
Duck, You Sucker
dir. Sergio Leone
78
8 sourcesSynopsis
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.
Critics consensus
Duck, You Sucker is a saucy helping of spaghetti western, with James Coburn and Rod Steiger's chemistry igniting the screen and Sergio Leone's bravura style on full display.

Directed bySergio Leone
StarringRod Steiger, James Coburn, Romolo Valli, Maria Monti, Rik Battaglia, Franco Graziosi
Written byLuciano Vincenzoni, Sergio Donati, Sergio Leone
CinematographyGiuseppe Ruzzolini
EditingNino Baragli
MusicEnnio Morricone
Duck, You Sucker
1971 · PG · 2h 37m
Western
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.
