Dollar for the Dead

Dollar for the Dead (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.

Date of release
1998-10-11
TMDB
6.1 / 10 (18)
Runtime
1h 34m
Genres
Western, TV Movie
Director
Gene Quintano

Casting

Interesting facts

Dollar for the Dead is a 1998 American Western television film. The film was directed and written by Gene Quintano and stars Emilio Estevez. It is the third Western film in which Estevez stars. The film premiered on TNT on October 11, 1998. The film also stars William Forsythe, Joaquim de Almeida, Jonathan Banks, Ed Lauter and Howie Long. Actor Jordi Mollà was nominated for Fotogramas de Plata award.

Production

Dollar for the Dead was filmed in Almeria, Spain, using some of the same sets and crew Leone used for his western films in the 1960s.

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