It is on Prime Video USA in Italian with English subs > Amazon.com
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Only USA?
haven’t checked others yet…
I can also find it on Amazon UK here > Watch Viva Cangaceiro | Prime Video
But where is that elusive English audio? I only care because Milian no doubt did his own dubbing.
I don’t know. Was it ever released on VHS or on TV in English? Otherwise a theatrical print with English audio would have to be located…
Interview with the director in Italian with French subtitles.
Not on Prime in Ireland I can confirm!
‘The Magnificent Bandits’ (aka ‘O’ Cangaçeiro’) opened in the UK at Futurist Cinema, Birmingham on 14th January 1973, initially as a Golden Era presentation with ‘The Amorous Adventures of Uncle Benjamin’ (aka ‘Mon oncle Benjamin’). By 1974/75 it was second-billed with the usual kung fu movies.
Return of the bandits? Thieves removed a £52.50 [approx. £500 in 2025] chocolate vending machine from the wall in the outer vestibule at Bolton’s ABC Cinema. One of the films showing the night before? “The Magnificent Bandits.” (Bolton Evening News, 7th May, 1974)
Sources below: (Leicester Mercury, 17th February, 1973) (Sunday Mercury, [Birmingham], 14th January, 1975)
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There is now an english language version on Youtube, search for
“O Cangaceiro | Full Movie | Western Action | Tomas Milian & Ugo Pagliai | HD”
Strangely enough it doesn’t seem to be Milian’s own voice on the english dub.
or wait for the raro bluray and don’t support these pirated uploads 
No not at all bizarre, well put and this is how it is.
Regarding the english dub, on the other hand this is maybe not the most authentic though.
We like the broken english (with some spanish thrown in) in SWs because they take place in the american southwest. This feels more authentic than an italian dub.
But actually german would be more authentic in this film, apart from portuguese.
Brazilian German is a set of languages, spoken by German Brazilians, High German and Low German, together form a significant minority language in Brazil. “Brazilian German” is strongly influenced by Portuguese and to a lesser extent by Italian dialects as well as indigenous languages. High German and Low Saxon/Low German dialects and other Germanic languages are particularly strong in Brazil’s South and Southeast Regions. German speakers from Germany, Switzerland and Austria make up the largest group of immigrants after Portuguese and Italian speakers. They tended to preserve their language longer than the speakers of Italian, which is closer to Portuguese. German immigration to Rio Grande do Sul started in 1824. The German workers and settlers came from many different regions, but especially from the poor regions Hunsrück and nearby Palatinate.
Many things don’t have to be authentic in a spaghetti western, but it’s nice if language (and also costumes) have an authentic feel.
Oooh that’s exciting. I nearly bought the French release to replace my old French DVD. But let’s see what Raro comes up with…
But German-speaking immigration was mostly in the south. The cangaço was associated with the northeast.
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