Set in Mexico under the rule of Emperor Maximilian I, Sabata is hired by the guerrilla leader Señor Ocaño to steal a wagonload of gold from the Austrian army. However, when Sabata and his partners Escudo and Ballantine obtain the wagon, they find it is not full of gold but of sand, and that the gold was taken by Austrian Colonel Skimmel. So Sabata plans to steal back the gold.
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
Yul Brynner
Sabata / Indio Black
Dean Reed
Ballantine
Ignazio Spalla
Escudo
Gérard Herter
Colonel Skimmel
Sal Borgese
Septiembre
Franco Fantasia
Señor Ocaño
Turam Quibo
Gitano, Revolutionary who does Flaminco dance of death
Andrea Scotti
José
Nieves Navarro
Saloon Dancer at Kingsville Texas
Salvatore Billa
Manuel Garcia Otello
Vittorio Fanfoni
Bartender
Bruno Corazzari
Hertz
Giuseppe Castellano
Graduato
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was actually the SECOND Sabata film—Lee Van Cleef returned for the third, making Brynner's one-off appearance the franchise's middle child.
Director Parolini shot this back-to-back with 'The Return of Sabata' using identical locations and crew, explaining the recycled visual DNA.
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