4 for Texas

4 for Texas is a 1963 American western comedy starring Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Anita Ekberg, Ursula Andress, and featuring screen thugs Charles Bronson and Mike Mazurki, with a cameo appearance by the Three Stooges . The film was written by Teddi Sherman and Robert Aldrich, who also directed. In 1870 Galveston, Texas, a shipment of $100,000 being transported by stagecoach is the object of a tug-of-war between Zack Thomas and Joe Jarrett , who first must stave off an outlaw band led by Matson . Thomas and Jarrett become rivals in a bid to open a waterfront casino. Each has a new romantic... attachment as well, with the beauties Elya and Maxine , respectively. They eventually must join forces to hold off the villainous Matson and a corrupt banker, Burden , to keep their new gambling boat afloat.The role of Elya was originally intended for Sophia Lorenwho had already worked with Sinatra in The pride and the passion.Despite she was offered $1.000.000 for four weeks of work,she turned down the part. 4 for Texas was filmed in 1.
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