Directed by Paul Wendkos, it stars: George Peppard, Pete Duel, Giovanna Ralli and Raf Vallone, and features a musical score by Elmer Bernstein.

In the novelization of his movie "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood", Quentin Tarantino places fictional actor Rick Dalton (Leonardo DeCaprio) in the role of Jackson Harkness.

When a surprise attack results in six cannons falling into the hands of Cordoba and his men, the United States government puts General John J.

Pershing turns to Captain Rod Douglas, instructing him to gather a group of men to take part in the dangerous mission into the heart of Cordoba's territory.

However, a Mexican lieutenant, Antonio Gutierrez, who holds a personal grudge against Cordoba, approaches him and demands to be part of the operation.

Leonora, who learns that the Mexican government wants to capture Cordoba alive, betrays Antonio and informs the bandit leader of his intentions, hoping that he will reward her for what she has done by allowing her to get closer to him, giving her the opportunity to kill him herself.

When Douglas, Andy, Peter, and Harkness arrive at the camp, posing as sympathizers, they hear of what Leonora has done and decide that they have to act quickly.

Meanwhile, Jackson and Peter turn the cannons on the camp and begin to fire, while Andy and Antonio shoot flares into the buildings.

But they show an unsteady composite hand, for the script (if it has been adhered to) is an unorganized thing and the direction reflects less than modest success in clear story-telling.

The results of films of other companies - for instance Mackenna's Gold, Murphy's War, The Last Valley - as well as our own - Play Dirty, The Bridge at Remagen - indicated a need for substantial downward revisions in assessing proper budget costs for pictures in this category - even with the so-called big name action stars.