Viva Cangaceiro
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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Top Cast
Tomas Milian
Espedito/Miguein "The Redeemer"
Ugo Pagliai
Vicenzo
Howard Ross
Vincent Helfer/Hoffman
Eduardo Fajardo
Governor Branco
Leo Anchóriz
Colonel Minas
Mário Gusmão
Black Devil
Alfredo Santacruz
Jesús Guzmán
Claudio Scarchilli
José Carlos Farias
M. de Moura
Irio Fantini
Quinto Gambi
Pedro
Aldo Gasparri
Bob Leo
Goffredo Unger
Baby do Brasil (Baby Consuelo)
Crew
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