La Bataille de San Sebastian

• Anthony Quinn: Leon Alastray
• Charles Bronson: Teclo
• Anjanette Comer: Kinita
• Sam Jaffe: Father Joseph
• Silvia Pinal: Felicia
• Jorge Martínez de Hoyos: Felipe Cayetano
• Jaime Fernández: "Golden Lance "
• Rosa Furman: Agueda
• Leon Askin: Vicar General
• José Chávez: Antonito
• Ivan Desny: Colonel Calleja

San Sebastian is a spaghetti western by Henri Verneuil in 1967, based on the 1962 novel written A Wall for San Sebastian by William Barby Faherty.

Action

Outlaw Alastray is taken on the run from government forces from the good-natured priest Joseph. As is known that Joseph gives the searched shelter, he loses his job and he and the disguised as a monk Alastray on the way to another city. Shortly before leaving a site acting Joseph is shot from ambush. Citizens hold Alastray for the priest and ask him to be active in their community. Reluctantly, and not to let his cover fly up plays Alastray with. It turns out that the local community is being terrorized by a group of Indians under the leadership of the half blood Teclo. Alastray helps the residents to defend themselves against the Indians. There will be a decisive battle.

Criticism

Joe Hembus wrote in his Western lexicon: "The only Western Henry Verneuil and next to Robert Hossein's Cemetery without crosses France's only contribution to the European westerns. Anthony Quinn puts so much monumentality in his game, as he wanted to make all the other expenses superfluous " The Encyclopedia of the International film found the film entertaining.; Vincent Canby complained that the sequential order of the scenes is so schematic that their totality is even less than the well partially exciting items.

Background

In Germany the film was released under the title The Hell of San Sebastian.