Watch La Bataille de San Sebastian Videos

Release Date: 1968

Cast: Charles Bronson, Silvia Pinal, Anthony Quinn, Sam Jaffe, Jorge Martínez de Hoyos, Anjanette Comer

Categories: Movies, Adventure, Action/Adventure, Action, Western, Eurowestern, Spaghetti Western, World Cinema

La Bataille de San Sebastian (English title: Guns for San Sebastian) is a 1968 spaghetti western directed by Frenchman Henri Verneuil. In a rare instance this film was actually shot in Mexico instead of substituting Spain or some similar location. The score and the was narrated is by Ennio Morricone, Laurie Johnson and Patrick Macnee. A womanizing outlaw, Leon Alastray (Anthony Quinn), who is also an atheist, is pursued by the Mexican military. Given sanctuary by an altruistic priest (Sam Jaffe), he is taken to a village terrorized by marauding Indians. When the priest is killed, however,... MORE

La Bataille de San Sebastian (English title: Guns for San Sebastian) is a 1968 spaghetti western directed by Frenchman Henri Verneuil. In a rare instance this film was actually shot in Mexico instead of substituting Spain or some similar location. The score and the was narrated is by Ennio Morricone, Laurie Johnson and Patrick Macnee. A womanizing outlaw, Leon Alastray (Anthony Quinn), who is also an atheist, is pursued by the Mexican military. Given sanctuary by an altruistic priest (Sam Jaffe), he is taken to a village terrorized by marauding Indians. When the priest is killed, however, Alastray is mistaken for a priest himself. This he at first denies but, finding the love of a village woman, and encouraged by the persuasive power of a fake miracle, decides to take on the role and thereby organize the villagers against the predatory raids of the Yaqui Indians. Charles Bronson co-stars as Teclo, a half breed leader of marauders who pretends to side with the villagers but is really in league with the Yaqui. When Alastray attempts to make peace with the Yaqui, Teclo intervenes and foments a conflict. Then, just before the central battle of the film, the villagers ask Alastray to LESS