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Five Bloody Graves

  • 1969
  • GP
  • 1h 28m
IMDb RATING
3.3/10
611
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Five Bloody Graves (1969)
AdventureDramaRomance

A former Civil War soldier returns to take revenge from a Yaqui chief who killed his wife in the marriage night. Death plays with both men, plus gun-runners and gold-runners, as her emissari... Read allA former Civil War soldier returns to take revenge from a Yaqui chief who killed his wife in the marriage night. Death plays with both men, plus gun-runners and gold-runners, as her emissaries on Earth, to do a large harvest of souls.A former Civil War soldier returns to take revenge from a Yaqui chief who killed his wife in the marriage night. Death plays with both men, plus gun-runners and gold-runners, as her emissaries on Earth, to do a large harvest of souls.

  • Director
    • Al Adamson
  • Writer
    • Robert Dix
  • Stars
    • Robert Dix
    • Scott Brady
    • Jim Davis
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  • IMDb RATING
    3.3/10
    611
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Al Adamson
    • Writer
      • Robert Dix
    • Stars
      • Robert Dix
      • Scott Brady
      • Jim Davis
    • 14User reviews
    • 23Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    Robert Dix and Jill Woelfel in Five Bloody Graves (1969)
    Robert Dix and Jill Woelfel in Five Bloody Graves (1969)
    Robert Dix in Five Bloody Graves (1969)
    John 'Bud' Cardos in Five Bloody Graves (1969)
    John 'Bud' Cardos and Maria Polo in Five Bloody Graves (1969)
    Robert Dix in Five Bloody Graves (1969)
    Vicki Volante in Five Bloody Graves (1969)
    Al Adamson and Vicki Volante in Five Bloody Graves (1969)

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    Robert Dix
    Robert Dix
    • Ben Thompson
    Scott Brady
    Scott Brady
    • Jim Wade
    Jim Davis
    Jim Davis
    • Clay Bates
    John Carradine
    John Carradine
    • Boone Hawkins
    Paula Raymond
    Paula Raymond
    • Kansas Kelly
    John 'Bud' Cardos
    John 'Bud' Cardos
    • Yaqui Chief Santago
    • (as John Cardos)
    • …
    Darlene Lucht
    Darlene Lucht
    • Althea Richards
    • (as Tara Ashton)
    Gene Raymond
    Gene Raymond
    • The Voice of Death
    • (voice)
    Julie Edwards
    • Lavinia Wade
    Ken Osborne
    • Dave Miller
    • (as Kent Osborne)
    Vicki Volante
    Vicki Volante
    • Nora Miller
    Ray Young
    Ray Young
    • Horace Wiggins
    Victor Adamson
    Victor Adamson
    • Rawhide
    • (as Denver Dixon)
    Fred Meyers
    • Driver
    Keith Durphy
    Maria Polo
    • Little Fawn
    Jill Woelfel
    • Val
    Al Adamson
    • Yaqui Attacking Nora by the Roe-deer
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Al Adamson
    • Writer
      • Robert Dix
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    • Trivia
      A segment of the theme music "The Awakening" by John Pearson was later used as the theme for ITV's "News at Ten" in the UK.
    • Goofs
      One character tells another that Yaqui Indians and Apache Indians are the same tribe, the only difference being that Mexicans call them "Yaquis" and Americans call them "Apaches". That is not true. Yaquis and Apaches are two entirely different tribes and have little in common. The Apaches were fierce, brutal and warlike, regularly attacking American whites, Mexicans and other Indian tribes (including the Yaquis), often simultaneously, and regularly stole horses, rustled herds and kidnapped women and children from other tribes, Mexican villages and US settlements. The Yaquis were a much less aggressive and warlike tribe, existing mainly by subsistence farming and keeping to themselves in the mountains.
    • Quotes

      Clay Bates: [after negotiating with the Yaqui chief] He just gave us two days to get out of the territory.

      Horace Wiggins: Two days? Then what?

      Clay Bates: Supper. Supper for ants.

      Horace Wiggins: Ants for supper? Oh, no!

      Clay Bates: Oh, shut your yap.

      Horace Wiggins: [finally catching on] You mean WE'RE the supper?

    • Alternate versions
      The film was cut for TV (in 1970), eliminating some nudity and violence, and that was used for a wider theatrical release (namely in New York City, in 1971) and a VHS release in the USA and abroad (1982). The DVD version is based on the cut VHS version, which did not respect the widescreen original format.
    • Connections
      Referenced in A Stranger in My Home: Death's Final Cut (2014)

    User reviews14

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    3/10
    Not Exactly A Feel Good Western From Al And Bob Dix.
    Five Bloody Graves with different soundtrack, any other soundtrack ,would have been a winner. As it is, there are some fine performances with Bob Dix as (Ben Thompson) and Jacky Gleason look alike Scott Brady as (Jim Wade). Everybody else is also fine with John Carradine as the good and unctuous Reverend (Boone Hawkins) keeping it in the ballpark. This one has a high body count and the plot moves right along, however, the soundtrack is obnoxious with Peter Gunn meets the Nutcracker which is just terrible especially in a Western. I am still going to give it a recommendation as I cared about the supporting characters including a young and charismatic John 'Bud' Cardos who was well cast as (Joe Lightfoot).
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    • Aug 6, 2020

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 18, 1970 (West Germany)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • 5 Bloody Days to Tombstone
    • Filming locations
      • Capitol Reef National Park, Utah, USA
    • Production companies
      • Independent-International Pictures
      • Dix International Pictures Inc.
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 28 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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