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Warning: This is the worse Western that I have ever seen.


I watched this film for free on Hulu and I must say that I didn't expect a great film. The opening credit roll and much of the editing have the appearance of having been done at somebody's kitchen table.

Every time somebody was hit with an arrow, I could see the padding and blood bag underneath the victim's shirt. The acting was so bad that I really believe that I could have done a better job myself and I have no acting experience. The facial expressions during death scenes were particularly silly as they reminded me of the way kids act when playing Cowboys and Indians and one of them is pretending to die.

The narration was pathetic and made hardly any sense. During some of the scenes, I expected the actors to break out into a hearty laugh even as they were trying to be dramatic.

To summarize, this film was more entertaining for its errors, goofs and stupity than for its dramatic content. I found too many goofs to mention. How many can you find?

As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he. - Proverbs 23:7

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Welcome to the wild world of Al Adamson cinema. This is really one of those cases where if you know who's directing it, you know what to expect. And you're right, its errors/awfulness/stupidity is really what give it any kind of entertainment value.

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It's not only the worst Western I've ever seen, it's the worst film I've ever seen. The Star Wars Holiday Special comes close, but this takes the title. It's not even bad in a watchable "I can't believe what is happening" way, like The Conqueror. Just bad.

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The worst western I've ever seen was Deadwood 76...worse than this and this was bad.

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Currently airing several times a month, at all times of the day and night on a UK freeview channel. It is to be hoped they may have acquired other Adamson products as repeated viewings of this car crash gives masochism as a bad name. One of this effort's (unknown) pleasures is imagining the responses of both cast and crew to Adamson's half baked directions (or lack of them), wandering who would've injured themselves through suppressing laughter or violent incredulity, as well as those who might have exhibited foolish enthusiasm in the hope of convincing themselves that they were participating in something like a competent movie.

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