Rod Steiger is a cigar-chomping bandit who teams with James Coburn’s Irish dynamite expert to aid the Mexican revolution in Sergio Leone’s final western, Duck, You Sucker!, an entertaining and underrated entry in the filmmaker’s canon, combining his maverick vision, obsessive close-ups and eye for action with pointed political commentary and an unforgettable Ennio Morricone score.
“Rapturous and more than slightly insane, [Duck, You Sucker!] features one of the most glorious and unforgettable scores by Ennio Morricone. Alone, the soundtrack will bring tears to your eyes, and it adds a great deal to Coburn’s calculated silences.” – Elvis Mitchell, New York Times
