The read
Audiences rate it 42 points higher than critics do. Most of the 148 1970s western movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
Clay Lomax, a bank robber, gets out of jail after an 7 year sentence. He is looking after Sam Foley, the man who betrayed him. Knowing that, Foley hires three men to pay attention of Clay's steps. The things get complicated when Lomax, waiting to receive some money from his ex-lover, gets only the notice of her death and an 7 year old girl, sometimes very annoying, presumed to be his daughter.
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes20%
Audiences rate it 42 points higher than critics do.
96 audience votes
Key crew
- Marguerite RobertsScreenplay
- Henry HathawayDirector
Cast
- Gregory PeckClay Lomax
- Patricia QuinnJuliana
- Robert F. LyonsBobby Jay
- Susan TyrrellAlma
- Jeff CoreyTrooper
- James GregorySam Foley
- Rita GamEmma
- Dawn LynDecky
- Pepe SernaPepe
- John Davis ChandlerSkeeter (as John Chandler)
- Paul FixBrakeman
- Arthur HunnicuttHomer Page
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Themes
gunslingerbased on novel or bookchasekidnappingrelease from prisonbank robberfirearmrevengemurdershootoutlittle girlorphan