...but not by much.
First off, you have to be willing to accept Alan Ladd as the "bad guy". Certainly against type. And, you have to accept the idea that revenge is always worth it; there's plenty of revenge in this flick. And, to be honest, Ladd looks old and worn out here.
Second, it's one of those films where there isn't a single "good guy" to root for. Some might say, "Well, what about the townspeople?" Well, they're the ones that caused Ladd to want revenge.
The main supporting cast -- Don Murray as the drunk Confederate, Dan O'Herlihy as a cohort, Dolores Michaels as a bar girl who joins in on the revenge, and Barry Coe who plays a sharp shooter -- all do their jobs. But they're pretty unlikable. Murray's character is a hopeless drunk, who suddenly sobers up as a way to end the movie, and frankly that part of the plot is pretty ludicrous.
I can't recommend this.
First off, you have to be willing to accept Alan Ladd as the "bad guy". Certainly against type. And, you have to accept the idea that revenge is always worth it; there's plenty of revenge in this flick. And, to be honest, Ladd looks old and worn out here.
Second, it's one of those films where there isn't a single "good guy" to root for. Some might say, "Well, what about the townspeople?" Well, they're the ones that caused Ladd to want revenge.
The main supporting cast -- Don Murray as the drunk Confederate, Dan O'Herlihy as a cohort, Dolores Michaels as a bar girl who joins in on the revenge, and Barry Coe who plays a sharp shooter -- all do their jobs. But they're pretty unlikable. Murray's character is a hopeless drunk, who suddenly sobers up as a way to end the movie, and frankly that part of the plot is pretty ludicrous.
I can't recommend this.