Odd he's actually playing a mexican-american.
Myth of the old west gunfighter
As an ex-American History teacher, I enjoy an occasional western movie but realize that most of what you see in these films is myth. So, when you see folks say things like "I'll meet you on Main Street at high noon" for some shootout, know it's all a Hollywood invention. Shootouts were incredibly rare and more often than not, it involved someone shooting someone in the back...not two hot young gunslingers shooting it out to see who's the fastest! Keep this in mind when you see "Man from Del Rio"!
When the story begins, Dave Robles (Anthony Quinn) confronts a gunman who killed some of Robles family years ago. He wants a chance to settle the score and they have an impromptu shootout and Robles kills the infamous gunslinger....and suddenly the folks of the town where this occurred LOVE Robles and want him to stay and be their sheriff. And, like you'd expect in this Hollywood version of the old west, more shootouts will follow! But how the town reacts to him after this...that is odd.
So is it worth seeing? Absolutely. It's a pretty good film from start to finish...and especially at the finish!
By the way, this is a rare film. While Quinn was born in Mexico and his heritage was Irish/Mexican, he played 1001 different ethnicities and only a few times played Mexicans or Mexican-Americans.
Myth of the old west gunfighter
As an ex-American History teacher, I enjoy an occasional western movie but realize that most of what you see in these films is myth. So, when you see folks say things like "I'll meet you on Main Street at high noon" for some shootout, know it's all a Hollywood invention. Shootouts were incredibly rare and more often than not, it involved someone shooting someone in the back...not two hot young gunslingers shooting it out to see who's the fastest! Keep this in mind when you see "Man from Del Rio"!
When the story begins, Dave Robles (Anthony Quinn) confronts a gunman who killed some of Robles family years ago. He wants a chance to settle the score and they have an impromptu shootout and Robles kills the infamous gunslinger....and suddenly the folks of the town where this occurred LOVE Robles and want him to stay and be their sheriff. And, like you'd expect in this Hollywood version of the old west, more shootouts will follow! But how the town reacts to him after this...that is odd.
So is it worth seeing? Absolutely. It's a pretty good film from start to finish...and especially at the finish!
By the way, this is a rare film. While Quinn was born in Mexico and his heritage was Irish/Mexican, he played 1001 different ethnicities and only a few times played Mexicans or Mexican-Americans.