Movie
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
Overview
An American bartender and his prostitute girlfriend go on a road trip through the Mexican underworld to collect a $1 million bounty on the head of a dead gigolo.
Details
- Release date
- 1974-08-01
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Optimus Films, Estudios Churubusco Azteca, United Artists
- Country
- United States of America, Mexico
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Warren Oates as Bennie
- Isela Vega as Elita
- Robert Webber as Sappensly
- Gig Young as Quill
- Helmut Dantine as Max
- Emilio Fernández as El Jefe
- Kris Kristofferson as Biker
- Chano Urueta as Manchot
- Donnie Fritts as John
- Jorge Russek as Cueto
- Chalo González as Chalo
- Don Levy as Frank
Crew
- Sam Peckinpah - Director
- Sam Peckinpah - Screenplay
- Gordon T. Dawson - Screenplay
- Frank Kowalski - Story
- Sam Peckinpah - Story
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