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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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| 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
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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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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>
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Country:
USARelease Date:
29 July 1970 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Ben istersem yasarsin See more »Filming Locations:
Century Ranch, Malibu Creek State Park - 1925 Las Virgenes Road, Calabasas, California, USA See more »Box Office
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$6,000,000 (USA)Company Credits
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Jess Evans: Howdy.
Sheriff Brady: What does he do?
Lawrence Murphy: Well, he used to be a storekeeper and now he's my lawyer.
Jess Evans: I prefer storekeepers!
Alex McSween: Then don't ever get arrested.
Jess Evans: I don't intend to.
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Performed by Merle Haggard
Lyrics by Andrew J. Fenady
Music by Dominic Frontiere
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Both Ralph Volkie and Trinidad Villa are credited as the blacksmith in various reference works. See more »Goofs
Pepper's facial hair changes and is sometimes gone throughout the film. See more »Quotes
Lawrence Murphy: Sheriff Brady, Jess Evans, this is Alex McSween. Uh, he's part of the family.Jess Evans: Howdy.
Sheriff Brady: What does he do?
Lawrence Murphy: Well, he used to be a storekeeper and now he's my lawyer.
Jess Evans: I prefer storekeepers!
Alex McSween: Then don't ever get arrested.
Jess Evans: I don't intend to.
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Soundtracks
"Ballad of John Chisum"Performed by Merle Haggard
Lyrics by Andrew J. Fenady
Music by Dominic Frontiere
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The first few times I saw this movie, I hadn't read the history of the Lincoln County Land Wars.
However, in recent years, with the convenience of the internet at hand, I read the histories along with watching the movie. Compared to the amount of factual change that most movies based on a history put on film, this movie is not far from being spot on.
In fact, the amount of direct action that John Wayne's character, Chisum, took in the film, is probably the element that is the most out of place.
Billy the Kid really did work for an English rancher involved in the dispute. His boss really did fund a rival general store with a lawyer. Both the English rancher and the lawyer were murdered by the faction controlled by the rival general store.
Billy the Kid really did get his outlaw career kicked off in seeking vengeance for his boss and mentor's murder. Pat Garret really was supported for sheriff by John Chisum, who somehow managed to stay out of the thick of the feuding even though his use of huge tracts of public grazing land was part of the heart of the dispute.
So history buffs can safely enjoy this movie knowing that history is just bent a little, and not ripped completely asunder as the case would be with most movies. LOL That said, this is a very entertaining western. John Wayne is on top of his game as a cattle baron, and the supporting cast does a fine job. It includes a bit of everything: rustling, gunfights, stampedes, crooked sheriffs, greedy bad guys, heroic good guys. It has more plot surprises than the normal western (and that is precisely because it kills off certain characters approximately when and how they died in the real events).
All in all, an enjoyable and surprisingly informative film about a real "old west" feud.