(1974) Guns and Guts/ Las viboras cambian de piel DUBBED SPAGHETTI WESTERN

Co-produced and directed by René Cardona Jr. That consists of two bearded men (Pedro Armendáriz Jr. And Rogelio Guerra) beating up some men and after the same man. And along the way they would soon come across a playboy (Jorge Rivero) who has a way with the ladies, and after a misunderstanding he eventually tags along. And by the time all three reaches to the next town, it turned out he also happens to be a professional hired gunman. It turned out that man the two bearded men were after happens to be a sheriff or authority figure of another town of town's prison.

"Guns and Guts" consists of remnants of "For A Few Dollars More" with the ending that is reminiscent of "The Dirty Dozen". There is like a single full frontal nude scene moment, and it was part of the failed comedic routine. And the revelation is that one single person the bearded men wanted to kill, one of them is related to him while the other was double crossed. Another movie quickie fail with not much to show for it.

GUNS AND GUTS is a cheapjack Mexican imitation of a spaghetti western, directed by the ubiquitous Rene Cardona Jr. with his typical enthusiasm if no particular skill. What you notice immediately is just how derivative this is of previous fare, particularly American westerns. Our loner hero, as played by the taciturn Jorge Rivero, is on the hunt for gold with lots of bad guys between him and it. There are gambling scenes, fights and the usual shoot-outs, as well as a lengthy game of strip poker plonked right into the middle of it all. The best part is undoubtedly the ending, an astonishingly open rip-off of the ending of THE WILD BUNCH, done in an extremely low rent exploitative fashion.

I only watched this movie to take advantage of a rare opportunity to see the wonderful Zulma Faiad. Here she plays The prostitute girlfriend of the main character played by Jorge Rivero. It's hard to find a movie with her in it so I had to watch this. Ever since I first saw her on Spanish TV years ago I have always thought that she was possibly the most exotic and sexy women on the planet. Was it worth my time? Yes it certainly was! Oh, I almost forgot. The movie was ok.