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Re: Was the Apostle Paul a former terrorist?
THE WRATH OF GOD (1972)
Cast
Robert Mitchum as Van Horne
Frank Langella as De la Plata
Rita Hayworth as Senora de la Plata
John Colicos as Col. Santilla
Victor Buono as Jennings
Paula Pritchett as Chela
Directed by
Ralph Nelson
From a screenplay by
Nelson
Music by
Lalo Schifrin
Photographed by
Alex Phillips Jr
Based on the book by
James Graham
Western
111 minutes
| Roger Ebert
September 18, 1972 |
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There's a scene in a 1968 movie called "Five Card Stud" where Robert Mitchum plays a preacher with a gun hidden in his Bible. Dean Martin, who is the local terrorist, notices that Mitch has the Bible upside down. "If that IS a Bible," he says, "read it. If that ain't a Bible, drop it."
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Well, you can't win 'em all. But you can come better prepared the next time, which is what Mitchum does in "The Wrath of God." This time, he's a priest with a gun concealed inside his Bible. And when the bad guys make him drop the Bible, he falls back on his reserves: a switchblade in his cross. He is no ordinary priest.
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