The Singer, Not The Song (1961)

The Singer, Not The Song (1961) (DVD) (*)

$29.99

Language Selections:
English ( Mono )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
127 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1961 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Roy Ward Baker

Written By:
Nigel Balchin
Audrey Erskine-Lindop

Actors:
Dirk Bogarde ..... Anacleto
John Mills ..... Father Keogh
Mylène Demongeot ..... Locha
Laurence Naismith ..... Old Uncle
John Bentley ..... Police Captain
Leslie French ..... Father Gomez
Eric Pohlmann ..... Presidente
Roger Delgado ..... Locha's Father
Selma Vaz Dias ..... Chela
Serafina Di Leo ..... Jasefa
Jacqueline Evans ..... Dona Marian
Nyall Florenz ..... Vito
Marjorie Forsyth
Philip Gilbert ..... Phil Brown
Lee Montague ..... Pepe
Laurence Payne ..... Pablo
Larry Taylor
Eileen Way

Synopsis:

This unusual western concerns the conflict between a priest and a Mexican bandito from A Night to Remember (1958) director Roy Baker. Father Keogh (John Mills) is a Catholic priest who arrives in the remote Mexican village of Quantano to build a congregation, unaware that the town is terrorized by the ruthless criminal Anacleto (Dirk Bogarde). An atheist, Anacleto has forbidden worship, so when Keogh holds services, Anacleto retaliates by murdering the locals in alphabetical order. Keogh refuses to back down. Impressed by his valor, Anacleto calls his men off and makes the priest an offer - he'll spare him if he determines which inspires greater good, 'the singer' (the priest) or 'the song' (religion). Keogh doesn't answer. Meanwhile, one of the clergyman's followers, the young girl Locha (Mylene Demongeot), flees when her family, realizing that she's in love with Keogh, arranges a marriage with someone more suitable. Anacleto finds the girl and offers Keogh another deal. He'll let the girl live if the priest will admit his failure before his congregation.

British western that narrates the conflict in a pueblecito of Mexico between a clergyman and a powerful local bandit, Anacleto, whose objective it is to dominate the town. Due to his hatred against the Church, Anacleto does everything that is in his power to make the new clergyman go away. He even begins to kill people of the area following the alphabetical order of their last names. Only the patience of the priest will help change the mind of the evildoer Anacleto and restore his faith in God.

A New and Powerfully Different Kind of Motion Picture Story…

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