The scenery in The Revengers rivals anything put on the big screen.
The cast features William Holden and Ernest Borgnine at the top. Holden is solid, as always. But Borgnine steals the show as the comic relief. As the moral centre of the movie, this might be Woody Strode's finest 90 minutes.
Comanchees ride into Holden's idyllic wh1te ranch and pointlessly slaughter his entire family. His buddy also catches a couple of fatal bullets, but before he dies he conveniently describes one of two white men who were riding with the Comanchees, a dude with one pale eye.
Holden sets out for revenge. First stop, some prison camp. He recruits some reallky bad dudes. They go on a killing spree across Texas while pursuing the dude with the pale eye.
That's as complicated as it gets.
Susan Hayward shows up at the end of Act 2 with a terribly fake Irish accent to nurse Holden back to heatlh after he catches a bullet. Her scenes are pointless padding.
It all leads to an unsatisfying ending. Did they run out of budget?
I could see this being entertaining as the ABC Wednesday Night Movie of the Week in 1974. Grampa always enjoyed seeing the white guys killing Ind1ans.
The cast features William Holden and Ernest Borgnine at the top. Holden is solid, as always. But Borgnine steals the show as the comic relief. As the moral centre of the movie, this might be Woody Strode's finest 90 minutes.
Comanchees ride into Holden's idyllic wh1te ranch and pointlessly slaughter his entire family. His buddy also catches a couple of fatal bullets, but before he dies he conveniently describes one of two white men who were riding with the Comanchees, a dude with one pale eye.
Holden sets out for revenge. First stop, some prison camp. He recruits some reallky bad dudes. They go on a killing spree across Texas while pursuing the dude with the pale eye.
That's as complicated as it gets.
Susan Hayward shows up at the end of Act 2 with a terribly fake Irish accent to nurse Holden back to heatlh after he catches a bullet. Her scenes are pointless padding.
It all leads to an unsatisfying ending. Did they run out of budget?
I could see this being entertaining as the ABC Wednesday Night Movie of the Week in 1974. Grampa always enjoyed seeing the white guys killing Ind1ans.