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Description of this Once Upon a Time in the Revolution Poster
Once Upon a Time in the Revolution is a 1971 Zapata epic western film, directed and co-written by Sergio Leone, starring Rod Steiger, James Coburn, and Romolo Valli.
Set during the Mexican Revolution of the 1910s, the film tells the story of Juan Miranda, an amoral Mexican outlaw, and John Mallory, a former member of the Irish Volunteer Army. After accidentally meeting in unfriendly circumstances, Juan and John unwittingly become heroes of the revolution, despite being forced to make heavy sacrifices.
This is the second film in Leone’s unofficial Once Upon a Time in the West trilogy, which includes the earlier Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) and the later Once Upon a Time in America (1984), the last Western film directed by Leone, considered by some to be one of his most overlooked films.
In revolution-torn Mexico in 1913, Juan Miranda, a Mexican outlaw and head of a family of bandits, robs a wealthy men’s stagecoach and rapes a female passenger who insults him.
John H. Mallory, an Irish Republican explosives expert, who works in Mexico as a prospector money, passes by on a motorcycle. Juan discovers his skill with dynamite and nitroglycerin and asks John (who is initially called “Seán”) to help him rob the Mesa Verde National Bank. After John refuses, Juan frames him for the murder of his employer and several soldiers, making him a wanted criminal and offering to “protect” him in exchange for his help. John reluctantly agrees to help Juan rob the bank, but escapes en route to Mesa Verde. Arriving in the city before Juan, John makes contact with Mexican revolutionaries led by Doctor Villega and agrees to use his explosives in their service. When Juan arrives, John inducts him into the revolutionaries’ ranks. The bank is attacked as part of an orchestrated attack on the Mexican army. Juan, who is only interested in the bank’s money, is shocked to discover that it has none and is instead being used by the army as a political prison. John, Juan, and his family end up freeing hundreds of prisoners, inadvertently (and against his will) making Juan a “great, great, glorious hero of the revolution.” The revolutionaries are pursued into the hills by an army detachment led by Colonel Günther Reza. John and Juan volunteer to stay behind with two machine guns and dynamite. Much of the Mexican army detachment is destroyed while crossing a bridge, which John blows up. Colonel Reza, who commands an armored vehicle, survives. After the battle, John and Juan discover that most of their comrades, including Juan’s father and children, have been killed by the army in a cave that was serving as a rebel hideout. Grief-stricken and enraged, Juan goes to fight the army single-handedly and is captured. John sneaks into the camp, where he witnesses the execution of several of his fellow revolutionaries by firing squad. They had been informed by Doctor Villega, who had been tortured by Colonel Reza and his men. John then recalls a similar betrayal by Nolan, his best friend in Ireland. After Nolan identifies John, John kills two British soldiers and then kills Nolan, making him a fugitive and forcing him to flee Ireland. Juan faces his own firing squad, but John arrives and blows up the wall with dynamite just in time. They escape on John’s motorcycle.
John and Juan hide in the animal car of a train.
The train stops to pick up the tyrannical Governor Don Jaime, who is fleeing (with a small fortune) from the revolutionary forces of Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata. When the train is ambushed, John, to test Juan’s loyalty, gives him the choice between shooting the governor and accepting a bribe from him. Juan kills Jaime and steals the governor’s loot. When the stagecoach doors open, Juan is greeted by a large crowd and, once again, is unexpectedly hailed as a great hero of the revolution. The money is taken away by the revolutionary General Santerna.
On the train of revolutionary commanders, John and Juan are joined by Dr. Villega, who has escaped. John is the only one who knows about Villega’s betrayal. They learn that Pancho Villa’s forces will be delayed for 24 hours and that an army train carrying 1,000 soldiers and heavy weapons, led by Colonel Reza, will arrive in a few hours that evening, sure to overwhelm the rebel position. John suggests booby-trapping a locomotive with dynamite and sending it to attack. He needs another man, but instead of choosing Juan, who volunteers, he chooses Doctor Villega. Villega understands that John knows about the betrayal, but John says he used to judge people, but no longer does. John begs him to jump from the locomotive before it hits the army train, but Villega feels guilty and stays on board. John jumps in time and the two trains collide and explode, killing Villega and several Mexican soldiers.
The revolutionaries’ ambush is successful, but as John approaches Juan, Colonel Reza shoots him in the back. Juan, enraged, shoots the colonel dead with a machine gun. As John lies dying, he continues to remember Nolan and a young woman they both supposedly loved. Juan kneels beside him to ask him about Doctor Villega. John keeps the doctor’s secret and tells Juan that he died a hero of the revolution. As Juan goes to get help, the mortally wounded John knows his end is near and sets off a second charge he had secretly prepared in case the battle turns ugly. Horrified by his friend’s sudden death, Juan stares at John’s burning remains, before turning to the camera and sadly asking, “What about me?”