The Master Gunfighter

1975 "He Fought Like an Army, and Lived Like a Legend."
4.5| 1h50m| NA| en| More Info
Released: 03 October 1975 Released
Producted By: Billy Jack Enterprises
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Don Santiago (Richard Angarola) is a vicious man who helps provoke an Indian massacre that will allow him to steal the Indians' land and claim it as his own. However, his son-in-law, Finley (Tom Laughlin), is an expert hand with both guns and swords and will not allow him to push around the peace-loving Indians or fellow settlers of the West.

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Drama, Western

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Director

Frank Laughlin

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Billy Jack Enterprises

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The Master Gunfighter Audience Reviews

Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
Actuakers One of my all time favorites.
Fleur Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.
Justina The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
spaz47 The challenge is to stay awake! Tom Laughlin might have come across as more menacing if his voice was an octave or two lower. The script makes no sense! Laughlin doesn't want to kill anybody so he rides right into the mess, then acts shy like he doesn't really want to hurt anybody, yet winds up shooting, dicing and slicing folks to pieces! All of this in the name of peace! I liked his 1st two films: "The Born Losers," that 1st introduced his Billy-Jack character, as well as "Billy Jack." His 3rd film, "The Trial of Billy Jack," fell down a bit and I never bothered to watch his 4th film, "Billy Jack goes to Washington." Quite frankly I think the beard was a bit much, and the story line absolutely unbelievable!
JFrawley032759 This is not a good film, and much of the criticism of it is justified, but the comment that the use of the LeMat revolver is ahistorical may be mistaken. This film is set prior to the Civil War, and thus before 1861, but subsequent to California statehood, and thus after 1850. The LeMat was first manufactured and sold in 1856. If this is set between 1856 and 1861 the presence of the LeMat doesn't need to be a problem. The use of a katana, on the other hand, is a problem. Extremely few Japanese, or those familiar with the Japanese, arrived in the U.S. before the 1880s, and those who came then were almost exclusively farmers, rather than samurai: Katanas would be very unlikely to be found in antebellum California.
cyberian Tom Laughlin didn't have to stretch much for this role, to be sure, but as the previous poster said, Barbara Carrera alone is worth the price of admission. If you liked the Billy Jack flicks, you'll undoubtedly like this as well. If you like westerns, you'll like this too. It's a pretty solid performance, and Laughlin is surrounded by a good cast. This movie also has considerably higher production values than the first Billy Jack pictures. This is particularly noticeable in the cinematography, as well as the set design. One would suspect this is because by the time this was made, Laughlin was beginning to enjoy some degree of success and fame due to the buzz generated by the two previous Billy Jack installments.
dexter-3 A terrible film set against the natural beauty of the California coast (my guess is the creators knew what a dog they had). Mexicans with samurai swords and training? A gun that looks like a six-shooter but holds 12 shots (is this a LeMat)? TOM LAUGHLIN? He should credit himself as "Laugh (as in "funny")-lin". The best scene occurs when Laugh-lin (astride his horse) faces off against a bad dude about to commit rape. As in "Billy Jack," Laugh-lin woodenly tells the dude "I don't want to kill you. I'll just ride away." The dude can't deal with the karma emanating from Billy - oops, I mean Finley, and Billy - sorry, Finley - kills him. The dude doesn't know that when Billy - er, Finley - takes off his hat and rubs his hand on his head and face and speaks in a weary tone, that's it! Yikes!A better title may be "Billy Jack - Sorry, Finley - Kicks Ass on the Monterey Peninsula." Punctuated by really boring gun and sword battles (other viewers will anxiously wonder - as I did - who's going to win). This should be a "0."