''Adiós, Sabata'' (, lit. "Indio Black, you know what I'm going to tell you... You're a big son of a...") is a 1970 Italian

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film, directed by

Gianfranco Parolini Gianfranco Parolini (20 February 1925 in Rome, Italy – 26 April 2018 in Rome, Italy) was an Italian people, Italian film director. He is often credited as Frank Kramer. Among his films are ''The Sabata Trilogy'', several sword and sandal films, m ...

. It is the second film in '' The Sabata Trilogy'' by Parolini.

Yul Brynner Yuliy Borisovich Briner (; July 11, 1920 – October 10, 1985), known professionally as Yul Brynner (), was a Russian-born actor. He was known for his portrayal of King Mongkut in the Rodgers and Hammerstein stage musical ''The King and I'' (19 ...

takes over the lead role from

Lee Van Cleef Clarence LeRoy Van Cleef Jr. (January 9, 1925 – December 16, 1989) was an American actor. He appeared in over 170 film and television roles in a career spanning nearly 40 years, but is best known as a star of spaghetti Westerns, particularly t ...

, who stars in the first and third films.Hughes, p.113

Plot

Set in

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under the rule of Emperor Maximilian I, Sabata is hired by the

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leader Señor Ocaño to steal a wagonload of gold from the Austrian army. However, when Sabata and his partners, Escudo and Ballantine, obtain the wagon, they find it is not full of gold but of sand, and that the gold was taken by Austrian Colonel Skimmel. So, Sabata plans to steal back the gold.

Cast

Release

''Adiós, Sabata'' was first released in 1970.

Reception

Tom Milne Tom Milne (2 April 1926 – 14 December 2005) was a British film critic. See also After war service, he studied English and French at Aberdeen University and later at the Sorbonne. Interested in the theatre too, he wrote for the magazine ...

of the ''

Monthly Film Bulletin The ''Monthly Film Bulletin'' was a periodical of the British Film Institute published monthly from February 1934 until April 1991, when it merged with '' Sight & Sound''. It reviewed all films on release in the United Kingdom, including those wi ...

'' reviewed a dubbed version of the film in 1973. Milne found that "the rather routine proceedings are enlivened from time to time by ingeniously macabre details like the model ship firing from all guns with which Skimmel executes informers, or the "flamenco of death" (spurs glittering ominously on drumming heels) with which Gitano announced the end of enemies of the revolution." Milne commented on "it is a pity that so much of the action is clogged up by that old stand-by of the Italian Western-extras falling off roofs in graceful death-falls. This time the supply of cannon-fodder destined for identical deaths is apparently inexhaustible."

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Adios, Sabata Sabata films Films directed by Gianfranco Parolini Films set in Mexico Second French intervention in Mexico films Italian sequel films Spaghetti Western films United Artists films 1970 Western (genre) films 1970 films Films produced by Alberto Grimaldi Films shot in Almería Films scored by Bruno Nicolai 1970s Italian films