Viva Cangaceiro

Dec 23, 1969

1h 42m

★ 6.7

Overview

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 …

Genres

Western

Production Companies

Producciones Cinematográficas D.I.A.

Medusa Distribuzione

Tritone Cinematografica

Viva Cangaceiro Trailers

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Cast

Espedito/Miguein "The Redeemer"

Tomas Milian

Vicenzo

Ugo Pagliai

Vincent Helfer/Hoffman

Howard Ross

Governor Branco

Eduardo Fajardo

Colonel Minas

Leo Anchóriz

Black Devil

Mário Gusmão

Alfredo Santacruz

Jesús Guzmán

Claudio Scarchilli

José Carlos Farias

Bernardete Dinorá de Carvalho

M. de Moura

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6.6

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5.8

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0.0

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6.6

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5.7

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6.2

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