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Released
1970 · FILM

Two Mules for Sister Sara

A roguish mercenary teams up with a mysterious nun to outwit ruthless bandits and thwart a French garrison in war‑torn Mexico, hoping to secure her safety while chasing his own profit. Their uneasy alliance ignites a high‑stakes showdown that could change the fate of both rebels and believers alike.

CLINT EASTWOOD...the deadliest man alive...takes on a whole army with two guns and a fistful of dynamite!

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Runtime
114 min
AdventureDramaRomance

Synopsis

A wandering mercenary named Hogan rescues a nun, Sister Sara, from the unwanted attentions of a band of rogues on the Mexican plains, unaware of the consequences. Their chance encounter leads to the destruction of a train and a French garrison, and sparks a connection between them that endures despite a shocking discovery.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 18

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Robert F ShugrueShot by Gabriel FigueroaScored by Ennio Morricone

Box Office

1970 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 2.0× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$5.0M

Budget$2.5M
Worldwide gross$5.0M
break-even (2.5×)

Also known as

  • Ein Fressen für die Geierde
  • Sierra torridefr
  • Gli avvoltoi hanno fameit

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