Directed by Vincent McEveety
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Encore)
Feature film edited together from episodes of the TV series "The Road West" is enlivened by a great cast and some fine acting. The story is familiar: homesteaders in Kansas try to start a new life while a gang of Rebel outlaws threatens the peace. George C. Scott adds stature to the proceedings as the leader of the gang: a political idealist from the South who gradually begins to see the error of his ways. John Drew Barrymore gives a typically intense performance as a Rebel with a taste for blood in one of his last roles. The women in the cast are quite believable as well: Kathryn Hays as a strong-willed doctor's daughter and Brenda Scott as a jealous daughter. And that's Kelly Corcoran as the young kid, brother of the more famous Disney star Kevin Corcoran. It all takes place on the overly-familiar Universal back lot standing in for Kansas.
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