Rating: PG13
Genre:
Adventure
Release Date: 04/05/2005
SubTitles: English/French
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 117 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Brief Nudity, Adult Situations, Not For Children
Distributor/Studio: Columbia TriStar
Grant (
Ralph Bellamy) is a wealthy rancher who hires four mercenaries to retrieve his wife,
Maria (
Claudia Cardinale), from the clutches of the desperado
Raza (
Jack Palance) in this
Western adventure set in 1917.
Dolworth (
Burt Lancaster) is a munitions expert who joins gunslinger
Fardan (
Lee Marvin), horse trainer
Hans Ehrengard (
Robert Ryan), and longbow master
Jake (
Woody Strode) when the men are offered 10,000 dollars apiece for the safe return of
Grant's kidnapped wife. The cadre travels 100 miles into Mexico to retrieve the woman, whom they later discover wants to remain with
Raza, but they decide to nab
Maria anyway to make good on the money. Soon
Fardan,
Hans, and
Jake are chased across the border by the enraged
Raza and his equally deadly female accomplice
Chiquita (
Marie Gomez), while
Dolworth stays behind to fight off
Raza's Mexican banditos. The film received Academy Award nominations for Best Direction (
Richard Brooks), Best Screenplay (
Brooks again), and Best Cinematography (
Conrad L. Hall).
~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
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