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00:00 [Sounds of gunfire]
00:13 Anthony Quinn is Def Smith, the man who hears with his eyes and speaks with his gun.
00:22 [Music]
00:26 Frank O'Neal is Johnny Ears in Los Amigos.
00:32 [Music]
00:38 In 1834, Erastus Smith, a deaf mute, and his maverick partner, Johnny Ears,
00:45 two hard-nosed heroes of Texas' War of Independence,
00:49 were sent by Sam Houston to prevent the takeover of the new republic
00:55 by powerful, power-hungry men.
00:58 Men who, with private armies of hired killers,
01:02 were attempting to carve personal empires out of a fledgling nation
01:07 still staggering from the ravages of battle.
01:10 [Music]
01:13 Def Smith and Johnny Ears, their women, their wars.
01:21 [Sounds of gunfire]
01:25 [Music]
01:47 Two men who blasted their legend in Texas history.
01:51 [Sounds of gunfire]
02:04 Two men whose daring and courage were all that stood between democracy and dictatorship.
02:11 Two men, two guns, face a renegade army of professional gunfighters.
02:20 With Texas, the prize.
02:23 [Sounds of gunfire]
02:31 Los Amigos, two men you'll never forget.
02:37 [static]