Duck, You Sucker
"Two daredevils battle for a fortune in gold, and it will take an army to stop them!"
At the beginning of the 1913 Mexican Revolution, greedy bandit Juan Miranda and idealist John H. Mallory, an Irish Republican Army explosives expert on the lam from the British, fall in with a band of revolutionaries plotting to strike a national bank. When it turns out that the government has been using the bank as a hiding place for illegally detained political prisoners -- who are freed by the blast -- Miranda becomes a revolutionary hero against his will.
Curator's Take
“Leone’s most overlooked film. Rod Steiger and James Coburn in the Mexican Revolution. It begins as a comedy and ends as a tragedy about friendship and the hollowness of political causes.”
Why This Movie Is Important
Sergio Leone's misunderstood masterpiece. It is an explosive, emotionally raw epic about the myth of revolution versus the reality of friendship. Rod Steiger and James Coburn give career-defining performances in a film that is louder, messier, and more tragic than the 'Dollars' trilogy, offering a profound meditation on war and brotherhood.
Production Details
Duck, You Sucker is a 1971 western film directed by Sergio Leone. Originally released in Italy under the title "Giù la testa", the film was produced during the golden era of European westerns. The film features a score composed by Ennio Morricone. Cinematography was handled by Giuseppe Ruzzolini. The film stars Rod Steiger as Juan Miranda, James Coburn as John H. Mallory, and Romolo Valli as Dr. Villega. Running 2 hours and 37 minutes, it is one of the longer entries in the genre. With an on-screen body count of 124, it ranks among the most violent films in the genre. It holds an average rating of 7.7 from 1,145 ratings, placing it among the highest-rated films in the Spaghetti Western canon.
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The title 'Duck, You Sucker' was reportedly based on a mistranslation. Leone thought it was a common American idiom. The studio hated it and re-released it as 'A Fistful of Dynamite'.
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