A widow arrives with her faithful servant promising to pay $20,000 in gold if the man who killed her husband is found and delivered to her.
The film was financed by Benmar, a wholly owned filmmaking subsidiary of Scotia Investments, the leisure activities group.
[9] Production partly took place at a Mexican fortress set built at Madrid 70 Studios near Daganzo created by Yordan.
In October 1970 Benmar announced they would follow Bastard with ten projects (Captain Apache, They All Came to Kill, Hideout, How to Become a Vampire, Journey Man, Big Blonde, The Tribe that Lost Its Head, Her Private's We, Blood Hunt Mafiosa and Trafalfa), but only Captain Apache was made.
[13] In April 1972 Scotia sold off the rights to five of its pictures, including Bastard, Psychomania, Captain Apache and Bad Man's River.
[14] Kine Weekly said "Story, based on fact, powerful, violent and brutal, but in character, direction brooding, cast excellent.