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Ride in the Whirlwind (1965) -- Three cowboys, mistaken for members of an outlaw gang, are relentlessly pursued by a posse.

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Jack Nicholson (writer)
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24 March 1978 (Finland) more
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Cameron Mitchell ... Vern
Millie Perkins ... Abigail

Jack Nicholson ... Wes
Katherine Squire ... Catherine
George Mitchell ... Evan
Rupert Crosse ... Indian Joe

Harry Dean Stanton ... Blind Dick (as Dean Stanton)
John Hackett ... Winslow
Tom Filer ... Otis
B.J. Merholz ... Edgar
Brandon Carroll ... Quint Mapes
Peter Cannon ... Hagerman
William A. Keller ... Roy
Neil Summers (as Neil Summer)
James Campbell
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82 min
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Continuity: Between two shots of the stagecoach passing through a zigzag piece of road, there is a shot showing the horses galloping, from the point of view of the driver, in a different piece of road. more
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Referenced in Braccati (2001) more

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Strange Western by Hellman that tells how a posse pursues wrongly a cowboys, 20 February 2009
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Author: ma-cortes from Santander Spain

This independent and offbeat film deals three cowboys who are mistaken for members a band, then they're wrongly pursued by a relentless posse. This outlandish Western is finely set against barren backdrop and well photographed outdoors . Slow moving, a little boring, however packs exciting pursuits, strong performances and noisy gunplay. Written,starred and produced by Jack Nicholson along with an uncredited Roger Corman. Made concurrently, back to back, with ¨The shooting¨with the same cast(Millie Perkins, Jack Nicholson), cameraman(Gregory Sandor) and maverick director. Slammed by the intelligentsia when it was released , today become a minor cult movie, as well as The shooting.

The motion picture is professionally directed by Monte Hellman(Two-lane blacktop,Cockfighter) with his usual visual style. His stars are similarly independent-minded actors such as Jack Nicholson, Harry Dean Stanton and Cameron Mitchell. From his two known strange, outlandish Western in which Hellman directed in rare, special qualities , he has remained fiercely independent with lukewarm reception by the public, but praised by the critics. In his first films he teamed up Roger Corman who produced his earlier movies with a relative success, however nowadays he only makes fateful B movies and television movies.

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