Viva Cangaceiro

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Brazil, the 1920s. The sadistic colonel Minas massacres the hometown of a famous cangaceiro (a kind of revolutionary bandit). The only survivor is a young farmer called Espedito; he is nursed back to health by a hermit who thinks he has been sent by God and therefore baptizes him the Redeemer. Espedito/The Redeemer forms his own gang of cangaceiros but doesn’t really understand what he’s doing until he befriends the proverbial European intellectual, a Dutch Oil prospector, who introduces him to important people. Espedito is hired by the Dutchman and a corrupt local governor, but then the Dutchman changes sides …

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Cast

Tomas Milian actor Ugo Pagliai actor

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Howard Ross actor Eduardo Fajardo actor

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Leo Anchóriz actor

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Mário Gusmão actor

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Alfredo Santacruz actor

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Jesús Guzmán actor

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Claudio Scarchilli actor

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José Carlos Farias actor

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M. de Moura actor

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Irio Fantini actor

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Quinto Gambi actor

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Aldo Gasparri actor

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Bob Leo actor

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Goffredo Unger actor

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Baby do Brasil (Baby Consuelo) actor