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Hannie Coulder (Raquel Welch) is living along with her hubby when three nasty brothers (Ernest Borgnine , Jack Elam , Strother Martin) kill her husband and she is raped . She is healed by a bounty hunter (Robert Culp) who teaches her how to be an expert gunwoman . Later on , a gunsmith (Christopher Lee cameo) builds Hannie a specialized revolver for her journey ahead . The revenge starts and early she is ready for it .

The picture contains action , gun-play , humor and a little bit of violence when the violation and murders are happening . The film follows Spaghetti Western rules , thus gets violent feuds , greedy and extreme baddies , spectacular shot'em up , rapid showdowns, and habitual plot : the vengeance ; besides , being shot in Almeria (Spain) where during 1960s-1970s years had been filmed several Italian/Spanish Western . Quentin Tarantino later said the film was one of his inspirations for "Kill Bill . Raquel Welch is enjoyable and enticing , though wooden , Robert Culp as the veteran gunfighter is top-notch . Special mention for the humorous and ironical trio of brothers , they are amused parodying the Western killer gang . The usually villain Christopher Lee makes a brief intervention as good guy at a cameo , in his seven decade career , this is Christopher Lee's only Western . It appears Stephen Boyd as a ghostly gunman , he is uncredited at a brief appearance as the gunfighter simply known as "The Preacher" .

Lively and catching music by Ken Thorne . Glimmer and colorful cinematography by Edward Scaife . The film is produced by Tigon ,a known British production habitual in Horror films . The motion picture was directed by Burt Kennedy , a specialist in Western genre , he also rewrote the screenplay but was not credited . The film will appeal to Raquel Welch fans and Spaghetti Western enthusiasts .

A good solid 70's western of the revenge formula with one vital refreshing story point, a woman pursuing those who did her wrong. And she's not just any old cowgirl, as you may have noticed from the cast list. If the plot as a whole is not one of the most original, the great cast does give a good reason to see this movie. Raquel Welch does what she can in the bit limited role and she does it fine. Three western icons of Elam, Borgnine and Martin make a bunch of villains that is at the same time one of the most revolting and tracelessly funny. If you have liked them in earlier westerns of Peckinpah and Kennedy you get mostly the same great treatment here. Martin especially always ends up stealing the show as the most dangerous idiot in the west ever. Robert Culp gives a good performance as a bounty hunter and killer with a piece of heart still left and a sensible head. And for Christopher Lee fans like me, here he is noteworthy as always and apparently in his only western role of all the countless movie roles he has made. A pretty small role actually but it can't keep a great actor down.

The strong influences of Peckinpah and spaghetti westerns are pretty obvious and mix together surprisingly well. The plot could have deserved a bit more development but it gives fairly good enjoyment as it is, if you enjoy westerns in general. I consider this one of the better films from director Kennedy.

This offbeat Western could have been another standard revenge flick, but the vivid portrayals from the stars inject lots of spice and no small amount of humor into the proceedings.

Raquel Welch portrays "Hannie", and Robert Culp craftily plays "Luther Price", ace bounty hunter, mankiller, and Hannie's mentor.

The real stars of this piece are Strother Martin, Jack Elam and Ernest Borgnine. If you can imagine 'The Three Stooges' as utterly filthy, scummy vagabonds with a propensity for murder, rape and theft, you might get an idea of how this family operates.

Strother Martin in particular is a delight; in the middle of a gunbattle he engages in a clumsy fistfight with one of his brothers over some trivial matter. Another priceless moment is when he presides at a brother's funeral, using a stolen Bible that he cannot even read.

Look for Christopher Lee's subtle and well-crafted performance as a former Confederate gunmaker.

Not your usual Western, this film is well worth watching despite its flaws.

Rated 7.7/10.

After she is raped and her husband murdered, a woman (Raquel Welch) hires a bounty hunter to instruct her in the use of a gun so she can get her revenge on the three outlaws (Ernest Borgnine and two guys) responsible.

Quentin Tarantino said the film was one of his inspirations for Kill Bill. "Why I love Hannie Caulder so much is Robert Culp. He is so magnificent in that movie. I actually think there's a bit of similarity between Sonny Chiba and Uma (in Kill Bill) and Raquel Welch and Robert Culp in Hannie Caulder." You can totally see it during the training montage, which smacks of kung fu movies more than westerns.

And Christopher Lee is in this? How many westerns has he done? None other that I can think of. But what do I know? It is still great seeing him here.

Burt Kennedy who up to this point on the big and small screens worked with established Hollywood legends and in America, goes to Europe for a dish of pasta. A tasty dish at that in the form of Raquel Welch in the title role of Hannie Caulder.

Three fleeing Clemons brothers having just robbed a bank stop at a ranch to water and maybe steal some fresh horses. They shoot the owner and then ravish his wife who is Raquel Welch.

Imagine Nevada Smith where the mother doesn't die but seeks the three men out herself to even the score and you have Hannie Caulder. As Steve McQueen had a mentor in gunsmith Brian Keith she gets a good one in bounty hunter Robert Culp.

Her quarry as the notorious and probably inbred Clemons brothers are Ernest Borgnine, Jack Elam and Strother Martin. They are as nasty as the three who ravaged Nevada Smith's mother and they all come from the same parents. You could also compare them to the Clegg family of outlaws in the John Ford classic Wagonmaster.

Raquel Welch and Robert Culp make a fine pair of heroes, if they're not clean cut like Roy Rogers and Dale Evans they sure do look tall in the saddle.

By 1971 rape and other sexual issues could and were discussed in westerns. Westerns were more adult at that point though fewer were being made. Burt Kennedy whose films lean to the comic like The Rounders, The War Wagon, The Good Guys And The Bad Guys gets quite serious here. He also for the first time uses a woman protagonist.

It's a good film, but Burt Kennedy cheats a bit to give the film an artificial happy ending. But for that it could have been great.

Ah sue me! I think it's great. Raquel Welch plays Hannie Caulder, a gorgeous cowgirl who is raped and left widowed by three scuzzy brothers played by Ernest Borgnine, Strother Martin and Jack Elam. Hell bent on revenge, Hannie hooks up with smooth bounty hunter Thomas Luther Price (Robert Culp excellent), learns how to fire weapons and pursues her quarry to the day of reckoning.

That is it, it is what it is, Welch is stunningly beautiful and sexy and director Burt Kennedy wastes no opportunities to capitalise on this fact. If we are honest she's miscast, but it really doesn't matter, nor does finding Christopher Lee in the picture as a wily old gunsmith!

The mix of humour with a rape revenge storyline is a little uncomfortable at times, but not insultingly so, while Kennedy has a good eye for action. Edward Scaife photographs (Panavision) pleasingly out of Almería in Spain, and Ken Thorne's musical score trundles along without intrusion.

It's off-beat, even unique, and while it misses the chance to be a feminist Western of some standing, there's a real good time to be had here for those willing to buy into the daftness of it all. 7/10

Pretty terrific western is outlandish, yet engrossing, satisfying and often funny (both intentionally and unintentionally). After being violently raped, widowed and left for dead by three dirty, cackling brothers, Raquel Welch learns to shoot a gun from hot-headed bounty hunter Robert Culp and hopes to seek her revenge on the mangy trio. Welch is sexy and droll as Hannie Caulder, and we are on her side from the get-go. She receives excellent support from Culp, Christopher Lee as a gunsmith and the three villains, Jack Elam, Strother Martin and Ernest Borgnine. A fairly unusual western which, until "Ms. 45" and "Sudden Impact", pretty much stood alone in the female sharpshooter genre. A large portion of its success belongs to Ms. Welch, convincing and sympathetic while riding the vengeance trail...but always remembering, "win or lose--you lose." Nobody won any awards for this, but it is exceptionally well done. *** from ****

Brothers Emmett (Ernest Borgnine), Frank (Jack Elam) and Rufus Clemens (Strother Martin) are ruthless murdering bank robbers. They escape the troops and find station manager Jim Caulder. They kill him and steal the horses. They rape his wife Hannie (Raquel Welch). They leave burning down her home. Bounty hunter Thomas Price (Robert Culp) comes looking for water for his horse. After hitting him on the head, Hannie hounds him to train her so that she can seek revenge.

This is a simple revenge western with a super hot Raquel Welch. She's really hot. I mean super duper hot wearing that blanket without pants. The rape scene isn't too disturbing with most of it suggested rather than actually performed. I like the training scenes. The brothers could be ignored more. Their bumbling argumentative ways are not that funny. They're really not that important other than being ruthless villains. Robert Culp is a nice bounty hunter. It would probably be better if the brothers split up so that Hannie can hunt them down one at a time.

Raquel Welch stars as the title character in this lively, oddball Western that alternates between a serious tone and a comedic one. Ms. Welch, who looks MIGHTY fine throughout, has her life forever altered by the villainous Clemens brothers. They kill her husband, take turns raping her, then burn down her house! Hannie becomes coldly determined to exact vengeance upon them, and keeps pestering bounty hunter Thomas Luther Price (Robert Culp) to teach her the fine art of shootin'. Eventually, he agrees.

The movie has an extremely intriguing pedigree: it's produced by the British company Tigon, was shot in Spain, and was directed by American Western specialist Burt Kennedy ("The War Wagon", "Support Your Local Sheriff!"). Not only that, but it actually plays its nasty bad guys for laughs much of the time, and Ernest Borgnine (as Emmett), Jack Elam (as Frank), and Strother Martin (as Rufus) are priceless as they spend much of their time bickering with each other; Martin is particularly funny.

This thing gets off to one Hell of a great start by coming up with a unique way to view a bank robbery: through the barrels of a shotgun! Superb widescreen photography (cinematography by Edward Scaife, camera-work by John Harris), beautiful scenery, and soaring music by Ken Thorne only add to the fun factor. Welch is quite easy to watch, and Culp, in one of his best ever roles, is excellent as the reluctant teacher. Diana Dors is wasted in a nothing role as a madame, but there's still great curiosity value in seeing Sir Christopher Lee here, as he plays Bailey, the kindly gunsmith who lives out in the middle of nowhere; his performance is wonderful. Look also for Aldo Sambrell, uncredited as a Mexican soldier, and Stephen Boyd, who has perhaps the most interesting role in the entire movie, as the mysterious and ultimately helpful "preacher". He utters not a word, yet has an undeniable presence.

A jaunty pace and generous doses of the red stuff help to make this a solid visceral entertainment. Quotable dialogue includes the gem "There are no hard women, only soft men." Clocking in at a trim 86 minutes, "Hannie Caulder" doesn't overstay its welcome, or ever get too draggy. It's sexy, violent, and a real hoot, and one of the influences on Quentin Tarantino's pair of "Kill Bill" films.

Eight out of 10.

The titular Hannie, Raquel Welch, is raped and her husband killed by 3 villainous brothers played by Ernest Borgnine, Strother Martin and Jack Elam. She persuades reluctant bounty hunter Robert Culp to teach her how to shoot so that she can take the brothers down.

An intriguing, different type of western that manages to combine a strong sadistic streak a la Peckinpah, with some glorious black humour. Everyone in this is on top form. It's one of Welch's best roles, Culp is perfect as the smitten, sardonic teacher to Welch and Borgnine, Martin and Elam are both hilarious and unpleasant as the bad guys. It is also nice to see Christopher Lee in a different type of role for him as the father of many Mexican children in a beautiful place by the sea, where he makes guns and Welch learns how to kill. It all leads to the expected confrontations which are well handled by western vet, Burt Kennedy and all in all an exciting, fun and enjoyable western.

PS I really have no idea what Stephen Boyd's character, The Preacher, is doing in this film.

Did I see a different movie than everybody else? No one has mentioned the head scratching events, like why the gang of Mexicans attacked Christopher Lee and company on the beach. Like who was the guy at the prison and why he helped Hannie? Did he live there? Let's not forget the absurdity of making a gun without any machining tools. No one mentioned how the older brother's leg wound kept changing legs. Someone mentioned less cheesecake? Less than having one of the most beautiful woman on earth wear a poncho for the whole movie. What moron's idea was that? The whole teaching her how to shoot was just awful and painful to watch. The music was terrible and wildly inappropriate. It sounded like some outtakes from Star Trek. There was no chemistry at all between Welch and Culp at all, none! I could go on and on about the three stooges being portrayed as bad asses, but you get the point.

One of the better shoot-em-ups I've seen. Welch turned in her usual lackluster performance as the female version of Josey Wales, but Culp and the Clemens boys kept things moving right along. Borgnine, Elam, & Martin were superb as the hilarious, yet dangerous "3 Stooges" villains. Their slapstick antics had me rolling in the floor more than once. Why did the silent gunfighter hang around the old prison all the time? Where did he sleep, what did he do all day? Who kept his clothes so nicely pressed? Lots of holes in this one, but a thoroughly enjoyable western.

British Westerns were a very rare commodity indeed and few, if any, were ever box-office draws; so it was curious – to say the least – for Tigon, a company usually deemed a third-rate Hammer Horror wannabe, to want to branch out by tackling such an offbeat genre. Shrewdly, however, they did not presume to know as much about the form as the Americans; therefore, they opted to rope in much Hollywood talent for the task (abetted by few choice homegrown names).

The result is interesting for a number of reasons, yet the low budget involved is betrayed by the overall unassuming nature of the piece and its rather trim duration (85 minutes). That said, the film is fashionably bloody and amoral (its trio of caricature villains – unconventionally played in broadly comic terms by Western stalwarts Ernest Borgnine, Jack Elam and Strother Martin shoot, pillage and rape their way through the proceedings with abandon and evident glee). Similarly, a scantily-clad Raquel Welch (though an American, she first came to prominence in Britain with Hammer's ONE MILLION, B.C. {1966}) in the title role could do no wrong. The rest of the cast is made up of: Robert Culp as a conscientious bounty hunter (he always gives back a fraction of the reward money to pay for the victims' funeral expenses!) who befriends the heroine and molds her – against his better judgment – into an avenging angel; a dignified Christopher Lee as a gunsmith with a Mexican wife and a brood of kids in tow (always relishing non-horror parts, this proved his only foray into the Western); Diana Dors barely registering as a brothel madam; and, uncredited, Stephen Boyd intriguingly shrouded in mystery (the finale would suggest that a sequel may have been intended where he would have taken over from Culp as Caulder's mentor, but perhaps the film was not the expected runaway success and the idea was scrapped).

Director Kennedy, another genre staple, handles the narrative with customary competence – displaying an eye for wide open spaces (aided in no small measure by a stirring Ken Thorne score) but also a few welcome stylistic flourishes (notably the violation of Welch's character in which the lusty brothers seem to blend into one another as they take turns assaulting her and Borgnine's slo-mo knife throw at Culp's expense).

This is one of my favorite movies of all time. There isn't a lot of action, or flash, though there is certainly some. It's just a masterful look at a small little piece of the old west.

Others have mentioned how "funny" the bad guys are in this flick. Well, Strother Martin certainly does his usual comic turns, but the three villains are FAR from humorous. They are rapists, after all. Martin's foolishness is used only to make us further dislike the three desperados. This is not a comedy at all, it's a serious story along the lines of "Once Upon A Time In the West."

The real key to this movie is Culp, and the character he was lucky enough to

play. His reserved, spectacled bounty hunter is magnetic and quite unique.

You can't take your eyes off of him, even when Raquel is in the same scene.

-And Welch is also amazing in this. I wouldn't be surprised if this is her personal favorite role of all time.

If you get a chance to see this, don't miss it. You'll either hate it or love it. I doubt there's much room in-between on this one.

Time do fly. Saw this one way back when and found it a fun ride. Ernest Borgnine, Strother Martin and Jack Elam were never, ever creepier, nor Robert Culp (as "Thomas... Luther... PRICE") more enjoyably eccentric. He sports specs; not exactly what one might expect from a bounty hunter (whose vision would need be one of his most valuable assets). [Reminds one of the delightful episode of THE OUTER LIMITS, "Behold, Eck!," wherein a two-dimensional alien needs a pair of specially-made glasses to be able to see in a three-dimensional world...] Raquel Welch is serviceable as the deadpan woman who's been wronged, but it's the game of cat-and-mouse between Culp and the Brothers Dim that's most interesting. Ernest Borgnine, as the brother whose proficiency with a knife proves pivotal, is almost as loathsome here as in EMPEROR OF THE NORTH POLE. Strother Martin, as the duplicitous brother one beer short of a six-pack, is the kind of character you long to see sportin' some holes and Jack Elam is just downright creepy throughout. Some great (if familiar) western-types, played by some of the guys born and bred to play 'em.

This is a Burt Kennedy western? Is that Strother Martin acting like Jerry Lewis trying to play a rapist? Why does Ernest Borgnine's character seem to forget at least twice what he said or did in previous scenes? This is one of the most off-kilter western movies I've ever scene until the last 20 minutes which is superb but seems to come out of left-field from a completely different movie. Otherwise, this one plays like The Over The Hill Gang Meets I Spit On Your Grave. This one is either brilliant totally beyond my understanding, or a gory misfire. Until shown otherwise, I give it 4/10.

From the beginning of Hannie Calder is a fine piece of work. Ms.Welch gives a great performance, probably one of her best.

I feel sure she had some input as to how Hannie Calder should be played. soft, cold blooded, someone killed her life, the need for an eye for an eye at its best.

I must admit that the reason I watched it the first time, was because of RobertCulp. He played a fine role,he played the gentleman, one who respected women and the feelings Hannie felt about the loss of her husband. What happened to him was more important,than what happened to her.

Not only that, the musical score has never left my mind,(34 years.) Maryl parker/texasbelle2001

Three outlaw brothers rob a bank and happen upon a ranch where they aggressively raped the lady of the house and murder her husband in cold blood. Wanting revenge, Hannie Caulder comes across a bounty hunter who she constantly begs to help her and after some time he decides to teach her how to be a gunfighter so she can gun down those responsible.

This British shot at a copy-and-paste spaghetti westerner mainly sets itself out from the pack, because its protagonist is a gun-touting woman hell-bent on blood shed, while sporting nothing much but a skimpy poncho and being strapped up in some tight pants. Which no doubt can be, quite a delightful sight! "Hannie Caulder" is an engaging and rather solid western drama that delivers gritty and spirited action spurts where the red stuff runs freely, fruitful characters (well, mainly the three vulgar brothers), a melodramatic script plays it tough with it's highly witty and quite cheeky humour and how can you go pass a small, but neat role by the iconic Christopher Lee playing a gun-maker.

While, the main story is about Raquel Welch's character building up a steady rapport with Robert Culp's gunslinger and then putting her training to good use. I actually found it more interesting when the tale was focusing on the barbaric brothers' and their comical interplay. Ernst Borgnine, Strother Martin and Jack Elam were sturdy in their hammy roles and they aren't likable characters, but they do give the film its biting personality. Welch's at the helm performance is fine, but it's her irresistible presence that really shines through. Culp is surprisingly good and quite believable in the drifter role. Although there's one really vague character, which enters the arena played by the harden Stephen Boyd as The Preacher. His inclusion for me was rather baffling and more of a coincidence to the story. I was just expecting more to come from this aspect of the story, since his character made a somewhat a forcible opening appearance. The plot's layout is a simple revenge story that truly gets on with it and moves back and forth between the two groups, giving enough screen time to each. But it doesn't go into any real depth about Hannie's horrific experience or character development.

The gallant direction by Burt Kennedy rallies up some thrilling showdowns like that of the grand standoff in a deserted fort and the illustrated rape scene is really intense. Throughout Kennedy manages to build up a sense of urgency and also adding a fair share of piercing visuals that contrast beautifully with the picturesque backdrop that finds its way in mostly every frame. This is captured by Edward Scaife's stylishly fluent and at times rather inspired photography. Even the rip-roaring music score by Ken Thorne escalates enough quick draws and sudden lively cues. The score is nothing overtly memorable, but it does its job.

"Hannie Caulder" isn't groundbreaking, but this intriguing sharp shooter is better than the norm.

A preposterous flick about a woman raped (With only a PG 'rape scene' to depict the rape) by three men and seeks only vengeance against the men. She 'somehow' becomes a quick draw expert and a wanton killer in only a matter of weeks. Drawn out movie with poor acting, with the exception of Robert Culp (Who was better in 'Trackdown'), and without character development, or in the case of the man in black, without any information indicating WHY or HOW he showed up at the the end... A real junker of a Western, and this from a Western junkie!