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A Balasaur Score of 71 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 80%. Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 88% of the 151 1970s western movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
Cattle baron John Chisum joins forces with Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett to fight the Lincoln County Land War in the New Mexico Territory of 1878.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes80%
Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do.
212 audience votes
Key crew
- Andrew V. McLaglenDirector
- Andrew J. FenadyWriter
- Dominic FrontiereOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- John WayneJohn Chisum
- Forrest TuckerLawrence Murphy
- Christopher GeorgeDan Nodeen
- Ben JohnsonJames Pepper
- Glenn CorbettPat Garrett
- Andrew PrineAlex McSween
- Bruce CabotSheriff Brady
- Patric KnowlesHenry Tunstall
- Richard JaeckelJess Evans
- Lynda Day GeorgeSue McSween
- Geoffrey DeuelBilly 'The Kid' Bonney
- Pamela McMylerSallie Chisum
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Themes
gunslingermonopolymoral conflictcattle drivegun battlecattlehistorical eventwagon trainpossenostalgicquick drawland war
The Best Movies of 1970
Chisum is #35 of 60
