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Actors: Clint Eastwood, Shirley MacLaine, Manuel Fábregas
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Two Mules for Sister Sara |
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A man, along with some mexican soldiers plans to rob the french garrison. On his way to the town the man encounters a whore disguised as a nun being attacked by 3 men. The man saves the 'nun' and allows her to travel with him. Having spent time in the garrison, and knowing the layout and the schedule, the nun offers to help the man rob it. After a successful robbery, the man finally learns the truth about the woman. However, by that time, they like each other and when the man moves on he takes her with him.
--Brandon Swenson, Resident Scholar
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Based on a Budd Boetticher story, TWO MULES FOR SISTER SARA is a movie directed by Don Siegel in 1970.
Hogan saves sister Sara from the hands of bad boys on his way to Chihuahua. He has to meet there Colonel Beltran who's hired Hogan to help him rob the money from the French garrison.
Sara, who knows a lot of things about the garrison as she once gave spanish lessons to the French officers, will stay with Hogan and live with him exciting adventures that will at last lead them to Chihuahua in the company of Beltran and his Juaristas.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Two Mules for Sister Sara |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 45%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 25%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 19th century
Western
Yes
Kind of western:
- searching for stashed treasure
- robbing bank
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- unemployed
- cowboy
Age:
- 20's-30's
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- red
Hair style
- (woman) short/butch/lez
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn, straight
Body type
- average (woman)
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- none
- enemy army
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
Setting
The Americas (not US):
Yes
The Americas:
- Mexico
Small town?
Yes
Misc setting
- fort/military installation
- building
- church/synagogue
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- non-gory references to death/punishment
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- dozens
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
Kind of violence:
- guns
- swords
Unusual forms of death
- dropped from large heights
- flamed
- perforation--bullets
- perforation--swords/knives
Any profanity?
- None
- Some foul language
Lot of special effects?
Yes
Kinds of F/X
- exploding bombs
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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