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The Deserter (The Devil's Backbone)

Rating
5.6
122
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Original title
La spina dorsale del diavolo (The Deserter)aka
AKA
  • The Deserter
  • The Devil's Backbone
Year
Running time
100 min.
Country
Italy Italy
Director
Screenwriter
Cast
Music
Cinematography
Producer
Co-production Italy-Yugoslavia-United States;
Genre
Western | Spaghetti Western
Synopsis
Bitter over his wife's death due to what he believes was army negligence, Capt. Viktor Kaleb deserts the cavalry and disappears into the southwestern wasteland. But when marauding Apaches set up a stronghold just out of the cavalry's reach in Mexico, Kaleb is given amnesty in exchange for leading a small band of especially trained soldiers to wipe out the Indian stronghold.
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User history
The Deserter (The Devil's Backbone)
1971
Niksa Fulgosi, Burt Kennedy
5.6
(122)
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