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Valdez Is Coming

  • 1971
  • PG-13
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
4.9K
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Valdez Is Coming (1971)
A Mexican-American sheriff must resort to violence against a powerful rancher in order to get just compensation for the pregnant Indian widow of a wrongly killed black man.
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A Mexican-American sheriff (Burt Lancaster) must resort to violence against a powerful rancher (Frank Tanner, played by Jon Cypher) in order to get just compensation for the pregnant Indian ... Read allA Mexican-American sheriff (Burt Lancaster) must resort to violence against a powerful rancher (Frank Tanner, played by Jon Cypher) in order to get just compensation for the pregnant Indian widow of a wrongly killed black man.A Mexican-American sheriff (Burt Lancaster) must resort to violence against a powerful rancher (Frank Tanner, played by Jon Cypher) in order to get just compensation for the pregnant Indian widow of a wrongly killed black man.

  • Director
    • Edwin Sherin
  • Writers
    • Roland Kibbee
    • David Rayfiel
    • Elmore Leonard
  • Stars
    • Burt Lancaster
    • Susan Clark
    • Frank Silvera
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    • IMDb RATING
    6.7/10
    4.9K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Edwin Sherin
    • Writers
      • Roland Kibbee
      • David Rayfiel
      • Elmore Leonard
    • Stars
      • Burt Lancaster
      • Susan Clark
      • Frank Silvera
    • 70User reviews
    • 18Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro

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    Burt Lancaster
    Burt Lancaster
    • Valdez
    Susan Clark
    Susan Clark
    • Gay Erin
    Frank Silvera
    Frank Silvera
    • Diego
    Jon Cypher
    Jon Cypher
    • Frank Tanner
    Richard Jordan
    Richard Jordan
    • R. L. Davis
    Barton Heyman
    Barton Heyman
    • El Segundo
    Hector Elizondo
    Hector Elizondo
    • Mexican Rider
    Phil Brown
    Phil Brown
    • Malson
    Ralph Brown
    • Beaudry
    Werner Hasselmann
    • Sheriff
    • (as Werner Hassleman)
    Lex Monson
    • Rincon
    Sylvia Poggioli
    • Segundo's Girl
    • (as Sylvia Paggioli)
    José García García
    • Carlos
    • (as Jose Garcia Garcia)
    María Montez
    • Anita
    • (as Maria Montez)
    Juanita Penaloza
    • Indian Woman
    Marta Tuch
    • Rosa
    Juan Fernández
    • Mexican Buyer
    • (as Juan Fernandez)
    Rudy Ugland
    • First Tracker
    • Director
      • Edwin Sherin
    • Writers
      • Roland Kibbee
      • David Rayfiel
      • Elmore Leonard
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    • Trivia
      In this movie, Valdez appears as a part-time shotgun rider on the Hatch & Hodges stagecoach. Elmore Leonard, who wrote the novel that this movie is based on, used the same stagecoach service in other of his novels, like "Hombre" and "Last Stand at Saber River".
    • Goofs
      At the end of the film, when Valdez is riding hidden between two horses, a wire is visible holding the horses' bridles together, so that they won't separate during Lancaster's close-up.
    • Quotes

      [last lines]

      Frank Tanner: I shoulda killed you three days ago.

      El Segundo: Or gone to Nogales.

      Bob Valdez: Or paid the hundred dollars.

    • Alternate versions
      The UK DVD has at least one horse tripping edited. Towards the end Valdez and the lady ride at each other, the horses clashing and falling. This scene is missing in the UK version, you see them riding towards each other and suddenly they are down on the ground, rising up. The German version is uncut.
    • Connections
      Referenced in Minnie and Moskowitz (1971)

    User reviews70

    Featured review
    7/10

    Mexican gentleman takes on mob of old west gangsters

    A former Apache hunter, who has lost his taste for violence, becomes embroiled in a running duel across a scorched, rugged terrain with a gang of gunrunners...all over a lousy 100 bucks...and honor...and a woman. This film reminded me somewhat of Charles Bronson's first big box office hit, "Chato's Land". The band of thugs, unlike the group chasing Chato, were up to the job of killing Valdez, but found their quarry to be more elusive than they had bargained for. Very good western, right up there with Lancaster's film of the same year, "Lawman". I still can't feature Burt as a Mexican, though.
    • helpless_dancer
    • Feb 28, 2001
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    • Release date
      • April 9, 1971 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Que viene Valdez
    • Filming locations
      • Sierra de Gredos ridge, Ávila, Castilla y León, Spain(Snowy mountain scenes)
    • Production companies
      • Norlan Productions
      • Ira Steiner Productions
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $62,000
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 30 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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