Listonixio Fresh and Exciting

Voxitype Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

Casey Duggan It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

Nicole I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

a_chinn Okay western comedy is kept afloat mostly by it's two leads, Yul Brynner and Richard Crenna. Brynner plays Callow, a fast talking cowboy conman, who steals cattle from a wealthy rancher. Civil War buddy and now sheriff, Crenna, goes after Brynner, as does a vicious killer hired by the aggrieved rancher. The film gets a lot of milage from Leonard Nimoy playing the hired gun. Seeing Mr. Spock in a villainous and highly animated role is a whole lot of fun, even if his part is a smaller one. And Nimoy isn't the only one playing against type. The usually stoic Brynner is equally amusing to watch all goofy and smiling (at one point he even gets to mug after getting kicked in the groin). On the downside, the comedy as scripted isn't all that funny, though the cast does the most with what they have. Despite that, the film is fast paced, never boring, and I consider myself entertained. Overall, this is far from a western classic, but it's a must-see for Brynner and Nimoy fans, and well worth checking out for western fans.

David_Brown I really liked this film, with the exception of (Spoiler) Leonard Nimoy in the nude in a tub. To say this scene brings nothing to the table is a gross understatement, and that scene is cringe worthy to say the least. I really think the posters who talk about this film have never saw it, or are unfamiliar with with stars (Or both), For example one poster who talked about Richard Crenna (Marshall Cowan) and asks how he never did more Westerns must have been unfamiliar with "The Real McCoys", "The Man Called Noon", and countless others (Many of which I never saw, because they were made for TV), but if you are going to ask the question, all you need to do is read Crenna's IMDb Page, and you will learn. The main reasons to watch are Yul Brynner ("Catlow"), who although not considered a "Western Actor" certainly was (Including two classics "The Magnificent Seven" and "Westworld"), and Jo Ann Pflug (Christina). My favorite part? Spoilers Ahead: Is the ending which shows what Catlow does to the rest of his partners in crime by locking up Rosita (Daliah Lavi) in jail for her actions, and becoming Marshall and taking the rest of the gang back to Arizona for trial. As for the Marshall he gets shot up, and cannot take the prisoners back to Arizona (Which is why Catlow does it), and after being healed, he will have to face a different kind of sentence there is no escaping from.... The hacienda with Christina, who knows what she wants and will get it. I really like the scenes between Christina and Cowan such as when they are ballroom dancing and horseback riding, you can see how perfect they are together, even if Cowan did not know it, he will have a lifetime to realize it. 8/10 Stars.

Boba_Fett1138 This is a rather little entertaining western to watch. It has all of the violence and shooting but still it's made in a sort of more light and fun way.Never thought I would ever see Leonard Nimoy in a western. He made some appearance in western's but mostly in series and TV-movies. I think this is his biggest western's role out of his career. On top of that, he also plays the villain in this one and he does it extremely well. He truly had some real talent for playing the bad guy and I wouldn't had minded seeing him in more roles such as this one. Yul Brynner is also good as always. He really was in his element in westerns. In this movie he takes a more of a kind and humorous approach, which also works out really well for him.The characters are good ones but the character treatment isn't among the greatest. Yul Brynner will disappear out of the movie for some time, then Richard Crenna and then Leonard Nimoy. He's supposed to be the main villain, but nevertheless he gets hardly featured in the second halve of the movie at all. Consistency is not a too common thing within this movie.It's fine that the movie concentrates mainly on two characters, that are different and also on the other side of the law, but still great friends, although they are not afraid to punch, or shoot at each other either to get what they want. This sort of approach of an unlikely friendship isn't of course uncommon in a western.The story is a fine one, that leaves plenty of room for action. There a lot of shootouts, also involving villainous Indians. It all makes sure that the movie at all time is a fast going, with plenty happening on the screen.It's a real '70's western. '70's westerns are a total different thing from westerns from any other decade. It has that typical kind of '70's rawness all over it and in this case the movie also features some experimental techniques, such as some extremely fast editing in some scenes. Not sure if it truly helps or uplifts the movie but it still makes it a tiny bit more interesting to watch.Really a movie I enjoyed watching, though it's obviously no genre classic. It's just too small and insignificant for that.7/10http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/

bkoganbing In this European made western, Yul Brynner plays it considerably lighter than he did in The Magnificent Seven. Adapted from the Louis L'Amour novel, Catlow is a pretty amusing romp through the old west by Yul Brynner as an outlaw and Richard Crenna as Ben Cowan, the marshal sworn to bring him in, but alive. The two of them were in the Civil War together and that kind of bond doesn't sever easily.But Catlow's got all kinds of people who want him bad, the Mexican Army, the Indians, and a mean hired killer in the person of Leonard Nimoy. He's also got a girlfriend in Daliah Lavi who definitely has an agenda involving Brynner that's all her own. As for Nimoy before he became the wise and logical Vulcan Mr. Spock, he played all kinds of nasty types on television and in film.I'm surprised Richard Crenna didn't do more westerns in his career, probably had he come along earlier he might very well have. It's a career path he should have taken.Brynner and Crenna have a nice easy chemistry between them, it's the main reason for checking out Catlow.