

The legendary Tomas Milian stars as Cuchillo, a knife-throwing thief on the run from murderous bandits, sadistic American agents, his hot-blooded fiancée and a sheriff turned bounty hunter, all of whom are gunning for a hidden fortune in gold that could finance the Mexican Revolution.
Acting
Tomas Milian's physical comedy—pure anarchic charisma in motion.
Direction
Sollima's chase sequences: geography as punchline.
Editing
Relentless cross-cutting builds breathless comic tension.

Director
Sergio Sollima
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sollima shot this back-to-back with 'The Big Gundown' using the same crew and locations—explains the fever-dream energy of pure momentum.
Cuchillo became Milian's signature role across three films, essentially inventing the spaghetti western trickster-hero that Tarantino later Xeroxed.