Two Mules for Sister Sara

film by Siegel [1970]

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"Two Mules for Sister Sara" is a 1970 Western film directed by Don Siegel and starring Clint Eastwood and Shirley MacLaine. The story follows a mercenary hired to escort a nun and her companions across Mexico during the French intervention in Mexico. He soon discovers that the "nun" is actually a prostitute and a con artist, and they develop a complicated relationship as they face numerous dangers together. The film is known for its blend of action, humor, and the chemistry between its leads.12

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Budd Boetticher
Late work
…the story for Don Siegel’s Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970), which starred Clint Eastwood. Arruza was finally released in 1972. His last directorial credit was the documentary My Kingdom For… (1985), which focuses on horses. Boetticher also appeared as a judge in the 1988 crime drama Tequila Sunrise.
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…the story for Don Siegel’s Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970), which starred Clint Eastwood. Arruza was finally released in 1972. His last directorial credit was the documentary My Kingdom For… (1985), which focuses on horses. Boetticher also appeared as a judge in the 1988 crime drama Tequila Sunrise.
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Don Siegel
Films with Eastwood
Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970) was a rather whimsical western with Eastwood as a cowboy who rescues a prostitute pretending to be a nun (Shirley MacLaine) from three would-be rapists; it was based on a Budd Boetticher story. Next was The Beguiled (1971), an…
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Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970) was a rather whimsical western with Eastwood as a cowboy who rescues a prostitute pretending to be a nun (Shirley MacLaine) from three would-be rapists; it was based on a Budd Boetticher story. Next was The Beguiled (1971), an…
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Clint Eastwood
Early life and career
…with Siegel on the western Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970), the psychological Civil War drama The Beguiled (1971), and the prison-break film Escape from Alcatraz (1979). Their best-known collaboration was Dirty Harry (1971), in which Eastwood first portrayed the ruthlessly effective neo-noir police inspector Harry Callahan.
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…with Siegel on the western Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970), the psychological Civil War drama The Beguiled (1971), and the prison-break film Escape from Alcatraz (1979). Their best-known collaboration was Dirty Harry (1971), in which Eastwood first portrayed the ruthlessly effective neo-noir police inspector Harry Callahan.
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