Catlow (1971)

An outlaw tries to avoid interference as he journeys to Mexico to pull off a $2,000,000 gold robbery.

Director:

Sam Wanamaker

Writers:

Scot Finch (screenplay), James Griffith (screenplay) (as J.J. Griffith)

Stars:

Yul Brynner, Richard Crenna, Leonard Nimoy

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Yul Brynner	...	Catlow
Richard Crenna	...	Cowan
Leonard Nimoy	...	Miller
Daliah Lavi	...	Rosita
Jo Ann Pflug	...	Christina
Jeff Corey	...	Merridew
Michael DeLano	...	Rio (as Michael Delano)
Julián Mateos	...	Recalde (as Julian Mateos)
David Ladd	...	Caxton
Bessie Love	...	Mrs. Frost
Robert Logan	...	Oley (as Bob Logan)
John Clark	...	Keleher
Dan van Husen	...	Dutch
Cass Martin	...	Sanchez
José Nieto	...	General (as Jose Nieto)

Storyline

Marshall Cowan and the mercenary Miller are both separately hunting the outlaw Catlow. During the Civil War both Cowan and the always smiling Catlow were comrades. Catlow helps Cowan, when he is wounded in the right leg by an arrow from the Apaches, despite Cowan hunting him. Catlow escapes with help of his gang. Catlow then robs a Mexican gold shipment, worth $ 2,000,000. Catlow flees with the stolen gold through the dangerous territory of the Apaches who, besides Miller, Cowan and the Mexican cavalry, are hunting for him and his gang of outlaws.

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Plot Keywords:

hermosillo mexico | sonora mexico | arizona | tucson arizona | outlaw | 

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Taglines:

The Mexican cavalry wanted him murdered. The Apache nation wanted him massacred. Texas ranchers wanted him mangled and his only hope was a Marshal, who wanted him hanged.

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Genres:

Comedy | Western

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for western action violence

Details

Country:

UK USA

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

1 October 1971 (USA)

Also Known As:

Maverick Gold

Filming Locations:

Sierra de Gádor, Almería, Andalucía, Spain

Company Credits

Production Co:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

101 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Sam Wanamaker replaced Peter R. Hunt.

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Goofs

They are using Winchester Model 1892 and/or 1894 rifles, which are recognizably different from the historically accurate Model 1873. This was common in westerns because those models were still in production when these movies were being made (until 1945 for the '92 and until 2006 for the '94), unlike the Model 1873, which ceased production in 1923.

Since the 1970s, historically accurate reproductions of the earlier firearms have been available from Italian manufacturers such as Uberti, Pedersoli, and Chiappa.

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Quotes

Catlow: You know, for a smart boy like you, Rio, you're just plain dumb.

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Connections

Referenced in The Last of the Gentleman Producers (2004)

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Soundtracks

Get The Gold
Composed and Arranged by Roy Budd
Performed by Roy Budd And His Orchestra

User Reviews

Gleeful Yul Brynner plays super-outlaw of the old west

Yul Brynner plays the cheerfully lawless rogue "Catlow", perpetually on the run from lawman and friend "Ben" (Richard Crenna) and malevolent bounty hunter "Miller" (Leonard Nemoy - in one of his early post-Star Trek roles). Great music, obviously 'influenced' by the soundtrack to "The Magnificent Seven", and an over-the-top plot involving stealing mexican gold stolen from the confederacy, Apaches, alternatively willing and vengeful women, banditos, and enough captures and escapes for several movies. Lightweight fun (in that lightheartedly violent way of late-1960's/early 1970's movies, in which any character whose name we didn't know was liable to receive instant death from the hero or villain -- a characteristic, of course, of many action movies to this day), with just enough actual danger (from the Apaches and Miller) to keep it interesting.