Monday, May 7, 2012

The Texican (1966)

Columbia Pictures
Directed by Lesley Selander
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Columbia TriStar)

Audie Murphy hunts down his brother's killer in Mexico border country. Broderick Crawford is the heavy who runs crooked card games in the saloon at Rimrock, backed up by hired guns. Audie romances a couple of local ladies while following the clues which inevitably lead to a showdown in the dusty, windswept streets. This Spanish production feels like a spaghetti western, with a twangy soundtrack by Nico Fidenco, uneven dubbing for the supporting cast and a tendency to emphasize violence and women over plot.

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