Les charognards

Original title: The Hunting Party

1971
18
1h 51m

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6.2/10

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A cattle baron with a long-range rifle hunts the outlaw who kidnapped his wife.A cattle baron with a long-range rifle hunts the outlaw who kidnapped his wife.A cattle baron with a long-range rifle hunts the outlaw who kidnapped his wife.

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6.2/10

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Trivia
This is the second Western in as many years for Candice Bergen which has a reputation for extreme brutality. The other was Soldat bleu (1970) released the year before.

Goofs
None of the hunting party's horses are packing the rifles when they get off the train. Even the two pack horses have packs too small to hold rifles (or much else for that matter).

Quotes
Frank Calder: You ain't too bad. For a schoolteacher.
Melissa Ruger: If you think you're going to get a lot of money for me, you're wrong. They'll be coming after us, you know. A lot of men.
Frank Calder: Why? They short of teachers back there?
Melissa Ruger: I am not a teacher. I am Brandt Ruger's wife. I am! I am Brandt Rugers wife!
Frank Calder: It don't matter whose wife you are. There ain't nothin' he can do about it.
Melissa Ruger: Why do you want to learn to read?
Frank Calder: 'Cause I can't.

Alternate versions
The British network version aired on BBC2 in 1999 had several cuts, including a close-up of a cow being slaughtered during the opening sequence, the ending of the scene with Brandt Ruger and the chinese prostitute (he forces her into the bed and tortures her with his cigar), the death of one of Ruger's friends and some horsefalls when Frank Calder ambushes the hunting party and some shots of Hog Warren beating Melissa during the attempted rape.

Connections
Featured in Les centaures (1972)

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6/10

A mean little S.O.B. of a Western.

Gene Hackman and Oliver Reed face off in this hard-hitting Western from Don Medford (!). Unfortunately, the film seems to be trying to out-Peckinpah Peckinpah without fully knowing why he does what he does. What we're left with is a superficial exercise in nihilism but who doesn't love that? Lots of good action scenes, some nice acting and a meanstreak separate this one from the pack. Well worth searching out despite its flaws.