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6.7/10 • 191

1970-07-231h 51m

Western

THE LEGEND - John Wayne is 'Chisum'

Cattle baron John Chisum joins forces with Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett to fight the Lincoln County Land War in the New Mexico Territory of 1878.

Directors
Andrew V. McLaglen
Writters
Andrew J. Fenady
Editors
Andrew J. Fenady, Robert L. Simpson

Top Billed Cast

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  1. John Wayne

    John Wayne

    John Chisum

  2. Forrest Tucker

    Forrest Tucker

    Lawrence Murphy

  3. Christopher George

    Christopher George

    Dan Nodeen

  4. Ben Johnson

    Ben Johnson

    James Pepper

  5. Glenn Corbett

    Glenn Corbett

    Pat Garrett

  6. Andrew Prine

    Andrew Prine

    Alex McSween

  7. Bruce Cabot

    Bruce Cabot

    Sheriff Brady

  8. Patric Knowles

    Patric Knowles

    Henry Tunstall

  9. Richard Jaeckel

    Richard Jaeckel

    Jess Evans

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Per Gunnar Jonsson

Jun 3, 2014

7/10

Maybe it is because I grew up with watching John Wayne (my father was a big fan of western movies) but I still really like these old goodies with John Wayne. Actually there are few movies with John Wayne that I do not like even though all of them are rather outdated in this age of overkill action and special effects. This is definitely one of the better ones. John Wayne is doing what he does best. That is playing a slightly grumpy, hard-hitting cowboy. The role of Chisum is really perfect for John Wayne. That is not to say that the others are not doing a decent performance but it is really John Wayne that makes this movie. The movie itself is a fairly standard land-grabbing, cattle-steeling and bullying western story were two men spend most of the movie working themselves towards the final confrontation which, as good western tradition prescribes, involves a hearty exchange of gunfire. Just for good measure a bit of fist fighting was thrown in as well. There is nothing special with the story, there is nothing special with the acting, there is nothing special with the footage. It is just that everything is what I would expect, or at least hope for, in this kind of movie. The entire movie is just right in some old-fashioned way. The fact that the ending is reasonably happy is of course an additional plus. This movie is simply great uncomplicated entertainment.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$4,000,000.00
Revenue
$6,000,000.00
Keywords
gunslingermonopolymoral conflictcattle drivegun battlecattlehistorical eventwagon trainpossequick drawland warcattle baroncattle-rustlerpat garrettnew mexico territory1870sgroup conflictbilly the kidlincoln county war