''El revólver sangriento'' ("The Bloody Revolver" in English) is a 1964 Mexican western- drama film directed by

Miguel M. Delgado Miguel Melitón Delgado Pardavé (17 May 1905 – 2 January 1994) was a Mexican film director and screenwriter best known for directing thirty-three of Cantinflas' films, under contract of Posa Films. He directed 139 films between 1941 and 19 ...

, and starring Luis Aguilar, Lola Beltrán, Flor Silvestre,

Emilio Fernández Emilio "El Indio" Fernández Romo (; 26 March 1904 – 6 October 1986) was a Mexican film director, actor and screenwriter. He was one of the most prolific film directors of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. He is best kn ...

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Antonio Aguilar José Pascual Antonio Aguilar Márquez Barraza (17 May 191919 June 2007) was a Mexican singer, actor, songwriter, equestrian, film producer, and screenwriter with a dominating career in music. He recorded over 150 albums, which sold 25 mill ...

, and Irma Dorantes, as credited in the film's theatrical posters. The lead actors were credited in an unusual "rigorous appearance on the screen" style, where the film's main characters are not ordered by importance, but by on-screen appearance. Written for the screen by Alfredo Salazar, the film was a production of Cinematográfica Calderón and follows the account of a silver-plated

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, which has a deadly curse and falls on the hands of different men.

Plot

The film opens in a cave with a close-up of Juan Chávez's ( Luis Aguilar) silver-plated

as he glances at a "Wanted" poster that offers a reward, dead or alive, for his capture. A suspicious man follows Juan out of the cave, and traces him into a small town. There, he enters a

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called "La Patrona", whose bartender is Carmen ( Lola Beltrán) who is infatuated with Juan. She serves him something to drink, and they converse, as a next scene focuses on a beautiful woman named Rosa ( Flor Silvestre) who sings the song "Cariño bonito" as she waters her

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and watches her birds. At the end of her singing, her aunt ( Emma Roldán) arrives at the house and tells her of Juan's return to the town. She replies that he came back for her to take her with him, and to prepare her clothes. When Rosa arrives at the bar, Juan responds to her coldly, and even depreciates her.

Cast

* Luis Aguilar as Juan Chavéz, outlaw who dies in a duel for the love of Rosa. * Lola Beltrán as Carmen, bartender girl who is in love with Juan. * Flor Silvestre as Rosa, Juan's love-interest and former girlfriend. * René Cardona as Sheriff *

as Félix Gómez, as jailed bandit who escapes with the revolver. *

as Rogelio Cruz, horse wrangler who steals Félix's money and revolver. * Cuco Sánchez as Cuco *

as Ramón, ex-bandit who seeks a peaceful life as a cattle rancher. * Irma Dorantes as Ramón's wife, and mother of his child. * David Silva as "El Manso" * Arturo Martínez as "El Chacal" *

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as "El Toro" Díaz * Enrique Lucero as Pedro * Emma Roldán as Rosa's aunt *

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as the Doctor *Jose Chávez as the Hotel owner *

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as Vicente's wife * Julián de Meriche as don León *Alfonso Arnold as Sheriff Ruiz * Jorge Russek as "El Toro"'s bandit *Quintín Bulnes as "Chimuelo" *Leon Barroso as Manuel *Emilio Garibay as Vigilant *

Eleazar García Eleazar García Sáenz (September 28, 1924 – August 24, 1999) was a Mexican character actor best remembered as Antonio Aguilar's comic sidekick. Eleazar originally is from a ranch called, El Rancho de Los Guerras, current municipality of ...

as the

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driver *

María Elena Velasco María Elena Velasco Fragoso (17 December 1940 – 1 May 2015) was a Mexican actress, comedian, singer-songwriter and dancer. She is best known for creating and portraying La India María, a comical character based on indigenous Mexican women. Ea ...

as Pedro's wife, and the mother of his three children.

Soundtrack

*"Cuando no se de ti", written by Enrique Sarabia and performed by Irma Dorantes. *"Cariño bonito", written by Cuco Sánchez and performed by Flor Silvestre. *"Fallaste corazón", written and performed by Cuco Sánchez. *"El hombre alegre", written by Cuco Sánchez and performed by

. *"Nube bajas", written by Tomás Méndez and performed by Lola Beltrán. *"Cuando dos almas", written by Fructuoso G. Reyes and performed by

. *"El pecador", written by Alex F. Roth and performed by

Juan Mendoza Juan Mendoza (1917–1978), also known as ''El Tariácuri'', was a Mexican singer of the Mariachi genre, a folkloric-regional music of Mexico. He also participated in films in the 60s. Mendoza was part of the "Trio Tariácuri", and his sister was ...

International releases

The film was released in Italy in 1966, under the title ''Duello a Santo Cruz'' (Duel in Santa Cruz). Some of the Italian promotional movie posters for the film only credit James Fields, the sound supervisor, Jorge Russek, as "Georgia Russek", David Silva as "David Rayen", and Quintín Bulnes as "Quentin Bulness" as the head cast.

Home media releases

Laguna Films has released the film individually in VHS once, and also along other four

feature films in DVD in the "Latigo Norteño" double-sided 2-disc pack.

References

External links

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''El revólver sangriento''
at the Cinematográfica Calderón Film Library {{DEFAULTSORT:Revolver Sangriento 1960s Spanish-language films 1964 Western (genre) films 1964 films Films directed by Miguel M. Delgado Mexican Western (genre) films 1964 drama films 1960s Mexican films