"The Lure of the Mystic Wild river Was Diamonds. But What Was Frightening Was the Men Who Never Came Back."
Two former Confederate captains try to remove diamonds hidden in the Arkansas mountains, but a native spirit guards the sacred site against intruders.
Joe Don Baker
Wishbone Cutter
Sondra Locke
Drusilla Wilcox
Ted Neeley
Amos Richmond - Teach
Joy N. Houck Jr.
Half Moon O'Brian
Dennis Fimple
Posey
John Davis Chandler
Rafe
Grady Wyatt
Dancer
Linda Dano
Rosalie Cutter
Slim Pickens
Virgil Cane
Two former Confederate captains try to remove diamonds hidden in the Arkansas mountains, but a native spirit guards the sacred site against intruders.
**_Western set in northern Arkansas with Joe Don Baker and Sondra Locke_** After one of the last battles of the Civil War, a captain and his half-breed scout (Baker and Joy N. Houck Jr.) team-up with a college geologist (Ted Neeley) to find a deposit of diamonds in a cave in the Ozarks. On the way, they are joined by a woman (Locke), but are hindered by shadowy pursuers. "The Shadow of Chikara” (1977), also known as “The Curse of Demon Mountain” (amongst other titles), is worth seeing because of the unique locale for a Western, as well as the quality cast. Speaking of which, Locke and John Davis Chandler (in a small part) previously appeared together in “The Outlaw Josey Wales” from the year before. Sondra’s new beau from that flick, Clint Eastwood, visited the set a few weeks into the shoot for a respite, checking out the area and doing some fishing. I’ve heard this referred to as a cheap production, but it’s not. For instance, the opening Civil War battle scenes are convincing, not to mention the characters are fleshed out and well acted. The second half does get tedious though, yet there’s a nice surprise at the end. The blurry version currently available on streaming runs 1 hour, 31 minutes, but the original cut runs 23 minutes longer, which explains the abrupt (amateurish) editing in the short version. It was shot in north-central Arkansas at Bull Shoals State Park; and Yellville, which is a dozen miles to the southwest, as well as Buffalo National River, which is 15 miles further south. GRADE: B- (if I saw a quality print of the original version, I might rate this higher)
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บิลลี่ เดอะ คิด และพรรคพวกหนีไปเม็กซิโกหลังจากถูกตั้งค่าหัว แต่ก็ยังไม่พ้นโดนแพท แกร์เรตต์ คู่หูเก่าของบิลลี่ตามล่าตัว
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ชาร์ลส์ บรอนสันและวิล แซมป์สันร่วมแสดงในบทบาทไวลด์ บิล ฮิกค็อกและสารวัตรเครซี่ฮอร์สในภาพยนตร์แนวเวสเทิร์นที่ไม่เหมือนใครโดยวีรบุรุษทั้งสองต้องฝ่าถิ่นทุรกันดานสุดหนาวเหน็บเพื่อตามหาสัตว์ประหลาดที่หลอกหลอนพวกเขา เจ้ากระทิงยักษ์
A bounty hunter trying to bring a murderer to justice is forced to accept the help of two less-than-trustworthy strangers.
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In 1867, a gang robs a bank and flees into the desert. Out of water, the outlaws encounter a ghost town called Yellow Sky and its only residents, a hostile young woman and her grandfather.
ภาพยนตร์อ้างอิงเหตุสงครามกลางเมืองของจริงและอาจเป็นภารกิจที่สะเทือนใจที่สุดในสงคราม กองทหารฝ่ายสหภาพภายใต้การบังคับบัญชาของพันเอกมาร์โลว์ได้บุกเข้าไปในดินแดนทางใต้เพื่อทำลายปราการของกลุ่มกบฎที่นิวตันสเตชัน