Viva Cangaceiro

December. 23,1969

Rating：

6.2

Genre：

Western

Keywords：

Village Rebel Oil

Trailer Synopsis Cast

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 …

Tomas Milian as Espedito/Miguein "The Redeemer"

Ugo Pagliai as Vicenzo

Eduardo Fajardo as Governor Branco

Howard Ross as Hoffmann

Leo Anchóriz as Colonel Minas

Jesús Guzmán as

Quinto Gambi as Pedro

Goffredo Unger as

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Reviews

SoTrumpBelieve

1969/12/23

Must See Movie...

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SnoReptilePlenty

1969/12/24

Memorable, crazy movie

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Calum Hutton

1969/12/25

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

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Cheryl

1969/12/26

A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

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heybhc

1969/12/27

I just saw a nice widescreen Italian language version of this seldom seen 1971 adventure. It had English subtitles and although the stills I'd seen from this film looked strange and bizarre, the story is very straightforward and accessible. It's very much in the style of the spaghetti western, stars SW staple Tomas Milian as cow loving peasant Espedito, who is outraged at the massacre of his village by Federales (the Brazilian Army in this case). More than that, they killed his cow. He is wounded and rescued by a Rasputin-like hermit who convinces him that he (Milian) is The Redeemer who will lead his people to freedom. Milian buys this line of reasoning and soon has taken over a band of Cangaceiros, bandits, and is on his way to fulfilling this prophecy. A European mercenary convinces him to work for the government by wiping out the other bands, which he does with relish. But the Government wants the oil underneath a village that Espedito is protecting, and havoc breaks loose. Nicely directed by Giovanni Fago, the music is appropriately Brazilian. Milian's get up is right out of carnival and the locations are eye-catching and unique. Not filmed in Almeria, in other words. Definitely worth a look for spaghetti western enthusiasts, and casual viewers will enjoy it too.

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