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Charley-One-Eye

  • 19731973
  • RR
  • 1h 36m
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
234
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POPULARITY
74,955
24,448
Charley-One-Eye (1973)
Western
A black, Union Army deserter and his crippled American Indian hostage form a strained partnership in the interests of surviving the advancing threats of a racist bounty hunter and neighborin... Read allA black, Union Army deserter and his crippled American Indian hostage form a strained partnership in the interests of surviving the advancing threats of a racist bounty hunter and neighboring bandits.A black, Union Army deserter and his crippled American Indian hostage form a strained partnership in the interests of surviving the advancing threats of a racist bounty hunter and neighboring bandits.
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
234
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
74,955
24,448
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    • Director
      • Don Chaffey
    • Writer
      • Keith Leonard(original screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Richard Roundtree
      • Roy Thinnes
      • Nigel Davenport
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    • Director
      • Don Chaffey
    • Writer
      • Keith Leonard(original screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Richard Roundtree
      • Roy Thinnes
      • Nigel Davenport
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    • 7User reviews
    • 10Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Nigel Davenport, Richard Roundtree, and Roy Thinnes in Charley-One-Eye (1973)
    Richard Roundtree and Roy Thinnes in Charley-One-Eye (1973)
    Roy Thinnes in Charley-One-Eye (1973)
    Richard Roundtree in Charley-One-Eye (1973)
    Richard Roundtree and Roy Thinnes in Charley-One-Eye (1973)
    Richard Roundtree and Roy Thinnes in Charley-One-Eye (1973)
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    Richard Roundtree
    Richard Roundtree
    • The Black Man
    Roy Thinnes
    Roy Thinnes
    • The Indian
    Nigel Davenport
    Nigel Davenport
    • The Bounty Hunter
    Jill Pearson
    • Officer's Wife
    Aldo Sambrell
    Aldo Sambrell
    • Mexican Driver
    Luis Aller
    • Mexican Youth
    Rafael Albaicín
    • Mexican Leader
    • (as Rafael Albaicin)
    Alexander Davion
    Alexander Davion
    • Tony
    • (uncredited)
    Madeleine Hinde
    • Penelope
    • (uncredited)
    David Lodge
    David Lodge
    • Colonel
    • (uncredited)
    William Mervyn
    • Honeydew
    • (uncredited)
    Patrick Mower
    Patrick Mower
    • Richard
    • (uncredited)
    Johnny Sekka
    Johnny Sekka
    • Bob
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Don Chaffey
    • Writer
      • Keith Leonard(original screenplay)
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    6/10
    British Western with a good cast and completely set in the sunny desert of Tabernas , Almeria , Spain
    An African-American deserter (Richard Roundtree , known for Shaft) and and his crippled American Indian hostage (Roy Thinnes , known for The invaders) form a strained comradeship and partnership in the interests of surviving against enemy attacks . A bit later on , they take on the advancing threats of some Mexican bandits (Aldo Sambrell , Rafael Albaicín) and later on , there appears a ruthless bounty hunter (well personified by Nigel Davenport) who attempts to reckoning on the escaped soldier . Somebody told the black man he wasn't a slave anymore , somebody told the red man this land was his, somebody lied , somebody is going to pay.

    The flick has undeniable tendencies to symbolic events that overkill the nimble developing of the story . The film is slowly paced and spite of setting on exteriors , it feels itself some claustrophobic . The plot is plain and simple with a few roles , a strange duo faces off neighboring bandits and a racist , brutal bounty hunter . Director copes well this thrilling Western helped by the Spanish desert from Almeria where in the 60s and 70 were shot lots of Pasta/Chorizo Westerns . The picture draws magnificent acting from Richard Roundtree as the black , Union Army deserter and Roy Thinnes as the Indian outcast , both of whom encounter common ground in oppression eventually incarnated by Nigel Davenport as a cruel bounty hunter . Furthermore , brief appearances from Spanish actors as Aldo Sambrell and Rafael Albaicín , both of them usual to Spaghetti/Paella Westerns . This one results to be a British Western film along with ¨Hunting party¨ by Don Medford , ¨Catlow¨ by Sam Wanamaker , ¨Eagles's wing¨ by Anthony Harvey , ¨Shalako¨ by Edward Dymitryck , most of them starred by great players and shot in Almeria .

    The motion picture was well directed by Don Chaffey , though results to be a little bit boring . Don began directing in 1951 , often working on films aimed at children , as he directed various kiddies films as ¨Magic of Lassie¨ , ¨Greyfriars Bobby¨, ¨The horse without head¨, ¨3 lives of Thomasina¨ , ¨Pete's dragon¨ , ¨Ride a wild Pony¨. He branched out into television in the mid-'50s, turning out many of the best episodes of such classic series as ¨Danger Man¨ (1960), ¨The prisoner¨ (1967) and ¨The avengers¨ (1961). Although he worked in many film genres , such as Romance/drama : ¨The gift of love¨ , ¨Four wishes¨, Prehistorical : ¨Creatures of the world forgot¨ , ¨One million years B.C.¨ , Thriller : ¨Casino¨, Comedy : ¨Dentist in chair¨ , ¨A matter of Who¨, his best work is generally acknowledged to be the crackerjack fantasy ¨Jasón and the Argonauts¨ (1963). On the other hand, he was also responsible for the lugubrious, box-office disaster ¨The viking queen¨ (1967), one of the few productions from Hammer Films that lost money. In the late 1970s Chaffey traveled to the US and worked primarily there, often in made-for-TV movies .
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    • Release date
      • 1974 (United Kingdom)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Unter tödlicher Sonne
    • Filming locations
      • Almería, Andalucía, Spain
    • Production companies
      • David Paradine Productions
      • Paramount Pictures
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 36 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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