| Yankee | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Tinto Brass |
| Written by | Alfonso Balcázar Tinto Brass Gian Carlo Fusco Alberto Silvestri |
| Produced by | Francesco Giorgi Antonio Lucatelli |
| Starring | Philippe Leroy |
| Cinematography | Alfio Contini |
| Edited by | Teresa Alcocer |
| Music by | Nini Rosso Puccio Roelens |
Release date |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Yankee is a 1966 Italian-Spanish Western film directed by Tinto Brass and starring Philippe Leroy. [1]
Local crime boss El Grande Concho rules with his gang from an abandoned church over a big territory. Hoping for a substantial payday a bounty hunter called "Yankee" decides to take him on.
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