American arms dealer Kennedy hopes to make a killing by selling to the "regulares" in the 1916 Mexican revolution. American mercenary Wilson favors the rebel faction headed by Escobar, and they plot to hijack Kennedy's arms; but Wilson also has his eye on Kennedy's wife. Raids, counter-raids, and escapes follow in a veritable hail of bullets.
Acting
Mitchum's sleepy-eyed menace elevates pulp material
Cinematography
Mexico locations pop in Fleischer's early CinemaScope
Director
Richard Fleischer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Fleischer shot this back-to-back with another Mitchum vehicle, His Kind of Woman, recycling some Mexican locations.
Gilbert Roland, born in Mexico, finally played heroic Mexican characters after decades of Hollywood typecasting him as Latin lovers and bandits.
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