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Why is his head worth one million dollars and the lives of 21 people?

Overview

An American bartender and his prostitute girlfriend go on a road trip through the Mexican underworld to collect a $1 million bounty on the head of a dead gigolo.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Warren Oates

    Bennie

  2. Cast 1

    Isela Vega

    Elita

  3. Cast 1

    Robert Webber

    Sappensly

  4. Cast 1

    Gig Young

    Quill

  5. Cast 1

    Helmut Dantine

    Max

  6. Cast 1

    Emilio Fernández

    El Jefe

  7. Cast 1

    Kris Kristofferson

    Biker

  8. Cast 1

    Chano Urueta

    Manchot

  9. Cast 1

    Donnie Fritts

    John

One man and his quest for meaning turns into a Peckinpah classic. El Jefe is outraged to find that his daughter has fallen pregnant to a man who has upped and gone, after learning the identity of the rascal (Alfredo Garcia), he offers one million dollars to anyone who can bring him the head of the Lothario running man. On the trail are hit men Quill & Sappensly, Bennie & his prostitute girlfriend Elita, and some other Mexican bandit types, all of them are on a collision course that will bring far more than they all bargained for. This was the one film where director Sam Peckinpah felt he...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget$1,500,000.00

Revenue $700,000.00

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