Dollar for the Dead

Dollar for the Dead

94 mins | Western | Jan. 1, 1998

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.

Dollar for the Dead

94 mins | Western | Jan. 1, 1998

Dollar for the Dead
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.
IMDb rating 5.2
Producers
Original title Dollar for the Dead
Directors Gene Quintano
Writers Gene Quintano

Cast

Emilio Estevez

as Cowboy

William Forsythe

as Dooley

Jordi Mollà

as Federale captain

Joaquim de Almeida

as Friar Ramon

Jonathan Banks

as Col. Skinner

Howie Long

as Reager

Ed Lauter

as Jacob Colby

Simón Andreu

as Akers

Lance Kinsey

as Tracker