
Jill McBain travels to the wild frontier, Utah, where she and her new husband planned to settle down, but upon arrival, she finds him and his children dead. There's a lot of land, and potential, but there are also those who want to take it--at any cost. Even if it means killing a man and his kids.... (Full plot summary below)
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Jill McBain travels to the wild frontier, Utah, where she and her new husband planned to settle down, but upon arrival, she finds him and his children dead. There's a lot of land, and potential, but there are also those who want to take it--at any cost. Even if it means killing a man and his kids.
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| Apollo GuideRyan CracknellExplores legends and entombs myths into a film that is timeless and will live on as a work of art even if the western as we once knew it disappeared alongside its heroes. |
| Hollywood ReporterDouglas PrattOne of the greatest face movies ever made. |
| London Evening StandardDerek MalcolmSergio Leone's 1969 masterwork, in which he pulls together most of the themes of his three Dollar films, and also contributes one of the most famous credit sequences in history, will wet your lips all over again. |
| Sky CinemaRob DanielLeone's film, authentic yet hyper-stylised, complete with the coolest cowboy fashion (gunslingers in long coats has never been bettered), mainstreet shootouts and raw, memorable characters, is a tough, leathery sundried masterpiece. |
| Times (UK)Edward PorterThese days, cartoonish, genre-pastiching movies are everywhere, but Leone's films in this vein are still more enjoyable than most. |
| Independent (UK)Anthony QuinnSergio Leone's frontier parable is a landmark in Westerns, and features not only one of the greatest opening sequences ever made, but also the best use of a harmonica in cinema. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonLeone's violent epic Western is an essential masterpiece. |
| Filmcritic.comChristopher NullWhen West is jumping, it's impossible to turn away. |
| Cinema em CenaPablo VillaçaVisualmente espetacular, este clássico cerca a bela Cardinale de atores fantásticos, que duelam não apenas com suas armas, mas também com suas ótimas performances. |
| Observer (UK)Philip FrenchThe Everest of the 1968 spaghetti western is a violent, poetic elegy. |