Duck, You Sucker!
Duck, You Sucker! (Italian: Giù la testa, lit. "Duck Your Head", "Get Down"), also known as A Fistful of Dynamite and Once Upon a Time ... the Revolution, is a 1971 epic Zapata Western film directed and co-written by Sergio Leone and starring Rod Steiger, James Coburn, and Romolo Valli.
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| Directed by | Sergio Leone |
| Screenplay by | Luciano Vincenzoni Sergio Donati Sergio Leone |
| Dialogue by | Roberto de Leonardis Carlo Tritto |
| Story by | Sergio Leone Sergio Donati |
| Produced by | Fulvio Morsella |
| Starring | Rod Steiger James Coburn Romolo Valli Maria Monti Rick Battaglia Franco Graziosi |
| Cinematography | Giuseppe Ruzzolini |
| Edited by | Nino Baragli |
| Music by | Ennio Morricone |
Production companies | Rafran Cinematografica Euro International Films San Miura United Artists |
| Distributed by | Euro International Films (Italy) United Artists (International) |
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Running time | 157 minutes |
| Countries | Italy Spain United States |
| Languages | Italian English Spanish |
| Box office | ₤1.829 billion (Italy) 4,731,889 admissions (France) |
Set during the Mexican Revolution of the 1910s, the film tells the story of Juan Miranda, an amoral Mexican outlaw, and John Mallory, a former member of the Irish Volunteer Army. After they accidentally meet under less-than-friendly circumstances, Juan and John involuntarily become heroes of the Revolution, despite being forced to make heavy sacrifices.
It is the second film of Leone's unofficial Once Upon a Time Trilogy, which includes the previous Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) and the subsequent Once Upon a Time in America (1984). The last western film directed by Leone, it is considered by some to be one of his most overlooked films.