This is a decent well made western. It's not some classic of the western genre but it's a professional production with a good story, good action and good actors. Anthony Quinn is am army deserter who disguises himself as a priest. He ends up in a Mexican town called San Sebastian which is under siege from bad guy Charles Bronson. Quinn rallies the villagers to fight off Bronson and his gang.
The director is a man called Henri Verneuil who specialized in traditional French film making. He was not a member of the "new wave" bunch to put it mildly. If you wanted solid dependable technique in the classic tradition of movie making, Verneuil was your man.
Guns For San Sebastian has a good score by Ennio Morricone and say what you want about Anthony Quinn, a larger than life actor. He's a commanding presence in this film.
Written by Serge Gance, Miguel Morayta, Ennio de Concini, and James R Webb who apparently did the engilish version of this film. The running time is 111 minutes.
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