A white trapper steals a white mustang called "Eagle Wing" from a Kiowa Indian, who pursues him to get his horse back.A white trapper steals a white mustang called "Eagle Wing" from a Kiowa Indian, who pursues him to get his horse back.A white trapper steals a white mustang called "Eagle Wing" from a Kiowa Indian, who pursues him to get his horse back.
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Stéphane Audran
- The Widow
- (as Stephane Audran)
Pedro Damián
- Jose
- (as Pedro Damian)
José Carlos Ruiz
- Lame Wolf
- (as Jose Carlos Ruiz)
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Did you know
- TriviaMartin Sheen (Pike) & Sam Waterston (White Bull) also worked together on Grace and Frankie (2015) as Robert Hanson & Sol Bergstein respectively.
- GoofsCaroline Langrishe forgetting she's supposed to be a bound captive, pulls her hands from behind her back, then quickly returns them into position. In the next scene we see her captor untying the ropes that bind her wrists.
- Crazy creditsEnrique Lucero plays an Indian shaman, but the character's name is misspelled in the credits as "The Sharman".
- ConnectionsFeatured in Screen Play (1984)
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Enjoyable western about an interminable pursuit with gorgeous outdoors
The picture tells the odyssey of a cowboy called Pike (Martin Sheen) whose partner, a white trapper , (Harvey Keitel), is murdered by Indians. Later on, he steals a white mustang called "Eagle Wing" to a Kiowa Indian. Having stolen a white mustang, he's pursued by an Indian, White Bull (Sam Waterston), who retrieves it and vice versa, going on and on a relentless manhunt .Pike pursues him to get his horse back. He then chases him to get his horse back through a long cat and mouse game . Meanwhile , the Indians attack a stagecoach with passengers (Stephane Audran and John Castle as a priest whose role was offered to Trevor Howard) and abduct an attractive girl. A Mexican posse (Enrique Lucero , Claudio Brook ) set out to track down the savage raiders . The west, the way it really was, before the myths were born!.
Solid western with great loads of action, chases and violence. From movie initiation when happens the horse robbing until the moving final, the fast-movement and western action-packed are continued . The pic is a crossover of various films , the white woman kidnapped by Indians just like ¨The Searches¨ (by John Ford) , the battle against nature from ¨Man in the wilderness¨ (Richard C. Sarafian) and ¨Jeremiah Johnson¨ (Sidney Pollack) and obstinacy and stubbornness between two merciless enemies who fight with no rest such as ¨The duelists¨ (Ridley Scott). The magnificent main cast is formed by an excellent Martin Sheen (Apocalypse now) as tough and two-fisted rider obsessed to recover the slim and graceful horse. Sam Waterston (Killing Fields) in a rare role as Comanche is very fine, as well. Sensational supporting cast featured by European actors, -this is a British production by Rank Organization- such as : Stephane Audran (Claude Chabrol's muse) and John Castle (Lion in Winter) as the priest. Besides , Mexican actors (Jorge Luque , Claudio Brook, Enrique Lucero, Jorge Russek), because being set in Mexican frontier and shot in Durango, Mexico, that's why some known Mexican actors were hired . Splendid cinematography by cameraman Billy Williams, it is wonderfully shown on spectacular landscapes . Lively and thrilling musical score by composer Mark Wilkinson.
The motion picture was well directed by Anthony Harvey (Lion in Winter). However , the picture was a flop and barely obtained money and failed really at box office; nowadays , being better considered than the past when it premiered. Rating : 7/10 . Above average Western , it will appeal to Martin Sheen fans .
Solid western with great loads of action, chases and violence. From movie initiation when happens the horse robbing until the moving final, the fast-movement and western action-packed are continued . The pic is a crossover of various films , the white woman kidnapped by Indians just like ¨The Searches¨ (by John Ford) , the battle against nature from ¨Man in the wilderness¨ (Richard C. Sarafian) and ¨Jeremiah Johnson¨ (Sidney Pollack) and obstinacy and stubbornness between two merciless enemies who fight with no rest such as ¨The duelists¨ (Ridley Scott). The magnificent main cast is formed by an excellent Martin Sheen (Apocalypse now) as tough and two-fisted rider obsessed to recover the slim and graceful horse. Sam Waterston (Killing Fields) in a rare role as Comanche is very fine, as well. Sensational supporting cast featured by European actors, -this is a British production by Rank Organization- such as : Stephane Audran (Claude Chabrol's muse) and John Castle (Lion in Winter) as the priest. Besides , Mexican actors (Jorge Luque , Claudio Brook, Enrique Lucero, Jorge Russek), because being set in Mexican frontier and shot in Durango, Mexico, that's why some known Mexican actors were hired . Splendid cinematography by cameraman Billy Williams, it is wonderfully shown on spectacular landscapes . Lively and thrilling musical score by composer Mark Wilkinson.
The motion picture was well directed by Anthony Harvey (Lion in Winter). However , the picture was a flop and barely obtained money and failed really at box office; nowadays , being better considered than the past when it premiered. Rating : 7/10 . Above average Western , it will appeal to Martin Sheen fans .
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- Runtime1 hour 51 minutes
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