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But unless a story has been introduced to make the shooting part of the plot, it can get pretty dreary. “100 Rifles” is pretty dreary. It has a larger percentage of action and a smaller percentage of talk than anything in this line since “The Stranger Returns,” which hardly seemed to employ a screenwriter at all.
100 Rifles Even in the most routine Westerns, some sort of balance has to be struck between the shooting and the talking. Scenes of heroes and bad guys killing each other are all much alike. We watch for the official clichés like the guy who gets dragged by his horse, or the Indian crawling along the rooftop who is hit and throws his arms into the air, screaming "Aiiee" and all that. But ...
- Tom Gries
100 Rifles is a 1969 American Western film directed by Tom Gries and starring Jim Brown, Raquel Welch and Burt Reynolds. It is based on Robert MacLeod's 1966 novel The Californio. The film was shot in Spain. The original music score was composed by Jerry Goldsmith, who had previously also scored Bandolero!, another Western starring Welch.
Oct 8, 2019 · October 8, 2019. We look back at the 1969 film starring Burt Reynolds, Jim Brown, and Raquel Welch. Editor's Note: Throughout the month of October, C&I is celebrating the golden westerns of 1969 ...
Feb 21, 2017 · Carrying on in this vein, we must view 100 Rifles as a commentary on race at the end of the 1960s, a year after Martin Luther King Jr and Robert F. Kennedy died at the hands of assassin’s bullets and a year after the Summer of ’68. Through this viewing, the film provides a critique of the cultural milieu it initially appeared within; in fact, the trailer blatantly states, “This picture ...
Rating: 5 (from 1 vote) Review: Mexican Indian Sarita (Raquel Welch) has just seen her father hanged at the behest of General Verdugo (Fernando Lamas), and is understandably bearing a grudge as she is escorted to the nearest town so the troops can execute yet more of the rebellious Yaqui tribe they have taken prisoner.
Feb 14, 2023 · 100 Rifles (1968) Mark Franklin February 14, 2023 1960s. Yaqui Joe has robbed a bank in the U.S. and fled to Mexico. But his motive was pure: He wanted money for 100 repeating rifles to help arm the Yaquis in their fight for survival against federal authorities south of the border. Jim Brown is the black lawman named Lyedecker who follows him ...
