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29 July 1970 (USA) moreTagline:
THE HERO - John Wayne is "Chisum" morePlot:
Cattle baron John Chisum joins forces with Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett to fight the Lincoln County land war. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
1 win moreUser Comments:
Old Style Western entertainment moreUS TV Schedule:
| Tue. July 14 | 5:30 PM | AMC | |||
| Thur. July 23 | 11:00 PM | AMC | |||
| Fri. July 24 | 2:30 PM | AMC | more |
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| John Wayne | ... | John Simpson Chisum | |
| Forrest Tucker | ... | Lawrence Murphy | |
| Christopher George | ... | Dan Nodeen | |
| Ben Johnson | ... | James Pepper | |
| Glenn Corbett | ... | Pat Garrett | |
| Bruce Cabot | ... | Sheriff Brady | |
| Andrew Prine | ... | Alex McSween | |
| Patric Knowles | ... | J. Henry Tunstall | |
| Richard Jaeckel | ... | Jess Evans | |
| Lynda Day George | ... | Sue McSween (as Lynda Day) | |
| Geoffrey Deuel | ... | Billy 'The Kid' Bonney | |
| Pamela McMyler | ... | Sallie Chisum | |
| John Agar | ... | Amos Patton | |
| Lloyd Battista | ... | Neemo | |
| Robert Donner | ... | Bradley Morton - Deputy sheriff |
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UK:PG | Australia:PG | Singapore:PG | West Germany:16 (f) | Finland:K-11 (new rating: 2001) | Finland:K-12 (original rating) | France:U | Finland:K-12 | Norway:16 (theatrical rating: 1970) | USA:GFun Stuff
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John Wayne was very disappointed that his stunt double was so obvious in the final fight with Forrest Tucker. moreGoofs:
Revealing mistakes: In the gunfight at the store/bank, when the scene changes from nighttime to daylight two curtains on the outside of the store change lengths. moreSoundtrack:
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One of the last of the old-style Westerns (it always amazes me that it was made as late as it was). John Wayne doing his stuff as only he can - huge shoot-outs, classic fist fights, goodies and baddies amazingly clearly defined, thumping score, oh and that amazing landscape.
If you like Wayne you'll love this, if you don't then you'll hate it. Simple as that. Ben Johnson is superb - as ever, a much underrated character actor.
Someone mentioned the 'silly' title song. I have to disagree. I love those amazingly long opening titles and the grandiose pomposity of the theme tune and its voice-over. All moving into that classic opening shot of Wayne like an immovable great rock on horseback and the horizon. Probably (no definitely) my favourite opening to a movie.
True to history - if it ever is then its by accident. But what do you expect - its a classic old-style western! Finally, was this the last US movie to feature characters with (allegedly) British accents as heroes. ;-)