Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)

112 min · Crime, Drama, Psychological Thriller, Thriller, Western film, action film, crime film, drama film, thriller film

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Directors

Sam Peckinpah

Cast

Warren Oates, Isela Vega, Robert Webber, Gig Young, Helmut Dantine, Emilio Fernández, Kris Kristofferson, Donnie Fritts

The story

Teresa, the pregnant teenage daughter of a powerful Mexican crime lord known only as , is summoned before her father and interrogated as to the identity of her unborn child's father. She then identifies the father as Alfredo Garcia, whom El Jefe had been grooming to be his successor. Infuriated, El Jefe offers a $1 million bounty to whoever will "bring me the head of Alfredo Garcia".

Catalogue themes and tags

Ermordung, Fiancée, Kopfgeld, Pianistin, chase, Thriller, Action/Adventure, Adventure, Road movie, Action Thrillers, Revisionist Western, Drama, Comedy, Crime Fiction, Black comedy, Action

Genres

Crime, Drama, Psychological Thriller, Thriller, Western film, action film, crime film, drama film, thriller film

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