The Appaloosa (1966)
(Southwest to Sonora)
Country: US
Technical: Technicolor/2.35:1 98m
Director: Sidney J. Furie
Cast: Marlon Brando, Anjanette Comer, John Saxon, Emilio Fernández
Synopsis:
A white man returns to his home near the Mexican border after the Civil War with an Apache stallion, intending to start a ranch. But his horse is stolen by a pistolero, and he determines to get it back.
Review:
Unusual 'one man against all' Western, in that the stakes are lower than usual, but then Brando liked playing these mutely determined characters who took a lot of punishment for refusing to back down. Furie incorporates some of the new Spaghetti Western features (leering faces, disfigured badmen, close-ups of weaponry) and Saxon is as good a Mexican as Wallach! In its offbeat nature, and focused narrative, the film makes for compelling viewing.
(Southwest to Sonora)
Country: US
Technical: Technicolor/2.35:1 98m
Director: Sidney J. Furie
Cast: Marlon Brando, Anjanette Comer, John Saxon, Emilio Fernández
Synopsis:
A white man returns to his home near the Mexican border after the Civil War with an Apache stallion, intending to start a ranch. But his horse is stolen by a pistolero, and he determines to get it back.
Review:
Unusual 'one man against all' Western, in that the stakes are lower than usual, but then Brando liked playing these mutely determined characters who took a lot of punishment for refusing to back down. Furie incorporates some of the new Spaghetti Western features (leering faces, disfigured badmen, close-ups of weaponry) and Saxon is as good a Mexican as Wallach! In its offbeat nature, and focused narrative, the film makes for compelling viewing.
(Southwest to Sonora)
Country: US
Technical: Technicolor/2.35:1 98m
Director: Sidney J. Furie
Cast: Marlon Brando, Anjanette Comer, John Saxon, Emilio Fernández
Synopsis:
A white man returns to his home near the Mexican border after the Civil War with an Apache stallion, intending to start a ranch. But his horse is stolen by a pistolero, and he determines to get it back.
Review:
Unusual 'one man against all' Western, in that the stakes are lower than usual, but then Brando liked playing these mutely determined characters who took a lot of punishment for refusing to back down. Furie incorporates some of the new Spaghetti Western features (leering faces, disfigured badmen, close-ups of weaponry) and Saxon is as good a Mexican as Wallach! In its offbeat nature, and focused narrative, the film makes for compelling viewing.