced by Spain and Italy and directed by Giovanni Fago. ()
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About The Magnificent Bandits

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 (crazy?) hermit who thinks he has been sent (= espedito) 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 (and of course double-crossed) by the Dutchman and a corrupt local governor, but then the Dutchman changes sides ….

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Additional Information

Production countries: Spain, Italy
Plays in: Brazil
Original language: Italian (IT)
Spoken languages: Italian (IT)
Translated into 6 languages: Czech (CS), German (DE), English (EN), French (FR), Italian (IT), Portuguese (PT)
Status: Released
Release date GR: 12/23/1969
Director: Giovanni Fago
Film Editor: Eugenio Alabiso
Director of Photography: Alejandro Ulloa Jr.
Composer: Riz Ortolani
Costume designer: Luca Sabatelli
Production Designer: Amedeo Fago
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Rebelião dos Brutos"
"O' Cangaceiro"
"Viva Cangaceiro"

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WatchPlayStream ID: MOVIES:133031, Added: 03/27/2018, Last updated: 03/29/2024