Trailer
Plot summary
A gang led by Dee Bishop robs a bank in the Texas town of Val Verde, the holdup turns into a shootout with the authorities, and the robbers are jailed. Word of the arrests reaches Mace Bishop, Dee's brother, and he takes the clothes and the manner of the hangman sent to carry out the executions and rides to Val Verde. There he persuades Sheriff July Johnson to collect the guns of everyone at the hanging, and the whole gang gets away. On the run, Dee takes Maria Stoner from her wagon as a hostage. The posse follows the brothers over the Mexican border into territory where bandoleros kill any foreigners they find.
Cast
- Rudy Diazas Angel
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Bandolero! (1968)
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SPOILER
Larry McMurtry reportedly paid homage to Bandolero! in his novel Lonesome Dove: both tales begin near the Mexican border, both have a sheriff named July Johnson and a deputy Roscoe, and both have a charismatic outlaw named Dee who wins the love of the woman before he dies.- Because of Dean Martin's exclusive contract with Reprise Records, all traces of him were removed from the soundtrack cover, even the artwork, despite the album being strictly instrumental and his voice never being heard.
- Originally known as Mace, the film was shot at the Alamo Village, the movie set originally created for John Wayne's The Alamo.
