The Valdez Horses

One of several impressive westerns Charles Bronson made during his 1970s heyday, The Valdez Horses reunites the rugged star with celebrated director John Sturges, who he had previously collaborated with on the perennial classics The Magnificent Seven and The Great Escape. A surprisingly thoughtful film, The Valdez Horses sees Bronson play a half-breed rancher who's solitary life taming wild horses is upended when three people enter his life: a young runaway (Vincent Van Patten), a corrupt land owner (Marcel Bozzuffi, The French Connection), and his beautiful sister (Jill Ireland, Breakout, The Valachi Papers). Beautifully filmed in mountains of Almer�a, Spain, a quintessential Spaghetti Western location, Sturges' film contrasts fist fights and shootouts with considered characterisation and an unexpectedly melancholy tone.

Director: John Sturges
Producer: Dino de Laurentiis
Producer: John Sturges
Writer: Clair Huffaker
Music: Guido De Angelis
Music: Maurizio De Angelis
Actor: Charles Bronson
Actor: Jill Ireland
Actor: Marcel Bozzuffi
Actor: Vincent Van Patten
Actor: Melissa Chimenti
Actor: Florencia Amarilla
Actor: Corrado Gaipa
Actor: Diana Lorys
Actor: Ettore Manni
Actor: Adolfo Thous
Actor: Fausto Tozzi
Cinematographer: Armando Nannuzzi