Like Barot & Moreau? Easily pleased? Like lots of simplistic colour and movement? - this could be your show. It's a typically messed-up international co-production made for little reason other to exploit the teaming of two French beauties, one of whom was worthy of far better things (that's the late great Moreau of course). The script & direction (both Louis Malle), action and settings, are filled with subpar predictability and waste the talents of top French cinematographer Henri Decae and composer Georges Delerue. American society pretty boy George Hamilton, is reduced to the level of a guest star even though included in the main male line up. He is clearly the token American to boost the international sales. This is totally unworthy, unless you're into women simplistically flaunting their underwear to cover the lack of quality writing. Make better use of your time.

I love this movie from beginning to end this is one of the best movies from 1960s a very commercial one at the time of the movie Brigitte Bardot and Jeanne Moreau were at the peak of their fame Moreau was the erotic and intellectual muse of the best European director of the time and Bardot was the queen of the cinema her beauty was at the top she has no rival,by this time both star has work with Louis Malle he was at some point Moreau lover, the movie is set in the time of the Mexican revolution is a western and a musical at the same time, very well done and one of the biggest international hit of Moreau and B.B career , Claudio Brooks is in the movie a major Mexican actor and the star of Simon en el Desierto by Luis Bunuel, i just love this movie, George Hamilton is in it too , this IS a movie with the two most famous European star of the 20 century

This film begins with a little girl and her father blowing up everything British. It seems they are Irish revolutionaries and again and again, you see them attacking things in the UK and then later in their colonies. In what had to be British Honduras (Belize), the girl is now older and is played by Brigitte Bardot--a very, very odd choice to play an Irish lady! She is forced to blow up a bridge with her father on it, so soon she embarks on a solo career.A bit later, Maria (Bardot) happens upon a French traveling show in Central America and another Maria (Jeanne Moreau) makes her part of her act. For now, the more lethal Maria stops killing people and spends her time singing and being wined and dined by various men. However, when the other Maria (Moreau) falls in love with a handsome revolutionary (George Hamilton), things change. Hamilton is soon killed by the cruel general and so Moreau vows to continue his revolution. It goes badly at first---until the mad bomber Maria joins the fight. Then the two ladies lead a successful revolution and become folk heroes.The film is a bizarre combination of action, adventure, music and comedy. Frankly, I didn't think all that much of the comedy and didn't laugh at their exploits. It was mildly interesting but that's all. In fact, it all seemed a tad lightweight and silly.This, to me, was a curious misfire from writer/director Louis Malle. The film is nothing like the more serious movies he was later known for and didn't particularly impress me. It is entertaining in a mindless sort of way and Bardot was a knockout to look at, but that's really about it.

Whilst it's true that inside every fat man is a thin man trying to get out the same thing doesn't apply to every big-budget movie but in this case it does. It seems evident that once Louis Malle had secured the services of Moreau and Bardot they financiers kept throwing money at him and demanding a bigger movie than the traffic would bear. Apparently Malle had seen and admired Vera Cruz and thought it might be fun to substitute two gals for Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster and who knows, he may have been right. As it stands we'll never know and we are left with an uneven film with a fine performance from Paulette Dubost, a non-performance from George Hamilton and not much chemistry between the two leads. I don't know about you but I've had it up to here with 'revolution' movies set in South America so it already had one strike on it before I took my seat. I managed to sit through it and though I admire the Malle of Milou en Mai, Au Revoir, Les enfants, Zazie dans le metro etc I won't be looking for the DVD of this one.