Tepepa


Tepepa, also known as Blood and Guns, is an Italian epic Zapata Western film starring Tomas Milian and Orson Welles. The film was directed by Giulio Petroni. It was co-produced with Spain, where the film was released with the title Tepepa... Viva La Revolución.

Plot

The government of "comrade" Madero does not satisfy the peon Tepepa, who continues his guerilla
battle as a revolutionary, against the government troops together with a group of faithful fighters.
Tepepa is feeling mocked by the ex-revolutionary Madero, who is now head of state. Tepepa finds
himself several times facing the fearsome chief of police, Colonel Cascorro, and is constantly persecuted by an English doctor,
Henry Price. Dr. Price is eager to avenge a girl from a rich family, with whom he was in love, and whom
Tepepa raped, causing her to commit suicide.
During the last fight Cascorro finally manages to wound Tepepa, who has escaped him several times,
but in the decisive battle Cascarro is killed by the revolutionary. Meanwhile, the doctor, who despite
his hatred for Tepepa had remained at the side of the revolutionaries, manages to take revenge on the peon,
killing him with a scalpel immediately after extracting the bullet from his wound.
Henry Price then packs his horse to leave, only to be shot by a young boy named Paquito. The boy claims he did it because the Englishman once said he did not like Mexico.
The death of Tepepa, however, does not mark the end of the revolution, and others will continue the battle in his place.

Cast

The film stars Tomas Milian and Orson Welles in opposing roles. Director Giulio Petroni expressed disappointment with Welles. Petroni claimed that the atmosphere on the set was "terrible," and that Welles called Milian a "dirty Cuban".