Chisum (1970) 6.6
Cattle baron John Chisum joins forces with Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett to fight the Lincoln County land war. Director:Andrew V. McLaglenWriter:Andrew J. Fenady |
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Chisum (1970) 6.6
Cattle baron John Chisum joins forces with Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett to fight the Lincoln County land war. Director:Andrew V. McLaglenWriter:Andrew J. Fenady |
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| John Wayne | ... | ||
| Forrest Tucker | ... | ||
| Christopher George | ... | ||
| Ben Johnson | ... | ||
| Glenn Corbett | ... | ||
| Andrew Prine | ... | ||
| Bruce Cabot | ... | ||
| Patric Knowles | ... |
Henry Tunstall
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| Richard Jaeckel | ... |
Jess Evans
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| Lynda Day George | ... |
Sue McSween
(as Lynda Day)
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| Geoffrey Deuel | ... | ||
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Pamela McMyler | ... |
Sallie Chisum
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| John Agar | ... |
Amos Patton
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Lloyd Battista | ... |
Neemo
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| Robert Donner | ... |
Bradley Morton
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As one of the founders of the town of Lincoln, John Chisum is increasingly worried as Lawrence Murphy moves in on the local stores, bank and land by questionable means. Chisum and fellow honest ranch owner Henry Tunstall try and use the law, but Murphy owns that too. Confrontation threatens and Tunstall's man Billy Bonney is not slow to get involved. Written by Jeremy Perkins <jwp@aber.ac.uk>
As much as I like this movie
what its storyline does, especially as it gets further along, is simply to re-tell the story of Billy `The Kid' Bonney. It supposed to take place after Chisum has made that famous cattle-drive and shows the start of the Lincoln County war. Towards the end, the battle between Chisum and Murphy (the war) is completely set aside and we end up seeing all the same things happen to Billy that we've already seen in all the other movies about him, i.e., his relationship with Tunstall, meeting Pat Garrett and becoming friends (at first, then their falling out, well, kinda), him getting revenge on everybody, and the ol' shootout at McSween's store. The movie alters history in some interesting ways, though, like instead of the U.S. Army helping the sheriff (a fictitious character that replaces Brady) during the McSween's store shootout, Chisum becomes the cavalry and he and Pat Garrett help Billy out. The movie ends rather abruptly, never letting us know what happens to Chisum, Billy or the Lincoln County war.