Blood On The Arrow is a pretty good, but not great western. It reminds you of other and better westerns. Take bad guy Ted.de Corsia ( Jud) he plays a character named Jud Spangler in The Quick Gun ( also made in 1964). Speaking of The Quick Gun, Audie Murphy played a quick draw character named Clint Cooper and here. Dale Robertson played: Quick draw escaped prisoner Wade Cooper. Even the ending music was the same. You also see elements of Shane and Hondo in this movie ( the relationship between the gunslinger and the boy). Of course, Martha. Hyer ( Nancy Mailer) is better looking then Jean Arthur ( Shane) and Geraldine Page ( Hondo), and spoilers ahead: The not so nice husband. Clint Mailer ( yep with Clint another reference to The Quick Gun), conveniently gets killed by Jud so Wade can end up with Nancy ( like. Scotty Grant ( James Best) gets killed by: Jud so Clint can end up with Helen. Reed ( Merry Anders)). Of course, Scotty was nicer then Mailer. I enjoyed the action and looking at Martha Hyer. I give it a 7/10 stars. Pretty good but not The Quick Gun ( let alone Shane or Hondo).
Review of Blood on the Arrow
