The Deserter
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“A savage renegade and the chosen few... they followed him into Hell just for the chance to kill him!”
A young cavalry officer finds his woman tortured by the Apaches and blames the Army for not properly protecting the outpost, so becomes a deserter and an avenger, stalking and killing Indians without warning.
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Cast
13 people
Bekim Fehmiu
Captain Victor Kaleb
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Black Sunday
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John Huston
General Miles
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Chinatown
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Richard Crenna
Major Wade Brown
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First Blood
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Chuck Connors
Reynolds
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Soylent Green
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Ricardo Montalban
Natachai
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The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
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Ian Bannen
Cpt. Crawford
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Jesus of Nazareth
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Brandon De Wilde
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Shane
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Slim Pickens
Sgt. Tattinger
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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Blazing Saddles
Albert Salmi
Schmidt
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Caddyshack
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Woody Strode
Jackson
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Once Upon a Time in the West
Spartacus
Patrick Wayne
Cpt. Bill Robinson
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Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger
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Fausto Tozzi
Orozco
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The Valdez Horses
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Burt Kennedy Director · Clair Huffaker Screenplay Massimo D'Avak Story
United States release July 28, 1971 · Produced in Italy, United States, Serbia, Croatia · Languages English, Italian
Production
Jadran film
Production
Heritage Enterprises Inc.
Production
DDL Cinematografica
Production
Paramount Pictures
Studio
Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica
Production
Italy · United States · Serbia · Croatia
Produced in
Languages
Original title
La spina dorsale del diavolo
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Italian
Release dates
Italy · December 4, 1970
Theatrical
United States · July 28, 1971
Theatrical
Germany
March 25, 1971 · Theatrical
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