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Turkish title: Köstebek
“The definitive cult spaghetti western”
1970 · 2 h 5 min
Directed by 
Alejandro Jodorowsky
Alejandro JodorowskyCast
Alejandro Jodorowsky 
Brontis Jodorowsky Mara Lorenzio
Plot
A black-clad gunfighter wanders a surreal desert on a mystical quest in a bizarre, violent western.
Sinekatalog’s take
Alejandro Jodorowsky's hallucinatory acid western is violent, mystical and wildly strange. A landmark of midnight cinema, it is more provocation than coherent story, but its images are unforgettable.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.2 / 10 (33,675 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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