The scream of his victims is the only sound he makes.

Starring: Charles Bronson, Jack Palance, James Whitmore, Simon Oakland, Richard Basehart, Ralph Waite, Victor French

DML Rating: ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ - good

"All we got here is a handful of nothing... dirt and dry mouths." - Joshua Everette

Why watch this? Bronson's performance as an Apache on the run from a brutal posse.

Plot Summary: When a half-Apache man shoots a town sheriff in self-defense, he flees back into the hills, knowing that he'll be hung, guilty or not. A posse forms and sets out to find him. This film is very violent, which adds to its realism. I find the make-up of the mob very interesting. It's led by an ex-Confederate Captain, who spends most of his time trying to keep the sadistic, racist Jubal Hooker and his two sons in line - these three brutes cause way more harm than good. Some in the posse members don't agree with Hooker's methods and the group splinters. This all plays into Chato's hands.

Dad's Preview:  Charles Bronson, silent and capable, shines as a man one step ahead of his pursuers. Not too bad for a Polish-American actor from a poor Pennsylvania mining town. This film leans away from the white is right theme of many Westerns. Instead, the Native American possesses the moral high ground, while his white pursuers are half brutal thugs and half morally ambiguous. 

Scimitar Films; United Artists