As a lifelong Glenn Ford fan this was a must see western. My mag review only gave it 2 stars out of 5 but I would up that to 3 as although it has some jerky editing, the cinematography is pretty good with some really interesting angles and landscape. Inger Stevens was a beautiful blonde actress who tragically died far too young and it was nice to see her again after many years. She plays a too young love interest for old Glenn who must be in his 50's here and I always find these age differences jarring in the sexes. George Hamilton plays a Confederate captain with a rag tag of serving men who have been captured by Ford's Union troop and they subsequently escape, kidnapping Inger, forcing Ford and his men to persue them across rugged terrain and desert which I found very entertaining. Oddball supporting cast has the late great Harry Dean Stanton giving the best, low key performance. Harrison Ford was supposed to be there somewhere on the Union side but I couldn't spot the few seconds he must have been on screen so perhaps that's some fun you can have watching this. The action is one of the best things as it's quite relentless so I was never bored and it's well staged. Quite brutal in places but has humourous moments too. I enjoyed it anyway.
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