Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
George Peppard | ... | Harker Fleet | |
Diana Muldaur | ... | Katy | |
John Vernon | ... | Timothy Xavier Nolan | |
France Nuyen | ... | Ah Toy | |
Steve Sandor | ... | Jim Gant | |
Soon-Tek Oh | ... | Yung (as Soon-Taik Oh) | |
Richard Loo | ... | Mr. Chang | |
Robert Donner | ... | Sheriff Adams | |
John Doucette | ... | Sheriff Monte | |
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C.K. Yang | ... | Wong |
Marie Windsor | ... | Louella | |
Timothy Scott | ... | Slim | |
Joan Shawlee | ... | Big Nellie | |
Hal Needham | ... | Bert Gant | |
Harry Carey Jr. | ... | Red |
Harker Fleet and compatriots Timothy X. Nolan and Katy, along with three other men, steal $40,000 in money and jewelry from a California train in the gold-mining country of the 1880's. The six split up and while they are hiding out awaiting the rendezvous to divide the loot, Hark is cornered, framed and sent to prison. He is released after two-and-a-half years and sets out to find Katy and Nolan and get his share of the loot. Written by Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
The plot of this movie may seem familiar to Western devotees and so it should because it is essentially the same as that deployed by Brando in his sole directorial credit One Eyed Jacks ,namely an ex jailbird bent on revenge on a former associate ,now a man of wealth and substance ,who he feels has double crossed him .Where the movies part company is that Brando used the plot as the vehicle for a grim almost Jacobean revenge tragedy ,this movie takes a lighter ,friskier tone Peppard plays the wronged man ,one Harker Fleet ,who seeks to get back at his former associate in crime ,Timothy Nolan -well played by John Vernon.They are rivals for the favours of Diane Muldaur and also vie with each other in striving to rob an elderly Chinese man of his gold Andrew V McLaglen -who along with Burt Kennedy was virtually the only man directing Westerns on a regular basis in the USA during the seventies-keeps things moving briskly and the action is vigorous and well paced .Good performances and a tongue in cheek script help maintain interest and the result is a diverting second tier Western that many people will enjoy