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1967
    (  Western  )


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Casts:

Rod Taylor aka Chuka
Ernest Borgnine aka Sgt. Otto Hahnsbach
John Mills aka Colonel Stuart Valois
Luciana Paluzzi aka Veronica Kleitz
James Whitmore aka Lou Trent
Victoria Vetri aka Helena Chavez (as Angela Dorian)
Louis Hayward aka Major Benson
Michael Cole aka Spivey
Hugh Reilly aka Captain Carrol
Barry O'Hara aka Slim
Joseph Sirola aka Baldwin
Marco López aka Hanu (as Marco Antonio)
Gerald York aka Lieutenant Daly
Herlinda Del Carmen aka Indian Girl
Lucky Carson aka Stage Driver
Luciana Paluzzi aka Se
Victoria Vetri aka Se
Barry O'Hara aka Slim - Cook
Joseph Sirola aka Jake Baldwin
Marco L aka Hanu(as Marco Antonio)


good action western, but nothing special
Pretty good western about the evil injun attacking the
beleaguered Army outpost. What I didn't like about the film
was
that everything was so CLEAN. All these soldiers, drifters,
and
scouts always looked so nice and tidy; they should have
looked
like something the cat dragged in. Also, the fight scene
between Chuka and the top kick was so phoney I nearly gagged.
That seemed to be the way western fights went during this
time
span - lots of haymakers, stumbling into horses, falling
through
corrals, and rolling around in the hay. Fortunately, there
was
only hay on the barn floor, don't know where all the dung
went.
Ok, the show was corny, but it still had lots of gunplay and
action. I feel that those of us who love old westerns will get
a
bang out of this flic..
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Chucka: How many times do I have to wrte a rewiew?.
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The Quiet Man - One of John Waynes Best Movies. Te ending fight scene will be remembered as one of the best..
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Interesting!.
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Interesting..
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Interesting.
Most audiences will want to "chuck" it
An unfortunate veneer of artificiality hangs over this otherwise rugged
western, giving it a cheap feeling despite its impressive cast. Taylor
plays the title character, a drifter and a gunman, who comes upon a
distressed stagecoach and escorts it to a nearby fort. On the coach is
a former love of his (Paluzzi) and her ward Vetri. Once inside, rather
than finding the relief of security, Taylor and the others discover
that the fort is actually manned by inept, almost mutinous soldiers and
run by a stubborn tyrant with esteem issues. The colonel in charge
(Mills) is about to incite an attack from local Indians because he
reuses to aid them with food or supplies. Taylor urges him to desert
the fort before everyone in it is slaughtered, as they are mightily
outnumbered, but Mills is steadfast in his decision. Soon enough,
Indians are attacking with rage as the fort's inhabitants options
dwindle. Taylor, a reliable and appealing actor, was co-producer on
this film. He clearly saw it as an opportunity to essay a serious, deep
character. Unfortunately, his inherent amiability makes his tough
character a harder sell than it might be for another actor. Still, he
does a decent job. Oddly, his character's name comes from the fact
that, as a boy, he could always be found around the "chuck wagon",
hence the pronunciation "chuck-a" which looks like it would be
"chew-ka" (why not just spell it "Chucka"?? Why not "Chuckie" or
"Chuck-O" for that matter?) This is stupid and makes viewers glad that
Taylor didn't hang out at the "sh*t hole" as a boy. Borgnine is pretty
good as one of Mills devoted flunkies who clashes with Taylor in an
extended fight sequence. Mills has a badly written role to play and
comes very close to embarrassing himself at times. Thankfully, he had
an Oscar with his name on it just around the corner for "Ryan's
Daughter". Paluzzi, best known as a Bond girl from "Thunderball" is
mostly made to stand around and stare, which she does attractively.
Vetri barely registers. Her initial scenes are distracted by having a
huge crueller stapled to her head. Later, she's basically furniture. If
she'd been allowed to show any type of skin besides her face and hands,
maybe she'd have been more memorable. Speaking of clothing, this must
be a low point for the legendary costume designer Edith Head (if she
even, in fact, had anything to do with the dull, non-evocative
costumes.) A few other actors pop up in supporting roles including
Whitmore as a boozy scout, Hayward as a jaded major and Cole (soon to
be one of TV's "The Mod Squad") as a rebellious soldier. Noted
voice-over actor Sirola appears as the stage coach driver and a pal to
Taylor. Apart from Taylor and, to a lesser degree Borgnine and Mills,
the only creative or arresting acting comes from the ever-reliable
Whitmore. The script, derived from a novel by the novel's author, is
not cohesive enough and really should have been streamlined in order to
retain a particular focus. It allows too many characters and subplots
to chip away, to no great effect, at the primary story. Even so, the
movie is nearly undone by the horrendous lack of authenticity in the
settings. A key outdoor scene features plainly artificial snow made up
from chipped tissue paper. The fort is almost entirely constructed
(obviously) indoors. All the distress to the set, such as char, aging,
etc..., is done with all the skill of 4th grade art students. Time and
again, the cheapness and confining restriction of an indoor set takes
the viewer out of the moment. There is also an atrociously bad matte
painting of an Indian camp. These things brand the film as being just
above a TV show, if even that! Most of the action occurs at the tail
end of the film and it isn't staged in any grand way. This is for
die-hard Cavalry and Indian buffs or for fans of the stars only..

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