A forerunner to the spaghetti Westerns in a way - downbeat, lots of rape, dialoue stripped back. Gregory Peck is after the gang who raped and murdered his wife. They are played by decent actors - Stephen Boyd (effecitve as a villain), Lee Van Cleef, Henry Silva and Albert Sami.
There's a lot of religious hogwash - a know it all priest, and Peck feels guilty for killing the men when he finds out they didn't kill his wife after all... tbough they're still killers and thieves and rapists. Boyd rapes Kathleen Gallant.
Joan Collins is always likeable but is miscast really - she can't even run properly. Gregory Peck didn't like playing a vengeful character but he's effecitve.
The scenery is stunning. (It was shot in Mexico). Henry King directed - writer Philip Yordan didn't like his work and maybe it needed someone more in your face but King tries.
I got a little confused about the geography. It felt like the characters were riding around in circles.
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