"THE TROUBLE MAKER...THE LAW MAKER...BOTH NOT OLD ENOUGH TO VOTE!"
An American gunslinger kills a Mexican man in California immediately after the Mexican-American war. The killer is arrested and put on trial for murder with the Hispanic population waiting to learn of American justice.
Patrick Wayne
Sheriff Jim Ellison
Yvonne Craig
Elena de la Madrid
Dennis Hopper
Hatfield Carnes
Dan O'Herlihy
Judge Millard Isham
Roberto De La Madrid
Don Roberto de la Madrid
Cliff Ketchum
Ben Stroud
Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez
Santiago
Ken Curtis
Lee Hearn
Cliff Lyons
Jury Foreman
An American gunslinger kills a Mexican man in California immediately after the Mexican-American war. The killer is arrested and put on trial for murder with the Hispanic population waiting to learn of American justice.
There is something almost propagandist about this western as it shows us a new nation coming to terms with the rule of law. We know right from the start that “Carnes” (Dennis Hopper) has gunned down a Mexican and that he has been duly arrested by the town’s sheriff (Patrick Wayne). Naturally, he fully expects to be freed by his friends or to be acquitted by his peers, but the newly arrived judge (Dan O’Herlihy) is not a man to be messed with or to allow his jury to be tampered with. The trial ensues uneventfully and then whilst awaiting the verdict, the townsfolk begin to polarise. Will either take the law into their own hands or can the sheriff keep the peace? Meantime, the daughter of local grandee “Don Roberto” (Roberto De La Madrid) has taken a shine to the lawman, and he to her - so with temperatures rising, what is next for “Elena” (Yvonne Craig) and her would-be beau? Ted Tetzlaff has assembled a decent enough cast here, but there’s no denying this Wayne hasn’t the screen presence of his father’s tin cup and that coupled with only sparing appearances from Hopper leaves us with something more about principle and less about action, even at the denouement. It’s all about having the constitution to accept a constitution, and the point is made simply enough - but as a story it’s more miss than hit.
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