The read
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
Karl Westover, an inexperienced farm boy, runs away after unintentionally killing a neighbor, whose family pursues him for vengeance. He meets Barbarosa, a gunman of near-mythical proportions, who is himself in danger from his father-in-law Don Braulio, a wealthy Mexican rancher. Don Braulio wants Barbarosa dead for marrying his daughter against the father's will. Barbarosa reluctantly takes the clumsy Karl on as a partner, as both of them look to survive the forces lining up against them.
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Metacritic78/100
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
47 audience votes
Key crew
- Fred SchepisiDirector
- William D. WittliffWriter
- Bruce SmeatonOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Willie NelsonBarbarosa
- Gary BuseyKarl Westover
- Isela VegaJosephina
- Gilbert RolandDon Braulio
- Danny De La PazEduardo
- Alma MartinezJuanita
- George VoskovecHerman Pahmeyer
- Sharon ComptonHilda
- Howland ChamberlainEmil
- Jake BuseyCook Boy
- Harry CaesarSims
- Wolf MuserFloyd
Stills
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Themes
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