''Texas, Adios'' (

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: ''Texas, addio'') is a 1966 Italian-Spanish

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film cowritten and directed by Ferdinando Baldi and starring

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. Although technically a Spaghetti Western, the plot of ''Texas, Adios'' plays more like a traditional American

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film.

Synopsis

A two-fisted and taciturn

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, Burt Sullivan, is a man committed to duty and justice but possessed by a desire for revenge. Sullivan, along with his younger brother, crosses the border to bring wealthy and sadistic Mexican crime boss Cisco Delgado ( José Suárez) to justice for the murder of their father. Eventually joining forces with a group of

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aries, Sullivan and his brother soon find themselves at the center of a bloodbath.

Cast

Production

''Texas, Adios'', like many Spaghetti Westerns, was shot in the Spanish province

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. Franco Nero, in his comments on the Anchor Bay

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, mentions that the ''Texas, Adios'' shoot took place not far from where

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was filming '' The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly'' at the same time. Nero and

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spent time between shots socializing. There are two actors who appeared in both films, who are

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, and

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Release

''Texas, Adios'' was released in August 1966.

References

External links

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