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Overview
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Director:
Writers:
Samuel Fuller (story)
Lukas Heller (writer)
Release Date:
21 December 1973 (USA) more
Tagline:
The sheriff fought for peace. Now he would kill for vengeance.
Plot:
Sheriff Sean Kilpatrick is a pacifist. Frank Brand is the leader of a band of killers. When their paths... more | add synopsis
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Intense, watchable film let down by awkward opening sequence and some bad dialogue more (12 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Richard Harris | ... | Sheriff Sean Kilpatrick |
 | Rod Taylor | ... | Frank Brand |
| Al Lettieri | ... | Gutierrez, Mexican Policeman |
| Neville Brand | ... | Choo Choo |
 | William Smith | ... | Schoolboy |
| Paul Benjamin | ... | Jacob |
| Pedro Armendáriz Jr. | ... | Herrero |
| Isela Vega | ... | Maria |
| Kelly Jean Peters | ... | Katharine Kilpatrick |
| William Bryant | ... | Deputy Bill |
| Sean Marshall | ... | Kevin Kilpatrick |
| Read Morgan | ... | Deputy Bob |
| Joan Swift | ... | Teacher |
| Ray Moyer | ... | Priest |
| Armando Acosta | ... | Mole |
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Also Known As:
Riata (USA) (working title)
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110 min | West Germany:105 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Finland:K-18 (cut) | Iceland:16 | Norway:16 | Sweden:15 | USA:PG | West Germany:16
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Samuel Fuller was the original director, but after repeated clashes with star Richard Harris, he was fired and replaced by Barry Shear. more
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Continuity: When Jacob is fleecing Choo-Choo at cards, he plays with an Ace of Clubs, an Ace of Diamonds, and a Queen. When Choo-Choo picks a card, it is the Ace of Spades, and the Spade on the card is much larger than the other symbols. more
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The Deadly Trackers was to be directed by the author of the original story, Sam Fuller. He was replaced by one or two other directors (identities unknown) and it was up to the dependable Barry Shear to complete the film. The opening sequence of stills and voice-overs is a liability to the overall film. My guess is that Shear, due to the chop and change of previous directors, had cobbled together pieces of their unfinished work. I would appreciate clarification of this from someone who knows. The importance of the opening sequence is that it establishes the motivation for the entire film. The violent shattering of this close-knit family drives the action - and should have given the viewer a greater appreciation of Richard Harris's despair. Otherwise Shear's film is an excellent thought-provoking western with an excellent performance by Al Lettieri playing the sheriff as the revenge-seeker's conscience. Vigilante theme worth comparing to films like Dirty Harry which was released two years earlier and set a trend in American cinema.
Memo: Whoever wrote the line `He shot the roses from her cheeks' should have been shot himself.