Loosely Based On a True Story.
The Downbeat Tone and Leisure Pacing from a "Re-Born" and Former Blacklisted Abraham Polonsky, Doomed the Film that Would Be Over-Shadowed and Forgotten,
This "Intellectual" Thinking Man's Western,
Released the Same Year as "The Wild Bunch''. (Peckinpah's Bloody, Grit-Layered, Explosive Game-Changer),
and the Immensely Popular, Energetic, Well-Made, with Wide-Appeal, the "Hip" "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"
This One Didn't Stand a Chance and was Quickly Swept Aside,
and Ignored, Making Way for the Aforementioned 2 Blockbusters to Pave the Way for the Decades to Come.
It is Beautifully Shot, with Outstanding Performances Across the Board,
Especially Robert Blake, and a Subdued Robert Redford. Kathryn Ross and Susan Clark, both Contributing to the Film and Help Expand Humanity,
in a Picture Filled with Expansive Landscapes and Culture Clash-Bigotry that Reveals the "Dark Side" of the "Human Condition".
You can Really FEEL Polonsky There.
Apart from the "Western Revival", that Crowded the Competition when the Film was Released that Relegated this Fine, but Not Great, Entry in the Genre to Obscurity.
Viewed Alone in Retrospect, it Seems Unfairly Dismissed and Over-Looked. Something it Didn't and Doesn't Deserve.
Give it a Try, or Another Try, Because it's Definitely...
Worth a Watch.
The Downbeat Tone and Leisure Pacing from a "Re-Born" and Former Blacklisted Abraham Polonsky, Doomed the Film that Would Be Over-Shadowed and Forgotten,
This "Intellectual" Thinking Man's Western,
Released the Same Year as "The Wild Bunch''. (Peckinpah's Bloody, Grit-Layered, Explosive Game-Changer),
and the Immensely Popular, Energetic, Well-Made, with Wide-Appeal, the "Hip" "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"
This One Didn't Stand a Chance and was Quickly Swept Aside,
and Ignored, Making Way for the Aforementioned 2 Blockbusters to Pave the Way for the Decades to Come.
It is Beautifully Shot, with Outstanding Performances Across the Board,
Especially Robert Blake, and a Subdued Robert Redford. Kathryn Ross and Susan Clark, both Contributing to the Film and Help Expand Humanity,
in a Picture Filled with Expansive Landscapes and Culture Clash-Bigotry that Reveals the "Dark Side" of the "Human Condition".
You can Really FEEL Polonsky There.
Apart from the "Western Revival", that Crowded the Competition when the Film was Released that Relegated this Fine, but Not Great, Entry in the Genre to Obscurity.
Viewed Alone in Retrospect, it Seems Unfairly Dismissed and Over-Looked. Something it Didn't and Doesn't Deserve.
Give it a Try, or Another Try, Because it's Definitely...
Worth a Watch.