''The Last Traitor'' (, also known as ''Thirteenth Is a Judas'') is a 1971 Italian

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film directed by

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Plot

A wedding is set to take place in

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, Mexico sometime after the American Civil War. Former

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Captain Ned Carter is to marry Mary Belle. Ned's former comrades make up his wedding guests and they feast awaiting the arrival of Marry Belle on a mail stagecoach from

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. The stagecoach arrives, but everyone aboard has been murdered. For what, and by whom? Something doesn't add up, and the mystery only deepens as wedding guests begin to die under suspicious circumstances.

Cast

* Donald O'Brien: Captain Ned Carter *

Maurice Poli Maurice Poli (2 December 1933 – 26 April 2020) was a French actor, mainly active in Italian productions. He is regarded as one of the few actors to have taken part in virtually all the genres developed in Italy in over more than thirty years.Enr ...

: Tim * Dino Strano: Joe (credited as ''Dean Stratford'') * Maily Doria: Mary Belle Owens *

Fortunato Arena Fortunato Arena (23 May 1922 – 7 March 1994) was an Italian stuntman and actor who appeared in more than one hundred films from 1954 to 1989. Selected filmography * '' Theodora, Slave Empress'' (1954) - Una guardia (uncredited) * ''Ben-Hur'' ...

: Richter Stump *

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: Slim *

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: Emilia *

Attilio Dottesio Attilio Dottesio (16 July 1909 – 12 February 1989) was an Italian film character actor and singer. He appeared in 170 films between 1940 and 1985. Born in Brescia, Dottesio began his career in France, where first he obtained some success ...

: General *

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: Fotograf

References

External links

* 1971 films Films directed by Giuseppe Vari Films scored by Carlo Savina Spaghetti Western films 1971 Western (genre) films 1970s Italian films {{1970s-Western-film-stub