Hannie Caulder (1971)

After she is raped and her husband murdered, a woman hires a bounty hunter to instruct her in the use of a gun so she can get her revenge on the three outlaws responsible.

Director:

Burt Kennedy

Writers:

Ian Quicke (characters), Bob Richards (characters)

Stars:

Raquel Welch, Robert Culp, Ernest Borgnine

Cast

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

Storyline

Hannie enlists the aid of bounty hunter Tom Price to teach her how to be a gunfighter so she can hunt down the three men who killed her husband and raped her.

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Plot Keywords:

buxom | 1970s | 70s | west | station | 

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Taglines:

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

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Western

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

July 1972 (USA)

Also Known As:

In einem Sattel mit dem Tod

Filming Locations:

Twickenham Studios, Twickenham, Middlesex, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Tigon British Film Productions, Curtwel Productions, Paramount Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

85 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This movie performed reasonably well at the U.K. box-office, but was a commercial disappointment in the U.S.

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Goofs

During the escape from bank job in opening scenes, Frank is shot in the left leg. 25 minutes into the film, Emmett is shown putting a bandage on Frank's right leg.

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Quotes

Rufus Clements: Always two against one. Y'd lay off me fast enough if Pop was still alive.
Emmett Clements: He still would be if ya hadn't shot him!
Rufus Clements: How many times I have to tell you? I was cleanin' mah gun! Look, there ain't a night that goes by that I don't think of Pop's face.
Frank Clemens: You mean what was left of it.

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Connections

Referenced in Encounters (2014)

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Soundtracks

Life Never Is Easy
Written by Jack Fishman
Performed by Bobby Hanna

User Reviews

She's just killing me too

A good solid 70's western of the revenge formula with one vital refreshing story point, a woman pursuing those who did her wrong. And she's not just any old cowgirl, as you may have noticed from the cast list. If the plot as a whole is not one of the most original, the great cast does give a good reason to see this movie. Raquel Welch does what she can in the bit limited role and she does it fine. Three western icons of Elam, Borgnine and Martin make a bunch of villains that is at the same time one of the most revolting and tracelessly funny. If you have liked them in earlier westerns of Peckinpah and Kennedy you get mostly the same great treatment here. Martin especially always ends up stealing the show as the most dangerous idiot in the west ever. Robert Culp gives a good performance as a bounty hunter and killer with a piece of heart still left and a sensible head. And for Christopher Lee fans like me, here he is noteworthy as always and apparently in his only western role of all the countless movie roles he has made. A pretty small role actually but it can't keep a great actor down.

The strong influences of Peckinpah and spaghetti westerns are pretty obvious and mix together surprisingly well. The plot could have deserved a bit more development but it gives fairly good enjoyment as it is, if you enjoy westerns in general. I consider this one of the better films from director Kennedy.