I saw this for the first time in the early 90s.
Revisited it few days back.
Nevada Smith (Steve McQueen) sets out to find and kill the men responsible for the torture n murder of his parents. On his trail, he is taught how to shoot, play cards n track outlaws by an ammunition expert n businessman. Smith is so hell bent on revenge that he robs a bank to get himself imprisoned so that he can execute one of the fella serving time in a prison. McQueen is in good form inspite of many reviewers stating that he is being miscast regarding the age. The cinematography makes full use of the locations. The swamps of Lousiana is always enticing for me. The fight sequence between the characters of McQueen n Martin Landau is tension filled when the cattle goes berserk but became a bit hilarious when the character of McQueen keeps jumping here n there on the fence evading the knife attacks.
The poster has McQueen shirtless with a gun on his back across the shoulders. Well, the film lacks any such scene.
Jackie Chan's Revenge aka Fearless Hyena copied a scene from this film. In this film, the character of McQueen himself shows the address of his parents to the outlaws who later kill his parents. In Chan's film, the character of Chan shows the address of his grand pop to the evil kung fu master who later kills his grandfather. Both the characters r trained by mentors before they embark on their path of vengeance.
Nevada Smith (Steve McQueen) sets out to find and kill the men responsible for the torture n murder of his parents. On his trail, he is taught how to shoot, play cards n track outlaws by an ammunition expert n businessman. Smith is so hell bent on revenge that he robs a bank to get himself imprisoned so that he can execute one of the fella serving time in a prison. McQueen is in good form inspite of many reviewers stating that he is being miscast regarding the age. The cinematography makes full use of the locations. The swamps of Lousiana is always enticing for me. The fight sequence between the characters of McQueen n Martin Landau is tension filled when the cattle goes berserk but became a bit hilarious when the character of McQueen keeps jumping here n there on the fence evading the knife attacks.
The poster has McQueen shirtless with a gun on his back across the shoulders. Well, the film lacks any such scene.
Jackie Chan's Revenge aka Fearless Hyena copied a scene from this film. In this film, the character of McQueen himself shows the address of his parents to the outlaws who later kill his parents. In Chan's film, the character of Chan shows the address of his grand pop to the evil kung fu master who later kills his grandfather. Both the characters r trained by mentors before they embark on their path of vengeance.