Those of you shying away from Guns of San Sebastian because Anthony Quinn plays a priest and therefore will have no opportunity to use his great sex appeal, don't dismiss the movie right away. He's not a very good priest. In fact, he's not a priest at all; he's an outlaw hiding out in a village pretending to be a priest.
This period piece was much more entertaining than I was expecting. I thought it was going to be just another Mexican Revolution movie, but it had a compelling story. Tony meets up with a real priest on the outskirts of town, and when they're attacked by bandits, the priest is killed. The villagers assume the surviving man is the priest, and he's forced to act the part. He doesn't know his scripture, he's a great sinner himself, and he feels put upon by the blind faith and expectations of his new parishioners. Yes there are some action scenes when the village gets attacked again, but mostly it focuses on Anthony Quinn and his new life. And any movie that focuses on Anthony Quinn is going to be good.
This period piece was much more entertaining than I was expecting. I thought it was going to be just another Mexican Revolution movie, but it had a compelling story. Tony meets up with a real priest on the outskirts of town, and when they're attacked by bandits, the priest is killed. The villagers assume the surviving man is the priest, and he's forced to act the part. He doesn't know his scripture, he's a great sinner himself, and he feels put upon by the blind faith and expectations of his new parishioners. Yes there are some action scenes when the village gets attacked again, but mostly it focuses on Anthony Quinn and his new life. And any movie that focuses on Anthony Quinn is going to be good.