The Spanish title is Tierra Brutal - The Brutal Land.
This does indeed seem to be an awkward prototype of the European westerns starring Clint Eastwood, followed by others. It is notable for the hard, sunny climate and terrain, beautiful "Mexican" (Spanish) women, and cold-bloodedness of the killings. Not only can good guys draw first, Basehart's character even shoots bad(der) guys in the back - none of this mythical, Ivanhoe-like Code of the West chivalry nonsense.
Notable too is the determination of the beautiful heiress to defend her ranch, by getting her men to kill or by hersekf killing someone from her living room. Latin women: beautiful and DANGEROUS.
And yes, Richard Basehart's tired gunfighter character *is* old enough to be the pretty young girl's father, but it is not at all unusual for a girl to fall in love with a much older man. My second ex-wife won't be half my age until next year (2015), and we have 2 beautiful children to show, for her infatuation.
Thanks to the hot beauty of its women, the film wasn't an hour or so wasted watching this while doing other things.
This does indeed seem to be an awkward prototype of the European westerns starring Clint Eastwood, followed by others. It is notable for the hard, sunny climate and terrain, beautiful "Mexican" (Spanish) women, and cold-bloodedness of the killings. Not only can good guys draw first, Basehart's character even shoots bad(der) guys in the back - none of this mythical, Ivanhoe-like Code of the West chivalry nonsense.
Notable too is the determination of the beautiful heiress to defend her ranch, by getting her men to kill or by hersekf killing someone from her living room. Latin women: beautiful and DANGEROUS.
And yes, Richard Basehart's tired gunfighter character *is* old enough to be the pretty young girl's father, but it is not at all unusual for a girl to fall in love with a much older man. My second ex-wife won't be half my age until next year (2015), and we have 2 beautiful children to show, for her infatuation.
Thanks to the hot beauty of its women, the film wasn't an hour or so wasted watching this while doing other things.