Dollar for the Dead (1998)

5.7/10 94 min Western TV Movie

Overview

In this tribute to the old time spaghetti westerns with a liberal dose of modern Hong Kong film-making thrown in, Emilio Estevez assumes Clint Eastwood's "man with no name" role. Estevez plays a super-quick gunman on the run from a rancher (Long) and his men out to kill him for killing his son. The gunman gets mixed up with a former Confederate soldier (William Forsythe) who has knowledge of hidden gold. The only trouble is he is also pursued by Union soldiers. When they free a man (Ed Lauter) with part of the map to the gold, they then are also pursued by Spanish soldiers. It all leads to a small Mexican town terrorized by soldiers and led a by a good priest (Joaquim De Almeida) who also has knowledge of the gold.

Cast

Emilio Estevez

Cowboy

William Forsythe

Dooley

Jordi Mollà

Federale captain

Joaquim de Almeida

Friar Ramon

Jonathan Banks

Col. Skinner

Howie Long

Reager

Ed Lauter

Jacob Colby

Simón Andreu

Akers

Lance Kinsey

Tracker

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