''They Believed He Was No Saint'' ( es, La caza del oro) is a 1972 Spanish

western film The Western is a genre set in the American frontier and commonly associated with folk tales of the Western United States, particularly the Southwestern United States, as well as Northern Mexico and Western Canada. It is commonly referred ...

directed by Juan Bosch and starring

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, Daniel Martín and

Tania Alvarado Tania Alvarado is a Spanish actress. She appeared in the comedy film '' Death of a Bureaucrat'' (1966), directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea and scored by Leo Brouwer. She appeared in two western films directed by John Wood: '' Too Much Gold for One ...

. It is scored by

Marcello Giombini Marcello Giombini (24 July 1928 in Rome, Italy – 12 December 2003 in Assisi, Italy) was an Italian composer, well known for scoring many Spaghetti Westerns, Italian horror and giallo movies, and 1960s peplum films. He is best remembered for ...

, and written by Renato Izzo.

Cast

as Trash Benson * Daniel Martín as Paco *

as María * Manuel Guitián as Jonathan Carver * Indio González as Preacher *

Ricardo Moyán Ricardo Moyán is a Spanish actor He appeared in '' La caza del oro'' (1972), and ''Dallas'' (1974), both directed by Joan Bosch; and '' A Noose Is Waiting for You Trinity'' (1972), directed by Alfonso Balcázar Alfonso Balcázar (2 March 19 ...

as Jed Spotless *

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as Director de la prisión *

Juan Miguel Solano Juan Miguel Solano is a Spanish actor. He played Luis in ''El misterio de la vida'' (1972), directed by Jaime Jesús Balcázar and starring Mónica Randall Mónica Randall (born 1942) is a Spanish film actress. Randall has made some 110 app ...

as Apache Joe * Antonio Ponciano as Silvertop *

Luis Induni Luis Induni (5 March 1920, in Romano di Lombardia, Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy – 31 December 1979, in Barcelona, Spain) was an Italian film actor of the 1950s 1960s and 1970s. He made his debut in the western film ''Billy the Kid'' (1962) along ...

as Travers * Ángel Lombarte as Melquiades *

Gustavo Re Gustavo Re (7 April 1908 – 5 June 1979) was a Spanish television presenter and actor. Biography On 10 October 1961 it was aired on TVE ''Amigos del martes'', hosted by Artur Kaps, Franz Johan and Gustavo Re. They found a theater company named ...

as Padre Javier * Juan Torres as Aldeano * Juan Patiño as Hombre de Rojas * Irene D'Astrea as Molly * Jarque Zurbano as Sheriff * Carmen Roger as Chica de Molly *

Fernando Sancho Fernando Sancho Les (7 January 1916 – 31 July 1990) was a Spanish actor. Biography He was born in Zaragoza, in Aragon, Spain on 7 January 1916 and died at Hospital Militar Gómez Ulla in Madrid on 31 July 1990 from a liver failure during o ...

as Fermín Rojas *

Esteban Dalmases Esteban Dalmases is a Spanish actor. He played 1st Inspector in ''Devil's Kiss'' (1976), directed by Georges Gigo; and sheriff assistant in ''Four Candles for Garringo'' (1971), directed by Ignacio F. Iquino and starring Robert Woods. Filmograp ...

as Hombre de Travers * Juan Antonio Rubio as Pistolero

References

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* Spanish Western (genre) films Films directed by Juan Bosch Films produced by Alberto Grimaldi Films scored by Marcello Giombini Films shot in Rome Films shot in Barcelona Filmax films 1972 Western (genre) films 1972 films Films with screenplays by Sergio Donati {{1970s-Western-film-stub