This scene is missing in the UK version, you see them riding towards each other and suddenly they are down on the ground, rising up. Tanner basically has proven that he lacks courage in front of his men, and he's not willing to risk his life to get Gay Erin back. Your Ticket Confirmation # is located under the header in your email that reads "Your Ticket Reservation Details". The conclusion amounts to something of a letdown, but everything up till then is pretty good. Directed by Edwin Sherin. After being lent help and rest by his friend, Valdez will seek revenge for what Frank and his cronies did to him. So when I became, for a time, part of the cast of "Justified," the FX TV series based on Leonard's work, I hoped that I would actually get to say some real Leonard dialog. Still, Icant imagine reading a lot of books like this not in a row, certainly. A former Apache hunter, who has lost his taste for violence, becomes embroiled in a running duel across a scorched, rugged terrain with a gang of gunrunnersall over a lousy 100 bucksand honorand a woman. The one man apocalypse that is Bob Valdez kidnaps Tanner's fiance Gay Erin(SUSAN CLARK)and escapes deep into the mountains. When it comes to keeping the peace, former frontier sheriff. (765) 6.7 1 h 30 min 1971 PG-13. Second, a Brigadier General would not have commanded a regiment (let alone a company or troop). That leaves Tanner to do his own dirty workif he can. Not very artful and undermined by some flat characterizations and run-of-the-mill elements; but Lancaster is very good and there are some inspired moments. Thats a really good point about the fading of the widow from his mind: by the end she is the occasion of the whole catastrophe but no longer the reason for it. Valdez Is Coming boldly recreates America's western frontier, a place where life was sometimes cheap. Revenge is widely used as a theme in popular culture of the 20th century, well beyond the Western genre, though from my own reading I cant come up with any examples of it in more serious works of literature. Frank Silvera. He said to himself, What is the sky to me? I cut you loose!" Also of special note is Barton Heyman, who plays the world-wise Segundo, who quickly realizes that they are not after any ordinary man, and provides a great surprise ending. Any author careful and thoughtful enough to give a damn about just things surely doesnt deserve the dubious honor of pulp a style defined by its willful indifference to good taste and sensitivity. And I think there's nothing more important in writing than getting it right, the way people sound. If Frankensteins monster (with whom I strongly sympathize and identify like me, he loves Goethe!) Although, Tanner is the main obstacle, Valdez is also challenged by Tanner's formidable collection of professional gunmen assembled by his experienced right-hand man, El Segundo (Barton Heyman). Valdez, while holed up in the mountain, kills eleven of Tanner's hired gunslingers, and in the end faces Tanner down still demanding compensation as the remaining gunslingers refuse anymore to obey Tanner's orders. We wont be able to verify your ticket today, but its great to know for the future. The dialogue is cool and captures that nonchalance that is so characteristically Elmore Leonard. Filmed in parts of southern Spain previously utilized by Sergio Leone, this is not a spaghetti western. Ive never been able to read Leonards crime fiction, but Ive not tried his westerns. Probably. Valdez recovers and summons up his days in the U.S. Cavalry in order to fight them. The desert-like terrain of this isolated region of Spain resembles the U.S. southwest and parts of Sonora, Mexico, though the vegetation is not the same. All Albuquerque's Billy Ray Valdez knows is that, since then, he's wanted to be a professional MMA fighter. No Name. May 19It might have been the 2007 fight between Georges St-Pierre and Matt Serra, won by Serra in a monumental upset, that lit the fire. Although many might not like the ending, I actually liked when the movie faded to black. What was wonderful was how well these writers captured the essence of Elmore Leonard: the clarity, the boiled-down-to-its-primary-ingredient precision, the humor to be found in the worst possible circumstances, the ability to flip a familiar phrase around to make it new and better. I am not 100% sure revenge accurately sums up what he wants, though: that sounds petty, but what he wants seems almost grand. Regardless, the film is several notches above the usual Western. He calmly replies, "Or paid the $100. Burt Lancaster made three westerns all in a row. It shouldnt happen but its happening. But, of course, Leonard isnt REALLY a pulp author, any more than Portis is. www.ultimatemovierankings.com/burt-lancaster-movies/. Cinemark This diverse list makes me think that revenge is about as helpful for explaining what a novel is about as marriage: perhaps the revenge plot, like the marriage plot, is primarily a structuring device that provides a framework in which other issues can be explored and possibly resolved. After reading it, I said to a close friend, 'Hey, this is a great story and it'd be another great movie" So, when he told me it already was, I just had to get it and have a look. Yes, Shelleys creature is probably more sympathetic; we at least see and feel his wrongs. . This bare description of the plot will give you some idea of the film's very contemporary racial sensibilities, which though honorable, are simply the dcor of a harmless Western. I think the essential climax of the revenge plot is the moment of recognition of the avenger: the guilty one realizes both that he (all examples that come to mind have guilty males, though the avenger is sometimes a woman) is doomed and at whose hands the doom has come. The men are ordered to shoot, but R.L. He isn't a nice villain. The UK DVD has at least one horse tripping edited. western, outlaw, cowboy, shootout or gunfight, western, cowboy, outlaw, wild or frontier, historical, epic, battle, historic or fought, racism, african american, powerful, hatred or slavery, www.ultimatemovierankings.com/burt-lancaster-movies/. Leonard is generally better known for his crime stories ("Rum Punch" and Get Shorty and "Out of Sight" and "Maximum Bob"), but for me, his most compelling and richest material is his Westerns. I suspect, though, that youre just calling your course premises into question with your concern over the novels racial (and, it might be added, sexual) language. He should have remembered the way the man got up with the cross on his back and was kicked down and got up again and walked away. While hiding from Tanner's posse, Valdez realizes that Gay Erin knows who killed her husband. Parts of the movie reminded me of Point Blank and Payback. Largely made. He is the last gentleman, and to remain that he must often fight. Valdez ends up killing the innocent man and desires all who fingered him to pay for the man's pregnant squaw to have passage home. The experience of a man may be hidden by time, but time cannot hide the experienced man. 7) The Whale Ending Explained. Some have noted similar elements in Sylvester Stallone's sole palatable Rambo item First Blood (war veteran unjustly marginalized and humiliated seeks bloody revenge - although in the genre context it probably owes a debt to the contemporary Western Lonely are the Brave as well). Lancaster is a favorite of mine. Are there anti-detective novels out there? The humiliations suffered by Valdez early on, as well as the ruthlessness of the villains, are of such unequivocal nastiness that the film's ultimate satisfactions come not from the triumph of honor, but from the scope of the revenge. once again hollyWOKE forces its politics into the story. If his dialog isn't the way real Westerners talk, it ought to be. was Bob Valdez's reply when he was asked when he used to hunt and shoot down Indians to eradicate them from rangeland. When it comes to keeping the peace, former frontier sheriff. It has great action, good acting, a superb plot, and a satisfying ending. An incident involving a black man who is holed up in a shack with his native American woman escalates after the man is killed by the town constable, a Mexican who had served in the US Cavalry chasing Apaches. He is not of the people; he is alone. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, or Moment of Vengeance, another Leonard story from that plump Complete Western collection). Hombre? Also "Valdez" ist auch mal wieder einer dieser Filme den man nicht wegen der Story schaut, die ist hier nmlich mehr als dnn und uninteressant. Gritty, well written movie. Whatever liberties it takes with the genre, True Grit is a satisfying Western: it was made into a John Wayne movie, after all. Finally, it might be (mildly) interesting to compare this novel to its original genesis, the short story Only Good Ones (found in the terrific Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard, available at a Books-a-Million near you). Since I am a western fan, I should give his westerns a try. But even the greatest of copyists, of Leonard as with Van Gogh, surely find that it's easy to make the copy look like the original from across the room, but on close inspection, there is a not so readily achieved magic imbedded in the ridges and hollows. 1971 #jolly exciting sequence# Dirty Kunst Video 1.78K subscribers 56 14K views 2 years ago Blahdy. Elmore Leonard's crackerjack western novel "Valdez Is Coming" served as the inspiration for this lively western lensed on location in scenic Spain with Lancaster in top agile form for a 58-year old guy. Vincent Canby of The New York Times praised Lancaster's on-screen presence but wrote that, "A lot of fancy flourishes, which I associate with Mr. Sherin's stage work, are apparent in the film, as in its picturesque groupings of picturesque characters, and in a musical score that's much given to comment on the action. Here he plays a softly spoken (Mexican) constable, who is set up to kill an innocent man. Posters are sourced from TMDb and Posteritati, and appear for you and visitors to your profile and content, depending on settings. Moby-Dick. I used to think Kennedy came up with that line, and several other gems from the same film, but it turns out they were all from an Elmore Leonard short story called "The Captives," which Leonard sold to Argosy magazine for a hundred bucks in 1955, and which was eventually turned into this 1957 film. What you say about True Grit seems right to me: it makes the moves but the tone is different. Easygoing, but crafty and resourceful Mexican constable Bob Valdez (a typically sturdy performance by the always reliable Burt Lancaster) must resort to violence in order to collect one hundred dollars from evil and corrupt rancher Frank Tanner (nicely played to the hateful hilt by Jon Cypher) as compensation for the pregnant Native American widow of a black man Valdez wrongly killed. Valdez tried to smooth things over by consulting with the black man, but hothead RL Davis(Richard Jordan..a bucketful of energy and spunk)open fires before the constable to get the honest proof of the victim's innocence. "Valdez" was actor Jon Cyper"s big-screen debut. This is a great movie, one that deserves watching by anyone interested in the Western, and any Elmore Leonard fan. Third, the 7th Cavalry was stationed on the Great Plains, and was never further south than the Indian Territory (present day Oklahoma), when it was at the Battle of the Washita in November, 1868. [2], When director Sydney Pollack was attached to the property, Lancaster was originally slated to play Frank Tanner with Marlon Brando as Valdez. Watch Charlton Heston Burt Lancaster play a Mexican? I don't get the impression that Leonard had a lot of hard bark on him. By what name was Valdez Is Coming (1971) officially released in India in English? Obwohl Valdez vom leben gezeichnet und wirklich fertig aussieht, ist er irgendwie doch zu weich fr diese knallharte Welt. It is an example of what became known as a "paella Western"; although the setting is ostensibly the American West, it was actually shot in southern Spain. But now there was more to it. Its enough to quote the pitch-perfectcover blurb: They were still laughing when Valdez came back. Valdez is Coming Burt Lancaster (Actor), Susan Clark (Actor), Edwin Sherin (Director) Rated: PG-13 Format: DVD 764 ratings IMDb 6.7/10.0 $3000 FREE Returns Prime Video $3.99 $14.99 Blu-ray $17.49 DVD $30.00 VHS Tape from $1.99 DVD 1 $13.00 $13.00 $21.28 DVD March 14, 2005 1 $13.61 $13.60 $16.44 DVD September 4, 2001 1 $30.00 $28.50 $3.51 "The Tall T" is a Budd Boetticher film starring Randolph Scott with a screenplay by Burt Kennedy. The only one he shows mercy to is Davis, after the gunman screams, "I cut you loose! The band of thugs, unlike the group chasing Chato, were up to the job of killing Valdez, but found their quarry to be more elusive than they had bargained for. I wonder it the way that Portis is anti-western works with certain detective fiction. No, it ends just like that. An angry Valdez has had enough, and is prompted to dust off his old army uniform, take up his musty Buffalo Rifle,his battered Shotgun and his haggard Winchester and raise Cain on Tanner and his men. The action is taut. When Valdez persists, in kindness and gentle-care, Frank to pay $100, he is is attacked and roped to a wooden cross..they send him into the desert this way to perish. My experience of Westerns is mostly cinematic, but the revenge plot seems pretty common to it, from straightforward versions like 7 Men from Now to more subtle variations like the ending of The Furies. The film is based on the 1970 Elmore Leonard novel of the same name.[1]. Gen. Crook and Staff 7th Cavalry Troop A. Apache Territory 8 May 1883. Valdez is freed by one of Tanner's henchmen (Richard Jordan) and, after convalescing, begins waging a one-man war against Tanner, picking off his men with his trusty Sharps rifle. Rating: PG-13. This western is gritty, tough, bloody, and believable. Tanner won't hear of it, however, and punishes Valdez by driving him into the desert with a cross strapped to his back. The current Letterboxd image is not the poster that fascinated me. 'Valdez is Coming' was the first, then 'The Lawman' (which i have not seen) and of course the mighty 'Ulzana's Raid'. Tanner and his men ride up. If I were try to come up with a strict list of requirements, Cask would probably fail because the injuries to the narrator are never shown or even specified, and not knowing for what revenge is being taken dulls its edge considerably. Leonard's splendid way of inventing odd turns of phrase and similes and making them sound as though there were no possible better way to describe something made him, in my opinion, one of the great wordsmiths of the past century. 6) Crash Course in Romance Episode 9 Recap & Review. Valdez is freed by one of Tanner's henchmen (Richard Jordan) and, after convalescing, begins waging a one-man war against Tanner, picking off his men with his trusty Sharps rifle. This is true: just a few weeks back, I happened to pick up another novel from Elmore Leonard called 'Valdez is coming'. Two of essentially the most notable girls, who bore arms in opposition to the United States, have been Blanca Canales and Lolita Lebrn. Valdez Is Coming is a 1971 American Western film directed by Edwin Sherin and starring Burt Lancaster, Susan Clark, Richard Jordan and Jon Cypher. These plans failed to materialize when Lancaster got involved in the 1970 movie Airport. Of course, when he tries to do the honorable thing, he is treacherously dealt with, which leads to one of the most entertaining and compelling westerns ever filmed. Mobilesite. I've no doubt that even my great comrades on the writing staff of "Justified" would submit that Leonard makes imitation look easy, but that he deals in something more mystically elusive than just the brushstrokes. Young, mostly.". At the climax however I was left feeling a little let down. Inside, she was wild as mountain scenery.". A succinct summary of this moment occurs in Sondheims Sweeney Todd when Judge Turpin realizes in whose barber chair he is seated with his throat exposed; both he and Todd have the same line, first the judge in astonished fear, Benjamin Barker!, then Sweeney, in triumph, Benjamin Barker!. Obviously I was aware of the likes of Get Shorty, Out of Sight, Rum Punch, which Tarantino adapted as Jackie Brown, and 52 Pick-Up, but I'm only now discovering films that I'd seen years ago without having an inkling of Leonard's connection with them. Valdez Is Coming. Burt Lancaster plays a Mexican in this one. The Secretary The Secretary, who calls. Like many film fans I suspect, I didn't realise just how many of Elmore Leonard's novels and short stories had been adapted for the screen. The film goes over-the-top showing how bigoted the men are, how they go to great lengths to humiliate Valdez, and that the men are so ruthless that they seem more like animals than human beings. We dont have Books-A-Million up here! The opening scene begins like a Sunday picnic/Turkey shoot: well-dressed couples in period costumes milling around, young boys plunking away with their new rifles. Valdez is freed by one of Tanner's henchmen (Richard Jordan) and, after convalescing, begins waging a one-man war against Tanner, picking off his men with his trusty Sharps rifle. What transpires is a valuable lesson for all. Gay's lover is Frank Tanner(Jon Cypher), the leader of a band of cutthroats who lead the crusade to take out the black man who was mistaken for being the one who killed Gay's husband. Comments that are not civil or constructive will be deleted. Townsmen and friends alike, know little of him or his background, until an uneventful day when a rich and powerful land Baron, incites all to chase and corner an ex-army soldier because he "looks familiar." The only negative about this is that the film is in many ways about race prejudice and you wonder if maybe casting an Anglo in such a role that it might be undermining the central message. how original. The only thing that matters is revenge. But when he comes back a second time with the same request, Tanners men beat him, tie him to a cross, and send him crawling home or, more likely, to die in the dust and the sun. We were actually seeing the men act and talk the way they did in those days. He imbues natural dialog with rhythms that aren't found in nature, but which speak louder and more powerfully than nature. this book), balancing it and/or disguising it with idealized notions of justice and fair play (e.g. Valdez Is Coming is a 1971 American Western film directed by Edwin Sherin and starring Burt Lancaster, Susan Clark, Richard Jordan and Jon Cypher. StarringBurt Lancaster Susan Clark Frank Silvera Jon Cypher Richard Jordan Directed byEdwin Sherin Blutig und spannend gehts hier zur Sache, wenn Banditen vom Rcken des. Whatever else I take off depends on how lucky I get.". Poe particularly relishes the cruelty and bitter triumph of the recognition scene in the latter. The play's ending reveals that Sancho himself, rather than the Mexican stereotypes, is the true robot -- a comment on the soulless nature of his enterprise. Auch das Schauspiel ist eben nur solide, die wahren Schauwerte liegen definitiv in den Schusswechseln. In the early 1970s Burt Lancaster would have been in his late fifties, but (unlike some of his contemporaries who had opted for more sedentary roles) was still keeping himself fit and active in action roles. 25 Jun 2021. Valdez (/ v l d i z, v l d z /; Alutiiq: Suacit) is a city in the Chugach Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska.According to the 2010 US Census, the population of the city is 3,976, down from 4,036 in 2000. When Tanner provokes a shooting that causes the death of an innocent man and Valdez asks him to financially compensate the widow, Tanner refuses to do so and severely humiliates Valdez, who will do . Newly minted North American Fuhrer John Smith (Rufus Sewell) and his wife are aboard. This is a very well respected movie and was directed with a deft touch by Edwin Sherrin. "I had me a quiet woman once. Elmore Leonard, The Actor's and Dialogue Writer's Friend, The Unloved, Part 111: Devil in a Blue Dress, Female Filmmakers in Focus: Cauleen Smith on Drylongso, True Lies Fails to Capture the Charm of the James Cameron Original, Berlinale 2023 Highlights, Part Two: Reality, Manodrome, The Adults, Inside, Golda. Frankenstein. It should be something in your life you plan. Not sure this would happen today. Why you ask! Today, many guitarists sound something like Jimi Hendrix, possibly without even being aware of it. The film opens with a town gathering in the desert led by local Frank Tanner (John Cypher) to which the stage coach carrying Valdez arrives. Occasionally, a film arrives with little or no fanfare and surprises many who expected just another film. It's one of those vendetta entertainments that often frequent the multiplexes in the 60's and 70's when the rules, thanks in large part to Peckinpah's "The Wild Bunch", were starting to be broken. It is Heathcliff who seeks revenge, and his victims are more or less innocent. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Burt Lancaster shows he is an actor of such quality and class plus almost perfect as the quiet man; on a mission for bloody revenge. In Frankenstein, though the monster aims his vengeance at Frankenstein, he does it by the murder of innocents. What Frank and co. doesn't know is that Valdez is a great shot and smart tactician. I just get the impression that he knew deep in his soul how hard-bark people sound. Did the theme more or less disappear from literature after that? Thinking further in the 19th century, Poes Hop-Frog and The Cask of Amontillado largely fit my idea of the revenge plot. ", Another Memorable Elmore Leonard Western Adaptation, Often Overlooked Modern Western and Burt Lancaster Film. I think that spaghetti westerns have been way overrated. 1971 Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. While the monster is portrayed sympathetically at times, I think his murders of the innocent put him beyond most readers willingness to identify and confirm his status as the fiend that Frankenstein terms him. Mexican-American lawman Burt Lancaster is forced to kill a wrongfully accused black man, during a circus-like standoff. He gives new meaning to the word authentic. Leonard's characters talk the way real cowboys and ranchers and trainmen and schoolmarms would talk if they were poets. By the end of the novel Valdez has killed over a dozen men, but even though by then things are more complicated than they seemed at first, theres no doubt that hes in the right, that we are rooting for him as he picks them off one by one in defense of himself but also of the code he cant quite articulate but follows without equivocation. When Sergio Leone's Fistful of Dollars was released, with its uncompromisingly vivid characterizations, sparse, almost symbolic backdrops, and evocative, minimalist scores, the Western was changed forever. The dead man is black, however, and his woman is Apache, so nobody else believes they owe her anything. I have watched this movie many times and enjoy it very much. Cast & Crew Read More Edwin Sherin Director Burt Lancaster [Bob] Valdez Susan Clark Gay Erin Frank Silvera Diego [Luz] Jon Cypher Frank Tanner I have actually taught City of Glass in my detective fiction class: it was fun to work through something that is definitely using but then rejecting many of the tropes and certainties of the genre. <p>(It may be a personal prejudice, but I always found the old circus artiste more convincing in roles like this one than in those in Visconti's frescoes.) Released in 1971, "Valdez is Coming" is a significant Western that champions human dignity. but honor was always priceless. Mind you, this is also very formulaic, but some of the action is unforgettable, particularly when the villains make fun of Bob Valdez and tie a cross to his back and force him to walk through the desert at high noon. After taking out one rider with his shotgun, he tells him to send the message to Tanner "Valdez is coming". is not allowed, Heathcliff wont work. Instead, a Regiment would have been commanded by a Colonel. Coming Soon. The fine acting by the able cast constitutes as another major plus: Lancaster makes for a credible and sympathetic reluctant man of action, Susan Clark gives her role as Tanner's fed-up mistress Gay Erin a substantial amount of class and depth, Frank Silvera does well as Valdez's loyal friend Diego, Barton Heyman likewise impresses as the shrewd El Segundo, Richard Jordan positively oozes as despicable sniveling weakling R.L. Burt Lancaster(who I just thought was great, though he battled with the accent just a bit..a minor squabble)portrays Bob Valdez, a former Apache hunter for the Calvary now a constable who accidentally shoots an innocent black man claimed to have murdered the husband of Gay Erin(the beautiful redheaded Susan Clark). Just confirm how you got your ticket. "[4] Canby's description of the plot is illuminating as to the impact the movie probably made when it came out. That Leonard grew up in Detroit and not Santa Fe or Laramie or Yuma is a bit disconcerting, because it seems impossible that he could write so well of those people without having been one of them his whole life. Some movies should only be seen once, some such as this one, many times. western, outlaw, cowboy, shootout or gunfight western, cowboy, outlaw, wild or frontier violence, action, guns, cops or killing historical, epic, battle, historic or fought racism, african american, powerful, hatred or slavery That line, from "The Tall T," was the one that made me a confirmed Elmore Leonard fan. His side was hanging open and draining his life as he looked at the sky. Your email address will not be published. Thus opens the film and sets the stage for the story of Valdez, the constable, who after killing the innocent man tries to set up a collection for his woman and runs into violent reaction from the wealthy, racist white rancher who wanted the man killed in the first place, and who runs roughshod over his own men, the Mexicans who hired out to him. The dead manwho was black, which also entered into the issueleft an Indian woman, and Valdez wants $200 to get her back to the reservation. Amazon Prime released the final batch of The Man in the High Castle Season 4 episodes on November 15, bringing the series to an end with a closing scene that left many fans confused as dozens of . Actor: Killer's Kiss. More at Valdez himself is an interesting character: though he feels no ambivalence about his specific conflict with Tanner, he is less certain about his own role in life more generally, and the relationship he develops with Tanner's fiance Gay (whom he kidnaps as leverage) adds more nuances. Valdez is the missing link between the wild frontier and the civilized west. Each pivotal character woven within this western tapestry seems to have reached the summit of experience. Aging town constable Bob Valdez (Burt Lancaster) is tricked into killing an innocent African-American man by powerful rancher Frank Tanner (Jon Cypher), whose hired gun R.L. The revenge plot as I conceive it from many Westerns and the examples I mentioned, require that the revenge be taken on the guilty and that the guilty ones recognize that their fate is the result of an act of vengeance. Appalling! Might have been better with a more experienced director. If you are a Burt Lancaster fan, this is one of his last kick ass westerns. False Positive offers a different ending: Lucy refuses to mother the twin . I suppose you could argue that it leaves a dangling ending - what happens to Tanner, etc - but the main conflict is over. The town turns him down; too much money. Get the freshest reviews, news, and more delivered right to your inbox! Then why does each ignore the warnings when they arise before hand? Same as it ever was. I havent read the Leonard novel, but Zachs comments reinforce the impression I got from your description that, while an idea of justice may be the initial motivation, the plot eventually turns into a story of revenge. Stay up-to-date on all the latest Rotten Tomatoes news! Cinemark Taken from an Elmore Leonard novel, Lancaster stars as an aging half-Mexican town Constable who seeks justice for an Indian widow. Clearly, actors in talking pictures can't reveal character very well without dialog. Director Edwin Sherin, working from an engrossing script by Roland Kibbee and David Rayfiel, brings a plausibly gritty aesthetic as well as a provocative moral complexity to this simple, yet strong and compelling tale of justice, principle, and revenge. It might have been the 2008 return match, won by St-Pierre, one of MMA's all-time greats. A few racial epithets later and we realize the man is (a) black and (b) possibly innocent of the crime he is accused of. IMDb It's all agreeable if unremarkable stuff, and with writing that's quick and simple it's a book with plenty of charm. Exciting formulaic revenge Western (made in Spain) as directed by Edwin Sherin (helmed The Great White Hope on Broadway) in his debut feature film that is adapted from a novel by Elmore Leonard. On top of this, the story is its own thing as it defies expectations left and right. 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