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Jack McCall, Desperado

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A lone gunslinger, Jack McCall (George Montgomery), bursts into a saloon and shoots dead the legendary Wild Bill Hickok (Douglas Kennedy). Arrested and put on trial, McCall recounts a twisted tale that paints Hickok as anything but heroic, explaining how Hickok and McCall's cousin Bat (James Seay) took over McCall's family's plantation, killed his parents and even framed him for crimes he didn't commit. McCall's cold-blooded killing of Hickok was warranted. Or was it?

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Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews This routine revisionist B-film Western is set during the Civil War. Rated: B- Jul 15, 2009 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Well worth watching James Welch, Henderson Arkansas April 28, 2023 Rated 3 out of 5 stars 04/29/23 Full Review Audience Member Angela Stevens fabulous George Montgomery iffy generally you will not see a film with so many assets but the use of these assets doesn't even bear thinking about. Poor script brilliant direction and dreadful continuity. So sad such effort for such a disaster terrible script Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A lone gunslinger, Jack McCall (George Montgomery), bursts into a saloon and shoots dead the legendary Wild Bill Hickok (Douglas Kennedy). Arrested and put on trial, McCall recounts a twisted tale that paints Hickok as anything but heroic, explaining how Hickok and McCall's cousin Bat (James Seay) took over McCall's family's plantation, killed his parents and even framed him for crimes he didn't commit. McCall's cold-blooded killing of Hickok was warranted. Or was it?
Director
Sidney Salkow
Producer
Sam Katzman
Screenwriter
John O'Dea, David Chandler
Production Co
Sam Katzman Productions
Genre
Western
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 16m