Decent enough Western with Charles Bronson well cast as an avenging Indian. Well, he doesn't start out that way - he kills a sheriff who is going to kill him and a posse go to get him. His wife is raped around the half way mark to give him extra motivation - this would have been better up the front.
Bronson doesn't do that much in the movie - most of the action focuses on the posse, led by Confederate uniform wearing Jack Palance, and some black hat rapists (including Richard Jordan and the dad from The Waltons) and a liberal. Strong cast, including Victor French and James Whitmore and Richard Basehart. The female "character" basically smiles and gets raped. There would be a lot more rape from Winner.
Aside - for some reason a lot of early 70s Westerns were made by Poms: Euan Lloyd, Winner, Gerald Wilson, Alan Sharp...
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