Guns of Diablo (1965)

Director:

Boris Sagal

Writers:

Berne Giler (screenplay), Robert Lewis Taylor (novel)

Stars:

Charles Bronson, Susan Oliver, Kurt Russell

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Charles Bronson	...	Linc Murdock
Susan Oliver	...	Maria Macklin
Kurt Russell	...	Jamie McPheeters
Jan Merlin	...	Rance Macklin
John Fiedler	...	Ives
Douglas Fowley	...	Mr. Knudsen
Rayford Barnes	...	Dan Macklin
Ron Hagerthy	...	Carey Macklin
Robert Carricart	...	Mendez
Morris Ankrum	...	Ray Macklin
Russ Conway	...	Doctor McPheeters
Maurice Wells	...	Girard
Mike De Anda	...	Bryce (the Blacksmith) (as Mike de Anda)
Susan Flannery	...	Molly

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

saddle | old flame | six shooter | colt 45 | cattle drive | 

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Genres:

Western

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 January 1965 (West Germany)

Also Known As:

...und knallten ihn nieder

Filming Locations:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

In the final standoff between Linc and Rance: as Rance falls forward to the ground his "mark" is clearly visible at his feet.

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Connections

Edited from The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (1963)

User Reviews

GUNS OF DIABLO {Feature-Length Version Of TV Series THE TRAVELS OF JAMIE McPHEETERS} (Boris Sagal, 1964) **

Watchable Western programmer of the most elementary kind, this was actually culled from episodes of an obscure TV series THE TRAVELS OF JAMIE McPHEETERS. Charles Bronson is O.K. as the taciturn hero (though obviously far away from the mythic quality of his "Harmonica" character in Sergio Leone's ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST [1968], the masterpiece which belatedly shot him to stardom), Kurt Russell is the likable boy in his charge and Douglas Fowley plays an eccentric old prospector whom the latter befriends (eventually becoming his beneficiary).

The narrative presents a HIGH NOON (1952)-type situation where Bronson meets an old flame he believed dead and is then confronted by her husband (Bronson's nemesis back in the day) and his two brothers. While the quality of the transfer on the budget DVD I watched left a lot to be desired (including several unnatural transitions betraying its modest TV origins), the film itself manages a couple of good action climaxes.