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2.4/10   163 votes
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Director:
Writer:
Richard Bakalyan (writer)
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Release Date:
October 1971 (USA) more
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Tagline:
They couldn't be caged... they had to be destroyed! more
Plot:
A woman tracks down the three men who raped her, helped by an Apache. | add synopsis
User Reviews:
Five Savage Men (Ron Joy, 1970) *1/2 more (4 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Michele Carey ... Alice McAndrew
Henry Silva ... Chatto
Keenan Wynn ... Pudge Elliott
John Anderson ... Sheriff Allan Pierce
Joe Turkel ... Peyote (as Joseph Turkel)
Pepper Martin ... Jamie
Bobby Hall ... Cat Norman
Peter Hellman ... Karl
William Bryant ... Sheriff Martin Lord
Peggy Stewart ... Mrs. Emily Perkins
John Dennis ... Posseman #1
Michael Carr ... Posseman Deputy
Jack Wade Cox ... Posseman #2
Bryan West ... Posseman #3
Donna Kern ... Samantha
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Apache Vengeance
Five Savage Men (UK)
The Desperadoes (Canada: English title) (video title)
The Desperados (USA) (video title)
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Runtime:
86 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
UK:X (original rating) | Finland:(Banned) (1972-1996) | Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 | Sweden:15 | USA:R

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Trivia:
Final film of Fred Clark. more
Soundtrack:
There's So Little Time more

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5 out of 5 people found the following review useful.
Five Savage Men (Ron Joy, 1970) *1/2, 5 April 2007
2/10
Author: MARIO GAUCI (marrod@melita.com) from Naxxar, Malta

This would-be "with-it" revenge story in Western garb is notable only for having a female protagonist thus anticipating the cult item HANNIE CAULDER (1971). Still, Michele Carey's terrible central performance and her squeaky voice basically sink the film entirely as she projects little emotional scars from her ordeal; in fact, she seems to get back into a happy mood way too soon after her rape! The sadistic cast of characters are led by notorious bandit Keenan Wynn and Henry Silva is surprisingly cast as the Apache good guy who helps Carey carry out her retribution (interestingly, he had previously appeared in a similar - and much superior - tale, THE BRAVADOS [1958]). Another nail in the film's coffin is the sheer poverty of the direction which generates no suspense whatsoever as Silva and Carey are merely seen to effortlessly stumble upon each of the rapists' new hideout, kill them off without much ado and exit the scene; add to that the puerile fast-cutting technique employed intermittently which grows tiresome before too long. The trebly ironic ending, then, is a valiant attempt at resurrecting the movie but by then it is too late and only a fairly decent score saves the whole thing from a BOMB rating.

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