Though this film has an appealing juvenile star with Robby Benson in his first really substantial role, Jory is definitely not for the family trade. It's a tale about a kid who had to grow up real fast, especially when he starts losing everyone near and dear to him.
Robby and his father Claudio Brook are traveling west, Brook is a ne'er do well lawyer with a drinking problem. He gets killed in a really stupid drunken brawl by a cavalryman. Benson evens the score for him, but of course has to beat it out of town.
Trail boss John Marley takes him on a cattle drive and young cowboy B.J. Thomas who sports a two gun rig and is quite adept at all kinds of fancy twirling, takes Benson under his wing. The rest of the film is about Benson facing all kinds of adverse conditions before he realizes maybe he does have the right stuff to make it in the west.
Country singer B.J. Thomas, known best for singing Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head from Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid has the most interesting role in the film. He's a punk, but a likable one and when he gets killed after ignoring some very good advice, you do think about him the rest of the movie.
Coming of age movies are always interesting and appealing to a certain audience. But this is a very violent film, good but still quite violent. Parents of small kids beware.
Robby and his father Claudio Brook are traveling west, Brook is a ne'er do well lawyer with a drinking problem. He gets killed in a really stupid drunken brawl by a cavalryman. Benson evens the score for him, but of course has to beat it out of town.
Trail boss John Marley takes him on a cattle drive and young cowboy B.J. Thomas who sports a two gun rig and is quite adept at all kinds of fancy twirling, takes Benson under his wing. The rest of the film is about Benson facing all kinds of adverse conditions before he realizes maybe he does have the right stuff to make it in the west.
Country singer B.J. Thomas, known best for singing Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head from Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid has the most interesting role in the film. He's a punk, but a likable one and when he gets killed after ignoring some very good advice, you do think about him the rest of the movie.
Coming of age movies are always interesting and appealing to a certain audience. But this is a very violent film, good but still quite violent. Parents of small kids beware.