An outnumbered swordsman/gunfighter tries to prevent wealthy landowners from annihilating local Indians.
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Title: The Master Gunfighter (1975)
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| Tom Laughlin | ... | Finley | |
| Ron O'Neal | ... | Paulo | |
| Lincoln Kilpatrick | ... | Jacques | |
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Geo Anne Sosa | ... | Chorika |
| Barbara Carrera | ... | Eula | |
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Victor Campos | ... | Maltese |
| Hector Elias | ... | Juan | |
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James Andronica | ... | Abel |
| Richard Angarola | ... | Don Santiago | |
| David S. Cass Sr. | ... | McDonald | |
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Patti Clifton | ||
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Doug Jinks | ... | Cowboy Ruffian |
| Mike Lane | ... | Frewen | |
| Burgess Meredith | ... | Narrator (voice) | |
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Carmencristina Moreno | ||
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An outnumbered swordsman/gunfighter tries to prevent wealthy landowners from annihilating local Indians.
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spaghetti western | small western town | juarez mexico | mexico | revisionist western |Taglines:
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The film begins with the words "Billy Jack Rights Presents" appearing on the screen. This relates to Tom Laughlin and Delores Taylor's production company, Billy Jack Enterprises. After the prologue narration, it is followed two minutes later by "Billy Jack Enterprises Presents", which starts the opening credits. Neither means this film is in the "Billy Jack" series of movies. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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3 October 1975 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$3,500,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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A terrible film set against the natural beauty of the California coast (my guess is the creators knew what a dog they had). Mexicans with samurai swords and training? A gun that looks like a six-shooter but holds 12 shots (is this a LeMat)? TOM LAUGHLIN? He should credit himself as "Laugh (as in "funny")-lin". The best scene occurs when Laugh-lin (astride his horse) faces off against a bad dude about to commit rape. As in "Billy Jack," Laugh-lin woodenly tells the dude "I don't want to kill you. I'll just ride away." The dude can't deal with the karma emanating from Billy - oops, I mean Finley, and Billy - sorry, Finley - kills him. The dude doesn't know that when Billy - er, Finley - takes off his hat and rubs his hand on his head and face and speaks in a weary tone, that's it! Yikes!
A better title may be "Billy Jack - Sorry, Finley - Kicks Ass on the Monterey Peninsula." Punctuated by really boring gun and sword battles (other viewers will anxiously wonder - as I did - who's going to win). This should be a "0."