
Running from the law after a bank robbery in Mexico, Dad Longworth finds an opportunity to take the stolen gold and leave his partner Rio to be captured. Years later, Rio escapes from the prison where he has been since, and hunts down Dad for revenge. Dad is now a respectable sheriff in California and has been living in fear of Rio's return.... (Full plot summary below)
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Running from the law after a bank robbery in Mexico, Dad Longworth finds an opportunity to take the stolen gold and leave his partner Rio to be captured. Years later, Rio escapes from the prison where he has been since, and hunts down Dad for revenge. Dad is now a respectable sheriff in California and has been living in fear of Rio's return.
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| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyIntriguing but ultimately flawed Western that shows Brando talent as an actor and director. |
| User ReviewDaniel EOf course this is one of the greatest westerns ever! Not a typical western at all and Brando and Malden have that chemistry like none other. Ah, I love this film. |
| User ReviewJeff ROne-eyed Jacks' is the only film directed by Marlon Brando. A 1961 western set distinctively on the Californian coast. The Big Sur booming away as a fatal groundnote to the drama. Brando is superb and looks devastatingly beautiful and charismatic. Apparantly he disowned the studio cut picture. His preferred version, now lost,was five hours long. included a tragic ending and pointed up the ambivalent morality of the characters, including the 'hero'. It is still a wonderful film though I can see what he meant but I think enough of his film remains. Slim Pickens is wonderful in it as a boorish lump of a deputy sheriff. One scene has 'Kid Rio' lashed to a horse rail and flogged with a bull whip by Malden's character, 'Dad Longworth'. This isn't the first time that the Calvary is invoked in the film. I was glad the studio insisted on the upbeat ending. Brando and his girl virtually riding off into the sunset. The actress was a wonderful, young Mexican woman, Pina Pellicar, who had a relationship with Brando around this time but killed herself two years later |
| User ReviewAlfonso E. VIt's too bad that Brando didin't direct another movie. |
| User ReviewJoe UClassic western! Brando and Mulden are great |
| User Reviewwilliam bFavorite moment: The expression on Brando's face when told he would have to give up his gun. Priceless! This is a Western that Shakespeare would have enjoyed. |
| User ReviewSteve WThis movie is far superior to The Shootist which got higher ratings.Sometimes Brando has a deranged smile. |
| User ReviewLuc LMy favorite western - a battle of good and evil while commenting on the human condition. Worthy of being made into an opera |
| User ReviewCameron JFavorite moment: The expression on Brando's face when told he would have to give up his gun. Priceless! This is a Western that Shakespeare would have enjoyed. |
| User ReviewCharles MLong and with some conflict in styles (gritty and lush), yet one of the finest and most exciting (and satisfying) Westerns ever made. And what a glory it is to watch Brando. (Too bad he did not direct more films.) |