The read
Critics rate it 22 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
An ex-army officer accidentally kills a woman's son and tries to make up for it by escorting the funeral procession through dangerous Indian territory.
Ratings
IMDb6.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes83%
Critics rate it 22 points higher than audiences do.
72 audience votes
Key crew
- Marlin SkilesOriginal Music Composer
- Sam PeckinpahDirector
- Albert Sidney FleischmanScreenplay
Cast
- Maureen O'HaraKit Tilden
- Brian KeithYellowleg
- Steve CochranBilly Keplinger
- Chill WillsTurk
- Strother MartinParson
- Will WrightDoctor Acton
- James O'HaraCal, General Store
- Peter O'CrottyMayor of Hila City
- Billy VaughanMead Tildon Jr.
- Chuck HaywardCard Sharp (uncredited)
- Hank GobbleBartender (uncredited)
- Big John HamiltonGambler (uncredited)
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Themes
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