Catlow (1971)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Sam Wanamaker

Writers:

Louis L'Amour (novel)
Scott Finch (writer) ...

Release Date:

1 October 1971 (USA)

Genre:

Western

Plot:

An outlaw tries to avoid interference as he journeys to pull off a $2-million gold robbery. |

Plot Keywords:

Outlaw | Bounty Hunter | Nude With A Gun | Marshal | Nude Fight Scene

Cast

Yul Brynner	...	Catlow
Richard Crenna	...	Cowan
Leonard Nimoy	...	Miller
Daliah Lavi	...	Rosita
Jo Ann Pflug	...	Christina
Jeff Corey	...	Merridew
Michael Delano	...	Rio
Julián Mateos	...	Recalde (as Julian Mateos)
David Ladd	...	Caxton
Robert Logan	...	Oley (as Bob Logan)
John Clark	...	Keleher
Dan van Husen	...	Dutch
Cass Martin	...	Sanchez
José Nieto	...	General (as Jose Nieto)
Ángel del Pozo	...	Vargas (as Angel Del Pozo)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for western action violence.

Runtime:

101 min | Argentina:108 min

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Argentina:Atp | UK:A (1971) | UK:PG (1987) | Australia:G | Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 | Sweden:15 | USA:GP (original rating) | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Tabernas, Almería, Andalucía, Spain

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

Sam Wanamaker replaced Peter R. Hunt.

Goofs:

Continuity: Shortly after Cowan is given a beautiful Palomino (light brown horse with an ample blond mane) as a gift from Christina to replace the horse he lost while saving her brother's life, he rides off into the desert in pursuit of Catlow on a (dark brown) Quarter Horse.

Quotes:

Merridew: I sure hate to waste good liquor on a dead man.

"The First Time A Man was ever shot with a Boot."

In this European made western, Yul Brynner plays it considerably lighter than he did in The Magnificent Seven. Adapted from the Louis L'Amour novel, Catlow is a pretty amusing romp through the old west by Yul Brynner as an outlaw and Richard Crenna as Ben Cowan, the marshal sworn to bring him in, but alive. The two of them were in the Civil War together and that kind of bond doesn't sever easily.

But Catlow's got all kinds of people who want him bad, the Mexican Army, the Indians, and a mean hired killer in the person of Leonard Nimoy. He's also got a girlfriend in Daliah Lavi who definitely has an agenda involving Brynner that's all her own. As for Nimoy before he became the wise and logical Vulcan Mr. Spock, he played all kinds of nasty types on television and in film.

I'm surprised Richard Crenna didn't do more westerns in his career, probably had he come along earlier he might very well have. It's a career path he should have taken.

Brynner and Crenna have a nice easy chemistry between them, it's the main reason for checking out Catlow.