Chino (1973)

A runaway teenager and a mixed-race horse breeder strike an unlikely friendship in the context of common hardships.

Directors:

John Sturges, Duilio Coletti

Writers:

Lee Hoffman (novel), Clair Huffaker (screenplay)

Stars:

Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Marcel Bozzuffi

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Charles Bronson	...	Chino Valdez
Jill Ireland	...	Catherine
Marcel Bozzuffi	...	Maral
Vincent Van Patten	...	Jamie Wagner
Fausto Tozzi	...	Cruz
Ettore Manni	...	Sheriff
Melissa Chimenti	...	Indian
Corrado Gaipa	...	Padre
José Nieto	...	Mexican (as Jose Nieto)
Diana Lorys	...	Indian (as Diana Loris)
Conchita Muñoz	...	Mexican (as Conchita Munoz)

Storyline

Chino Valdez is a loner horse breeder living in the old west. Partly a loner by choice, and partly because, being a 'half-breed', he finds himself unwelcome almost everywhere he goes. One day, a young runaway named Jimmy shows up at his door looking for work and a roof over his head. Reluctantly, Chino agrees to take him in and teach him the art of raising, breaking and breeding horses, until the pair finally begin to accept each other.

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Plot Keywords:

bare chested male bondage | hung by wrists | whipping | arizona territory | arizona | 

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Taglines:

They Took His Land...His Horses...His Woman...But...They Couldn't Take Chino!

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Western

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

Italy Spain France USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 September 1973 (Italy)

Also Known As:

The Wild Horses

Filming Locations:

Almería, Andalucía, Spain

Company Credits

Production Co:

Produzioni De Laurentiis International Manufacturing Company, Coral Producciones Cinematográficas, Universal Productions France

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

One poster for this movie shows a drawing of a bare-chested Charles Bronson tied with upraised arms to a T-shaped whipping post. This differs from the scene in the movie in which Bronson is whipped while hanging suspended by his wrists from an overhead crossbeam. While two separate whipping scenes may have been shot (and one discarded), a more likely explanation is that the artist designing an early version of the "Chino" poster had not seen the actual movie and was only working from incomplete or misleading script notes.

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Goofs

In the early bar fight, one of the stuntmen coming at Chino with a chair tosses his head back a good half second before being hit.

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Quotes

Chino Valdez: That's the way Indians bury their dead. They'd rather be close to the sun than have dirt thrown in their faces.

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Connections

Referenced in White Irish Drinkers (2010)

User Reviews

Recommended for Bronson fans

Chino is the story of the typical loner who doesn't fit into society. Typical Bronson film with an un-typical Bronson ending. Bronson plays Chino who breaks and sells wild horses. After taking a young boy in as a ranch hand things start to get better for Chino. He falls in love with a rancher's sister and things deteriorate from that point. Can recommend this film for Bronson fans.