Telly Savalas, Robert Shaw, Stella Stevens

A group of Mexican revolutionaries murders a town priest and a number of his christian followers. Ten years later, a widow arrives in town intent to take revenge from her husband's killers.

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Unrated, 95 min.

Directed by: Robert Parrish

Release Date: January 1, 1971

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DVD Release Date: November 22, 2005

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  • September 30, 2009
    This is wannabe spaghetti western, My Copy came from the Wild West Box Volume 2, The film quality was at best poor, Stella Stevens plays the widow looking for her husbands killer. 10 years before in this town a priest and a group of Christian followers were massacred one of which...( read more) was Stella's husband. Telly Savalas plays a sleazy Mexican dude who is the leader of the group. So what we have is 90 minutes of lets find out who done it, but we knew 5 min into the movie, so we have fighting shootouts and in the end good fine killing. Nothing more then 2 stars.
  • November 23, 2009
    Primitive, and beautiful. A movie so gritty that you will be spitting the taste of dirt out of your mouth for hours afterwards with a strange and uncontrollable hankering for a stogy and a bourbon.

    So Telly Savalas was pretty much the perfect actor for these type of film...( read more)s. C-rated 70's westerns. Of all of his roles, the most memorable for me is where he portrays Pancho Villa.

    Interesting Telly Savalas fact: Savalas started out as an executive director and then senior director of the news special events at ABC. He then became an executive producer for the Gillette Cavalcade of Sports where he gave Howard Cosell his first job. Verrrrry interesting. Would we not have been delivered Howard Cosell if it had not been for Savalas?? sidenote: (He also portrayed Pontus Pilote in "The Greatest Story Ever Told")

    Alright, here is a fair warning for anyone getting ready to delve into this realm of Western cinema. This filmwork is so primitive, you might find yourself ready to freak out, and gouge your eardrums out of your skull on account of the incredibly shoddy camerawork along with unbelievably terrible sound.

    Now that all of the negatives are out in the open, let's explore what is to love about this film. Again, the grit, and grime is something to really appreciate. Clearly, a lot of alcohol was consumed in the making of this film. Also, the location of the filming is amazing. An old Mexican village, out in the desert. A story of revenge, and deceit, and a gang of ruthless murderers and criminals.

    Dig your spurs in, and let the dust settle into your boots. Let your esophagus fill with dirt. Light up a cigar, and pour another whiskey. Piano man, play me a waltz... and find me a decent wench!
  • April 13, 2009
    I Want See The Movie.Betty
  • January 15, 2008
    looks very very good
  • August 21, 2007
    i would like to see this one..

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