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09/04/1971 Western 1h 31m
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Honor is always worth fighting for

Overview

Old Mexican-American sheriff Bob Valdez has always been a haven of sanity in a land of madmen when it came to defending law and order. But the weapon smuggler Frank Tanner is greedy and impulsive. When Tanner provokes a shooting that causes the death of an innocent man and Valdez asks him to financially compensate the widow, Tanner refuses to do so and severely humiliates Valdez, who will do justice and avenge his honor, no matter what it takes.

  1. Edwin Sherin

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Burt Lancaster

    Valdez

  2. Susan Clark

    Gay Erin

  3. Frank Silvera

    Diego

  4. Jon Cypher

    Frank Tanner

  5. Richard Jordan

    R. L. Davis

  6. Barton Heyman

    El Segundo

  7. Héctor Elizondo

    Mexican Rider

  8. Phil Brown

    Malson

  9. Ralph Brown

    Beaudry

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2026-03-09
Proof, if it were ever needed, that scorning Burt Lancaster is a dangerous thing to do. Town deputy “Valdez”, a Mexican American veteran of the US cavalry, is tricked into killing a man accused of murder by local bigwig “Tanner” (Jon Cypher) and so he demands some compensation for his pregnant widow. Derided, beaten and driven from the town as if he were heading to Calvary, he must recuperate and recalibrate before kidnapping his new enemy’s gal “Susan” (Gay Erin) and then returning for his pounds of flesh - and woe betide anyone who gets in his way, including the odious “Davis...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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