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 | bounty hunter | gun | revenge | gunfighter | 

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Taglines:

Hannie Caulder the first lady gunfighter

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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:

Curtwel Productions, Paramount Pictures, Tigon British Film Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

85 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film performed reasonably at the UK box-office, but was a commercial disappointment in the U.S.

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Goofs

When Thomas Luther Price attempts to arrest Frank Clemens, in close-up he crosses his arms in front of himself, and his left hand (holding the twice-folded wanted poster of Frank) is on top of his right wrist. The camera angle immediately shifts out to a widened view that includes Frank, and now Thomas' right hand is on top of his left wrist and the wanted poster in his left hand is only folded once.

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Quotes

Thomas Luther Price: [teaching Hannie to deal with multiple adversaries] Now, there's a feller over here on your left, lookin' mean. Standing tall in the sun. He's got his thumbs hooked in his gunbelt, legs wide apart, hat tipped back. Over on your right is a fellow who's face you can't see. His hat's over his eyes, he's turned away from you , looks like he doesn't even notice you. Now, you gotta kill both of 'em. It would behoove you to kill the fastest one first. Up to it.
Thomas Luther Price: [...]

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Connections

Featured in The Many Faces of Christopher Lee (1996)

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Soundtracks

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

User Reviews

The Good, the Bad and the Beautiful

Pretty terrific western is outlandish, yet engrossing, satisfying and often funny (both intentionally and unintentionally). After being violently raped, widowed and left for dead by three dirty, cackling brothers, Raquel Welch learns to shoot a gun from hot-headed bounty hunter Robert Culp and hopes to seek her revenge on the mangy trio. Welch is sexy and droll as Hannie Caulder, and we are on her side from the get-go. She receives excellent support from Culp, Christopher Lee as a gunsmith and the three villains, Jack Elam, Strother Martin and Ernest Borgnine. A fairly unusual western which, until "Ms. 45" and "Sudden Impact", pretty much stood alone in the female sharpshooter genre. A large portion of its success belongs to Ms. Welch, convincing and sympathetic while riding the vengeance trail...but always remembering, "win or lose--you lose." Nobody won any awards for this, but it is exceptionally well done. *** from ****