Land Raiders (1969)

Director:

Nathan Juran

Writers:

Pat Silver (story)
Jesse Lasky Jr. (story)
(more)

Release Date:

January 1970 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Western

Plot:

An outlaw committing a string of robberies and murders manages to blame the crimes on Apaches, bringing about an Indian war.

Plot Keywords:

Attack | Raid | Slaughter | Outlaw | Survivor

Cast

Telly Savalas	...	Vicente Cardenas
George Maharis	...	Pablo Cardenas
Arlene Dahl	...	Martha Cardenas
Janet Landgard	...	Kate Mayfield
Guy Rolfe	...	Major Tanner
Paul Picerni	...	Carney / Arturo (also as H.P. Picerni)
Phil Brown	...	Sheriff John Mayfield
George Coulouris	...	Cardenas
Jocelyn Lane	...	Luisa Rojas
Fernando Rey	...	Priest
Robert Carricart	...	Julio Rojas
John Clark	...	Ace
Charles Stalmaker	...	Frank Willis (as Charles Stalnaker)
Marcella Saint-Amant	...	Luisa Montoya (as Marcella St. Amant)
Gustavo Rojo	...	Indio
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rafael Albaicín	...	Indio
Román Ariznavarreta	...	Indio
Raul Castro	...	Indio
Juan Maján
Herman Reynoso	...	Hombre de Vicente
Ricardo Rodríguez	...	Hombre de Vicente
Charly Bravo	...	Hombre de Vicente (uncredited)
Peter Dane	...	Harper (uncredited)
Susan Harvey	...	Mrs. Ruth Willis (uncredited)
Juan Olaguivel	...	Publican in Taverna (uncredited)
Ben Tatar	...	Loomis (uncredited)

Directed by
Nathan Juran		(as Nathan H. Juran)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Jesse Lasky Jr.		story
Ken Pettus		screenplay
Ken Pettus		story
Pat Silver		story

Produced by
Roy Rowland	....	associate producer
Charles H. Schneer	....	producer

Original Music by
Bruno Nicolai

Cinematography by
Wilkie Cooper

Film Editing by
Archie Lusky		(as A. Ludski)

Art Direction by
José Algueró		(as J. Algero)

Production Management
M. Gil	....	production manager
Luis Roberts	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
José López Rodero	....	assistant director (as J. Rodero)

Sound Department
Colin Miller	....	dubbing editor
George Stephenson	....	sound (as G. Stephenson)

Stunts
Miguel Pedregosa	....	stunt performer

Camera and Electrical Department
Godfrey A. Godar	....	camera operator (as G. Godar)
David Wynn-Jones	....	assistant camera

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Tony Pueo	....	wardrobe supervisor (as A. Pueo)

Music Department
Luca di Silverio	....	soundtrack album producer

Other crew
Marilyn Clarke	....	production coordinator
J. Mahan	....	horse master
Kay Rawlings	....	continuity (as K. Rawlings)

Production Companies

• Morningside Productions

Distributors

• Columbia Pictures (1970) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1972) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Columbia Film-Verleih (1969) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2005) (Canada) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Digitmovies Alternative Entertainment  soundtrack

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Runtime:

101 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:M | West Germany:16 | Norway:16 | West Germany:16 (f) | Australia:M | Singapore:NC-16

Filming Locations:

Budapest, Hungary

Company:

Morningside Productions

Goofs:

Continuity: Vince Carden and two of his men escape from Apaches chasing them by jumping their horses into the river. When they arrive back at the town of Forge River, they're all completely dry.

Violent taking on two brothers well performed by Telly Savallas and George Maharis

This unknown western concerns about Vince Carden (Telly Savalas) , he's a baron cattle and untameable owner who rules over a small town called Forge River in Arizona county . He's a cruel proprietary who buys Indian scalpels . His brother Paul (George Maharis) left the town but he nowadays goes back . The Vince Carden power will be modified in arriving his brother looking for revenge and his vision from law and justice differs quite of Vince . Each owed the other their circumstances but is now the moment of reckoning . Then, there happens a battle of wits among two brothers with their ill father (George Colouris) as witness (such as King Lear). This is a trigger-taut drama of the strangest brotherhood and confrontation between the West's most upright man and his deadliest baron land .

The movie displays shootouts , love and hatred, stampedes, fighting , it is plenty of violence and contains effective action sequences such as the Apache raid on the wagons and on the small town . The film gets remarks from Spaghetti Western , thus the customary violent battles and shoot'em up , extreme and exaggerated baddies and ambition and vengeance as usual themes . Telly Savallas as brutal villain is excellent though sometimes overacting , he starred various Spaghetti Western ( Pancho Villa, A reason to live a reason to die, Criminal story of an outlaw couple ), George Maharis as good brother is pretty well , besides gorgeous Arlene Dahl ( married to Fernando Lamas and Lorenzo Lamas's mother ) as his wife and Fernando Rey ,as usual, playing a priest . Atmospheric , adequate musical score by Bruno Nicolai , habitual collaborator to Ennio Morricone and colorful cinematography by Wilkie Cooper . Jesse Lasky Jr ( Cecil B Mille's ordinary screenwriter and son of great producer , Jesse Lasky ) wrote the interesting scrip . The picture was shot in Almeria ,Spain , where in the 60s and 70s were filmed several Western . The motion picture is realized by a magnificent trio , the producer Charles H Schneer , the cameraman Wilkie Cooper and the director Nathan Juran , they made sensational Sci-fi and fantastic movies , such us : ¨First men oh the moon¨, ¨The 7th voyage of Simbad¨ , ¨20 million miles to earth¨, among others.