Hannie Caulder (1971)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Burt Kennedy

Writers:

Peter Cooper (story)
Burt Kennedy (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

July 1972 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Western

Tagline:

There was a notch on her gun for every man she got!

Plot:

Hannie enlists the aid of bounty hunter Tom Price to teach her how to be a gunfighter so she can hunt...

Plot Keywords:

Bounty Hunter | Husband | Gunfighter | American Southwest | Violence

Cast

Raquel Welch	...	Hannie Caulder
Robert Culp	...	Thomas Luther Price
Ernest Borgnine	...	Emmett Clemens
Christopher Lee	...	Bailey
Jack Elam	...	Frank Clemens
Strother Martin	...	Rufus Clemens
Diana Dors	...	Madame

Runtime:

USA:85 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:16 | West Germany:18 (nf) | Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 | Sweden:15 | USA:R | Australia:M | UK:AA (original rating) | UK:15 (video rating)

Filming Locations:

Almería, Andalucía, Spain

Company:

Curtwel Productions

Trivia:

In Sept. 1972, Paramount was widely distributing this film on a double bill with The Legend of Nigger Charley (1972) starring Fred Williamson.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: In the opening few minutes, as the three bad guys are getting out of town after robbing the bank, they are riding across the desert and you can see a radio antenna atop one of the mountains.

Quotes:

Thomas Luther Price: Win or lose, you lose, Hannie Caulder.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)

Soundtrack:

Life Never Is Easy

A quirky gem.

This is one of my favorite movies of all time. There isn't a lot of action, or flash, though there is certainly some. It's just a masterful look at a small little piece of the old west.

Others have mentioned how "funny" the bad guys are in this flick. Well, Strother Martin certainly does his usual comic turns, but the three villains are FAR from humorous. They are rapists, after all. Martin's foolishness is used only to make us further dislike the three desperados. This is not a comedy at all, it's a serious story along the lines of "Once Upon A Time In the West."

The real key to this movie is Culp, and the character he was lucky enough to

play. His reserved, spectacled bounty hunter is magnetic and quite unique.

You can't take your eyes off of him, even when Raquel is in the same scene.

-And Welch is also amazing in this. I wouldn't be surprised if this is her personal favorite role of all time.

If you get a chance to see this, don't miss it. You'll either hate it or love it. I doubt there's much room in-between on this one.