Walter Reade Organization
Directed by Monte Hellman
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(Blu-ray, Criterion Collection)
Three cowpokes traveling across the desert west stop for a break at a remote shack. They find five men cramped into the space, one of whom is wounded. They don't believe the men's story for a minute, but decide to eat and stay the night. In the morning they are awakened by gunshots from a posse who have surrounded the shack. Mistaken for criminals, the three of them make a break on their horses, but one of them is shot and killed. The other two, Cameron Mitchell and Jack Nicholson, trek across the harsh landscape with the posse in pursuit. They find a ranch house where a farmer, his wife and daughter live a simple life. They reluctantly take them hostage and hideout from the posse. However, they are discovered leading to a shootout. Only one escapes alive. Shot immediately after The Shooting, on the same locations and with some of the same cast. It is more straightforward and less successful, with the simple-minded main characters a major drawback.
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