Tuesday, March 29, 2011

The Wild Country (1970)


Walt Disney
Directed by Robert Totten
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Walt Disney)

Steve Forrest transplants his family from Pittsburgh to Wyoming. They buy a cheap, dilapidated farm and start fresh. They get help from old pro Jack Elam and his Indian buddy. They are dependent on a mountain stream for their water, which is controlled by a dam owned by a violent rancher. The law is summoned to settle the dispute, but meanwhile they fight it out with fists. If that wasn't enough, a tornado nearly destroys their farm. It all works out in the end, this is Disney after all, though it's surprisingly violent and features a real horse birth scene.

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