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    Singer Not the Song, The (1961)

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    The Singer Not The Song is set during the 1950s in a small isolated Mexican village.

    Local Roman Catholic priest Father Gomez (Leslie French) is a terrified older man with a broken spirit. During his time in the village of Quantano, he has fought hard to keep his flock of parishioners, in spite of threats and intimidation from local bandit Anacleto Comachi (Dirk Bogarde) and his men.

    Leather-clad Comachi has imposed his tyrannical rule over the region for many years but the local Police can never find any witnesses to come forward and testify to any wrongdoing, so he goes unchallenged and unpunished.

    The church replaces Father Gomez with the younger, more energetic Irish priest, Father  Michael Keogh (John Mills).

    The departing Gomez warns Father Keogh of the dangers of defying Anacleto Comachi’s authority but Father Keogh administers his daily priestly duties at the village church, openly defying the bandit and engaging him in a battle of wills which ultimately results in a final gunfight showdown.

    Anacleto Comachi
    Dirk Bogarde
    Father Michael Keogh
    John Mills
    Locha de Cortinez
    Mylène Demongeot
    Old Uncle
    Laurence Naismith
    Police Captain
    John Bentley
    Father Gomez
    Leslie French
    Presidente
    Eric Pohlmann
    Vito 
    Norman Florence
    Pedro de Cortinez
    Roger Delgado
    Phil Brown
    Philip Gilbert
    Chela
    Selma Vaz Dias
    Pablo
    Laurence Payne
    Dona Marian
    Jacqueline Evans
    Pepe
    Lee Montague
    Jasefa
    Serafina Di Leo

    Director
    Roy Ward Baker

    Video

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