Coyote, El
From The Spaghetti Western Database
El Coyote (Spain, Mexico 1955 / Director: Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent)
Also known as
Il Coyote (Italy) | Der Coyote (Germany) | The Coyote
Cast and crew
- Cast: Abel Salazar (Cesar "El Coyote" de Echague), Gloria Marín (Leonor de Acevedo / Mara), Manuel Monroy (Edmund Greene), Santiago Rivero (Captain Potts), Rafael Bardem (Señor Cesar de Echague), Carlos Otero (Roberto), Julio Goróstegui (Señor Acevedo), Lis Rogi (Josette, singer), Xan das Bolas (beggar), Rufino Inglés (freedom collaborator), José María Prada (bartender), José Calvo (Sullivan), Vittorio Pronzatto [as Victor Pronzet], Marisol Luna [as Mary Sol Luna], Alfredo Muñiz (extortion victim), Angelita Tamayo (Señorita de Echague), Ignacio de Paúl [as Pedro Ignacio Paul](Valdez), Pepa Bravo, Jerónimo Montoro, José G. Rey, Pepa Ruiz, Ignacio de Córdoba
- Also with: Antonio Molina Rojo (soldier), Fernando Delgado
- Novel: Jose Mallorqui
- Story: Pedro Masó, Pedro Chamorro, Jesus Franco
- Screenplay: Pedro Chamorro, Jesus Franco
- Cinematography: Ricardo Torres [black & white]
- Music: Odón Alonso, Jesus Franco (as J. Franco)
- Producers: Ismael Palacio Bolufer, Salvador Elizondo, Fernando Soler, Gonzalo Elvira
Synopsis
Cesar (Abel Salazar), returns to California from the East to find the former Mexican territory under US dominion. A local rebellion has been crushed and, after increasing evidence of Yankee cruelty, Cesar takes up the patriotic cause under the guise of El Coyote, a masked gunslinger with a natty black outfit.