A strange curio from 1972 which takes place south of the border. An Irish ex-pat is about to head home when he's given one last smuggling job to perform only to be enlisted in an assassination scheme hatched by a Spanish revolutionary to off his competitor. Joining him is an English smuggler played by Victor Buono (TV's Batman's King Tut) & 'is he or isn't he' a priest limned by Robert Mitchum. Written & directed by Ralph Nelson who made a few films w/Sidney Poitier (including his Oscar winning turn in Lilies of the Field) , this mish mash feels better suited for someone like Sam Peckinpah who had mastered these kinds of stories of lost men fighting lost causes. Veering unsteadily between brutality & cheap laughs, the conceit never really catches on so we have to suffer through the end product. Featuring an early turn by Frank Langella as the intended target & the last role by Rita Hayworth who plays his mother.
Review of The Wrath of God
