Duck, You Sucker!

Also known as Giù la testa, A Fistful of Dynamite, Once Upon a Time in the Revolution, Once Upon a Time… the Revolution, Giu la testa

1971 film directed by Sergio Leone

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At the beginning of the 1913 Mexican Revolution, greedy bandit Juan Miranda and idealist John H. Mallory, an Irish Republican Army explosives expert on the lam from the British, fall in with a band of revolutionaries plotting to strike a national bank. When it turns out that the government has been using the bank as a hiding place for illegally detained political prisoners -- who are freed by the blast -- Miranda becomes a revolutionary hero against his will.

Released: 1971-10-29157 minDir: Sergio LeoneWestern

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Cast

Rod Steiger as Juan Miranda
James Coburn as John H. Mallory
Romolo Valli as Dr. Villega
Maria Monti as Woman on Stagecoach
Rik Battaglia as Santerna
Franco Graziosi as Governor Jaime

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Duck, You Sucker! (Italian: Giù la testa, lit. "Duck Your Head", "Get Down"), also known as A Fistful of Dynamite and Once Upon a Time ... the Revolution, is a 1971 epic Zapata Western film directed and co-written by Sergio Leone and starring Rod Steiger, James Coburn, and Romolo Valli.

Set during the Mexican Revolution of the 1910s, the film tells the story of Juan Miranda, a Mexican outlaw, and John Mallory, a former member of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and Irish Volunteer Army. After they accidentally meet under less-than-friendly circumstances, Juan and John involuntarily become heroes of the revolution, despite being forced to make heavy sacrifices.