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Acting
Yul Brynner's smoldering intensity—he's playing chess while everyone else plays checkers.
Practical Effects
Absurd gadgets and impossible trick shots that defy physics gloriously.
Score
Brass-heavy bombast that screams '70s Euro-western excess.

Director
Gianfranco Parolini
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