100 Rifles

1969 110 min ★ 5.9 Adventure, Western, War, Drama

When half-breed Indian Yaqui Joe robs an Arizona bank, he is pursued by dogged lawman Lyedecker. Fleeing to Mexico, Joe is imprisoned by General Verdugo, who is waging a war against the Yaqui Indians. When Lyedecker attempts to intervene, he is thrown into prison as well. Working together, the two escape and take refuge in the hills, where Lyedecker meets beautiful Yaqui freedom fighter Sarita and begins to question his allegiances.

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Cast

Jim Brown

Lydecker

Raquel Welch

Sarita

Burt Reynolds

Yaqui Joe Herrera

Fernando Lamas

General Verdugo

Dan O'Herlihy

Steven Grimes

Eric Braeden

Lt. Franz Von Klemme

Aldo Sambrell

Sgt. Paletes

Soledad Miranda

Girl in Hotel

Alberto Dalbés

Padre Francisco

Charly Bravo

Lopez

Details

Director

Tom Gries

Screenplay

Clair Huffaker

Tagline

"All they need is… 100 RIFLES"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Production

Marvin Schwartz Productions, 20th Century Fox

Reviews

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John Chard

March 17, 2017

★ 7/10

Rifles or Trifles? 100 Rifles is directed by Tom Gries and Gries adapts to screenplay with Clair Huffaker from Robert MacLeod's novel The Californio. It stars Burt Reynolds, Jim Brown, Raquel Welch, Fernando Lamas and Dan O'Herlihy. Music is by Jerry Goldsmith and cinematography by Cecilio Paniagua. Arizona lawman Lydecker (Brown) travels into Mexico to arrest bank robber Yaqui Joe Herrera (...

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Wuchak

May 23, 2021

★ 7/10

_**Burt Reynolds, Raquel Welch and Jim Brown in an American Western shot in Spain**_ An Arizona sheriff (Jim Brown) travels to Sonora in 1912 to apprehend a half-breed bank robber (Burt Reynolds) who used the money to purchase 100 rifles for his tribe in their fight against a despotic Mexican general (Fernando Lamas). The lawman isn’t interested in his noble intentions and just wants to take hi...