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The Outlaw Josey Wales

  • 19761976
  • PGPG
  • 2h 15m
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
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Clint Eastwood in The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
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Missouri farmer Josey Wales joins a Confederate guerrilla unit and winds up on the run from the Union soldiers who murdered his family.Missouri farmer Josey Wales joins a Confederate guerrilla unit and winds up on the run from the Union soldiers who murdered his family.Missouri farmer Josey Wales joins a Confederate guerrilla unit and winds up on the run from the Union soldiers who murdered his family.
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
73K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
3,484
225
  • Director
    • Clint Eastwood
  • Writers
    • Forrest Carter(book "Gone To Texas")
    • Philip Kaufman(screenplay)
    • Sonia Chernus(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Clint Eastwood
    • Sondra Locke
    • Chief Dan George
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  • Director
    • Clint Eastwood
  • Writers
    • Forrest Carter(book "Gone To Texas")
    • Philip Kaufman(screenplay)
    • Sonia Chernus(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Clint Eastwood
    • Sondra Locke
    • Chief Dan George
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 257User reviews
    • 60Critic reviews
    • 69Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 1 win & 2 nominations total

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    Clint Eastwood in The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
    Clint Eastwood in The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
    Clint Eastwood and Chief Dan George in The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
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    Sondra Locke in The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
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    Clint Eastwood
    Clint Eastwood
    • Josey Walesas Josey Wales
    Sondra Locke
    Sondra Locke
    • Laura Leeas Laura Lee
    Chief Dan George
    Chief Dan George
    • Lone Watieas Lone Watie
    Bill McKinney
    Bill McKinney
    • Captain Terrillas Captain Terrill
    John Vernon
    John Vernon
    • Captain Fletcheras Captain Fletcher
    Paula Trueman
    Paula Trueman
    • Grandma Sarahas Grandma Sarah
    Sam Bottoms
    Sam Bottoms
    • Jamieas Jamie
    Geraldine Keams
    Geraldine Keams
    • Little Moonlightas Little Moonlight
    Woodrow Parfrey
    Woodrow Parfrey
    • Carpetbaggeras Carpetbagger
    Joyce Jameson
    Joyce Jameson
    • Roseas Rose
    Sheb Wooley
    Sheb Wooley
    • Travis Cobbas Travis Cobb
    Royal Dano
    Royal Dano
    • Ten Spotas Ten Spot
    Matt Clark
    Matt Clark
    • Kellyas Kelly
    • (as Matt Clarke)
    John Verros
    • Chatoas Chato
    Will Sampson
    Will Sampson
    • Ten Bearsas Ten Bears
    William O'Connell
    William O'Connell
    • Sim Carstairsas Sim Carstairs
    John Quade
    John Quade
    • Comanchero Leaderas Comanchero Leader
    Frank Schofield
    • Senator Laneas Senator Lane
    • Director
      • Clint Eastwood
    • Writers
      • Forrest Carter(book "Gone To Texas")
      • Philip Kaufman(screenplay)
      • Sonia Chernus(screenplay)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Because of Chief Dan George's age, he would have trouble remembering his lines, so during takes, Clint Eastwood would begin to mouth his lines without realizing it and had to be told to stop because it would ruin the take. In a featurette on the DVD about making this movie, Eastwood says he'd have people drill Dan George on his lines, but when it came time to shoot the scene, he'd say "Chief, just forget about the lines, tell me the story about the man who rode over the hill." And Dan George, who was apparently a natural storyteller, would then tell the story perfectly.
    • Goofs
      During the attempted rape scene, crew members can be seen through the legs of a bandit.
    • Quotes

      Bounty hunter #1: You're wanted, Wales.

      Josey Wales: Reckon I'm right popular. You a bounty hunter?

      Bounty hunter #1: A man's got to do something for a living these days.

      Josey Wales: Dyin' ain't much of a living, boy.

    • Alternate versions
      The original UK cinema version was cut by 16 secs by the BBFC to edit the attempted rape of Laura Lee in order for the film to receive a 'AA' (14 and over) certificate. All later releases were upgraded to an '18' certificate and fully uncut.
    • Connections
      Featured in Eastwood in Action (1976)
    • Soundtracks
      Rose of Alabamy
      (uncredited)

      Written by Silas Sexton Steel

      Performed by Sam Bottoms

    User reviews257

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    Top review
    9/10
    Among The Best Westerns Of The 1970s
    Even when matched up against his Oscar-winning 1992 film UNFORGIVEN, THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES must rank as being among Clint Eastwood's finest turns both in front of and behind the camera. Having displayed a solid feel for the director's chair with 1971's PLAY MISTY FOR ME and 1973's HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER, Eastwood took the reins on JOSEY WALES when he and the original director Philip Kaufman, who still shared a co-write of the script (and had directed 1972's THE GREAT NORTHFIELD, MINNESOTA RAID), ran into some pretty strong disagreements. The end result was one of the best westerns of the 1970s, in critical, commercial, and artistic terms.

    Eastwood's character is a farmer living out a quiet life in Missouri near the end of the Civil War who is forced to see his whole family and homestead wiped out by marauding "Redlegs" from Kansas. He joins up with a guerrilla band of Southerners to "set things aright." But when the Union betrays those same guerrillas into surrendering and then promptly slaughters all of them, Eastwood takes violent revenge. He soon finds himself of the run at the reluctant hands of his former commander (John Vernon), and a determined Union man named Terrill (Bill McKinney, who played one of the sadistic mountain men in DELIVERANCE). As he heads towards Texas, he encounters a motley group of outcasts (Chief Dan George; Sondra Locke; Paula Trueman), and becomes less obsessed by violent revenge and more interested in helping, going for his guns only when McKinney's Union troop closes in, and bounty hunters come looking for him.

    In contrast to the "Man With No Name" persona he codified with Sergio Leone in the 1960s, or the tough cop he personified in DIRTY HARRY, Eastwood's Josey Wales is a man of great courage and sympathy who becomes tired of all the violence he has had to see and to take part in. The vengeance motif is largely played out by the time the film is into its second half, and it only comes back towards the tail end for a brief moment. Those who have tagged Eastwood as a political reactionary, a John Wayne of our time, have certainly misjudged him, as even one viewing of THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES will testify to. He is not interested in being tough for the sake of being tough; he just wants to survive, and he wants those he protects to be able to live in peace. That's why, although the film is unavoidably violent at times, it has a considerable humanity too, and why it remains one of Eastwood's finest films even to this day.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • June 30, 1976 (Canada)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Navajo
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Josey Wales
    • Filming locations
      • Kanab Movie Ranch - 5001 Angel Canyon Road, Kanab, Utah, USA
    • Production companies
      • Warner Bros.
      • The Malpaso Company
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $3,700,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $31,800,000
    • Gross worldwide
      • $31,800,000
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 15 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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