Valdez

Original title: Valdez Is Coming

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A Mexican-American sheriff must resort to violence against a powerful rancher in order to get just compensation for the pregnant Indian widow of a wrongly killed black man.

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A Mexican-American sheriff (Burt Lancaster) must resort to violence against a powerful rancher (Frank Tanner, played by Jon Cypher) in order to get just compensation for the pregnant Indian ... Read allA Mexican-American sheriff (Burt Lancaster) must resort to violence against a powerful rancher (Frank Tanner, played by Jon Cypher) in order to get just compensation for the pregnant Indian widow of a wrongly killed black man.A Mexican-American sheriff (Burt Lancaster) must resort to violence against a powerful rancher (Frank Tanner, played by Jon Cypher) in order to get just compensation for the pregnant Indian widow of a wrongly killed black man.

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IMDb RATING

6.7/10

4.8K

YOUR RATING

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Sheriff
(as Werner Hassleman)

Lex Monson

Rincon

Sylvia Poggioli

Segundo's Girl
(as Sylvia Paggioli)

José García García

Carlos
(as Jose Garcia Garcia)

María Montez

Anita
(as Maria Montez)

Juanita Penaloza

Indian Woman

Marta Tuch

Rosa

Juan Fernández

Mexican Buyer
(as Juan Fernandez)

Rudy Ugland

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Director
- Edwin Sherin
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Trivia
In this movie, Valdez appears as a part-time shotgun rider on the Hatch & Hodges stagecoach. Elmore Leonard, who wrote the novel that this movie is based on, used the same stagecoach service in other of his novels, like "Hombre" and "Last Stand at Saber River".

Goofs
At the end of the film, when Valdez is riding hidden between two horses, a wire is visible holding the horses' bridles together, so that they won't separate during Lancaster's close-up.

Quotes
[last lines]
Frank Tanner: I shoulda killed you three days ago.
El Segundo: Or gone to Nogales.
Bob Valdez: Or paid the hundred dollars.

Alternate versions
The UK DVD has at least one horse tripping edited. Towards the end Valdez and the lady ride at each other, the horses clashing and falling. This scene is missing in the UK version, you see them riding towards each other and suddenly they are down on the ground, rising up. The German version is uncut.

Connections
Referenced in Ainsi va l'amour (1971)

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Leone Oh No!

I've watched this film over and over. There is perfection in it's brevity, assuredness in performance, outrageous make up, good costumes, peculiarly effective non-classical western camera-work and Burt! Perhaps one day I will write that piece on Burt's political stance demonstrated in his movies, but for now will add my name to the list of Valdez supporters. I particularly admire the taut structure and tone, the minimal but highly emotional exchanges between the players and the curious fact that none of the Mexicans are played by - Mexicans. I do not agree with the associations made by some commentators about the Leone connection. This film came from a completely different camp. This is Lancaster territory not Leone's. I would love to talk to Edwin Sherin about this film or any of the surviving cast and crew. Any offers?