But when he comes back a second time with the same request, Tanners men beat him, tie him to a cross, and send him crawling home or, more likely, to die in the dust and the sun. Other examples would be Paul Newman as "Hombre" (1967) and Chuck Connors as "Geronimo" (1962). James, Ive tried Leonards detective fiction but always given up as I just didnt enjoy the atmosphere or voice of it (and I hated the film version of Pulp Fiction so much I started a whole new academic research project as a result but thats another story). There are no featured reviews for Valdez Is Coming because the movie has not released yet (). Just click the "Edit page" button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the Soundtracks submission guide. "I don't know. It is Heathcliff who seeks revenge, and his victims are more or less innocent. If you're looking for help with a personal book recommendation, consult our Weekly Recommendation Thread, Suggested Reading page, or ask in r/suggestmeabook. He is the last gentleman, and to remain that he must often fight. The dialogue is cool and captures that nonchalance that is so characteristically Elmore Leonard. Did the theme more or less disappear from literature after that? ", When the film was released to video, Ty Burr of Entertainment Weekly wrote that, "Slow and choppy, Valdez manages an astounding feat: It drains Lancaster of personality."[5]. Valdez Is Coming: A Novel Paperback - December 26, 2012 by Elmore Leonard (Author) 609 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle $13.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook $0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover $35.87 6 Used from $35.87 Paperback $9.79 34 Used from $7.49 25 New from $9.59 Mass Market Paperback That, should be the premise of this story. At the climax however I was left feeling a little let down. Tanner won't hear of it, however, and punishes Valdez by driving him into the desert with a cross strapped to his back. While the monster is portrayed sympathetically at times, I think his murders of the innocent put him beyond most readers willingness to identify and confirm his status as the fiend that Frankenstein terms him. The moments of brutal violence pack a pretty harsh punch and the ending is pleasingly ambiguous. The dead manwho was black, which also entered into the issueleft an Indian woman, and Valdez wants $200 to get her back to the reservation. Valdez a former Apache fighter, is a dead shot, choosing to fight with a long range buffalo rifle, shotgun and a revolver. "Mister, you've got a lot of hard bark on you walkin' down here like this.". About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features NFL Sunday Ticket Press Copyright . Moreover, he runs Valdez off after his gunmen tackled the older man, disarm him, and strap a cross to his back and send him wandering in the desert. He automatically looked at him as a weak peasant instead of a great gunfighter and that theme works greatly here in this short and satisfying western. I say "authentic-sounding," because as colorful as real Western folk are, few consistently speak with the poetic perfection of an Elmore Leonard line. Occasionally, a film arrives with little or no fanfare and surprises many who expected just another film. An angry Valdez has had enough, and is prompted to dust off his old army uniform, take up his musty Buffalo Rifle,his battered Shotgun and his haggard Winchester and raise Cain on Tanner and his men. I dont know if the three short novels that make up Paul Austers New York Trilogy are considered anti-detective novels. Drama A Mexican-American lawman seeks revenge against a rancher who tricked him into shooting an innocent man and then left him in the desert to die alone. But in every case, deep down, the cathartic fantasy of unrestricted payback fuels the fantasy. If his dialog isn't the way real Westerners talk, it ought to be. "My momma taught me to remove my hat and my cigar in the presence of a lady. A succinct summary of this moment occurs in Sondheims Sweeney Todd when Judge Turpin realizes in whose barber chair he is seated with his throat exposed; both he and Todd have the same line, first the judge in astonished fear, Benjamin Barker!, then Sweeney, in triumph, Benjamin Barker!. Get the freshest reviews, news, and more delivered right to your inbox! Hot off of reading the Elmore Leonard novel last night, I decided to give the film adaptation a watch since it's still fresh in my memory. 6) Crash Course in Romance Episode 9 Recap & Review. He said to himself, What are you doing here alone? Perhaps it's because I've been more devoted to Westerns (as films) than any other genre for much of my adult life, or perhaps it's because (I find) his Westerns have been generally more successfully adapted to films. Leonard is generally better known for his crime stories ("Rum Punch" and Get Shorty and "Out of Sight" and "Maximum Bob"), but for me, his most compelling and richest material is his Westerns. Aging town constable Bob Valdez (Burt Lancaster) is tricked into killing an innocent African-American man by powerful rancher Frank Tanner (Jon Cypher), whose hired gun R.L. Although I already feel as if these two might beenough Westerns for me, I thoroughly enjoyedValdez Is Coming, partly because it is so sincere, not to mention suspenseful. "It's my life's goal. When rancher Frank Tanner (Jon Cypher) hoodwinks local lawman Bob Valdez (Burt Lancaster) into shooting an innocent man, Valdez is remorseful and tries to take up a collection for the widow. Revenge is widely used as a theme in popular culture of the 20th century, well beyond the Western genre, though from my own reading I cant come up with any examples of it in more serious works of literature. Dialog that tells one story with words while telling a correlative story with the sounds of those words is rare and precious. Roland Kibbee and David Rayfiel handle the screenplay duties. The text on the photograph states it is of "Brig. Valdez is freed by one of Tanner's henchmen (Richard Jordan) and, after convalescing, begins waging a one-man war against Tanner, picking off his men with his trusty Sharps rifle. His adventures are solitary statements. Press J to jump to the feed. His lumbering presence, dead pan line delivery, and domineering stature all speak to a type of man that doesnt exist in movies much. It was a powerful image, and a great relic of 70s movie advertising. No Western section? with updates on movies, TV shows, Rotten Tomatoes podcast and more. They won't be able to see your review if you only submit your rating. But even the greatest of copyists, of Leonard as with Van Gogh, surely find that it's easy to make the copy look like the original from across the room, but on close inspection, there is a not so readily achieved magic imbedded in the ridges and hollows. . Although the Title, in 2016, could be a Warning coming out of a Donald Trump Rally, in 1971 it was from the Pen of Elmore Leonard's Social Consciousness along with Soul Traveler and Actor Burt Lancaster. A few racial epithets later and we realize the man is (a) black and (b) possibly innocent of the crime he is accused of. After killing an innocent man in self defence, Mexican-American lawman Bob Valdez(BURT LANCASTER)asks gunrunning rancher Frank Tanner(JON CYPHER),who instigated the chaos, to pay the dead man's wife compensation. . Your email address will not be published. The army intervened and the revolts came to an end after three days on September 2. Its most certainly at the center of nearly everything in the genre whether characters are willingly giving themselves over to the gory release of it (e.g. Clint Eastwood certainly portrayed the brutal, enigmatic hero as well as it could be done but the purity of Leone's form could probably have carried almost any actor with a similar type of charisma through the story. Frankenstein. Poe particularly relishes the cruelty and bitter triumph of the recognition scene in the latter. No, it ends just like that. The mean behavior exhibited by crooked men who lived for wealth and prestige. Valdez Is Coming features a grim, unadorned romanticism. this is why the genre is dying. The proclamation, "Valdez is coming," is the beginning of the end for a cold-hearted American gunrunner who crosses the line when he humiliates a Mexican-American lawman (Burt Lancaster) in this raging action western. Cast & Crew Read More Edwin Sherin Director Burt Lancaster [Bob] Valdez Susan Clark Gay Erin Frank Silvera Diego [Luz] Jon Cypher Frank Tanner Some have noted similar elements in Sylvester Stallone's sole palatable Rambo item First Blood (war veteran unjustly marginalized and humiliated seeks bloody revenge - although in the genre context it probably owes a debt to the contemporary Western Lonely are the Brave as well). The badly injured Valdez is able to crawl to the ranch of his friend Diego (Frank Silvera), where he is nursed back to health. Yes, Shelleys creature is probably more sympathetic; we at least see and feel his wrongs. Here he plays a softly spoken (Mexican) constable, who is set up to kill an innocent man. Directors. Adapted from the novel by Elmore Leonard. The grandeur of revenge might as well be the title of a doctoral dissertation on Western fiction, and maybe on the works of Elmore Leonard in particular. Cinemark The resulting confrontation was instigated by thoroughly nasty land baron Frank Tanner (Jon Cypher), who turns out to be a very bad guy indeed. Valdez himself is an interesting character: though he feels no ambivalence about his specific conflict with Tanner, he is less certain about his own role in life more generally, and the relationship he develops with Tanner's fiance Gay (whom he kidnaps as leverage) adds more nuances. Valdez is the missing link between the wild frontier and the civilized west. I still can't feature Burt as a Mexican, though. Marvel Movies Ranked Worst to Best by Tomatometer, Jurassic Park Movies Ranked By Tomatometer, The Mandalorian Season 3 First Reviews: Still the Best Star Wars TV Show, Critics Say. Newly minted North American Fuhrer John Smith (Rufus Sewell) and his wife are aboard. The opening scene begins like a Sunday picnic/Turkey shoot: well-dressed couples in period costumes milling around, young boys plunking away with their new rifles. And I think there's nothing more important in writing than getting it right, the way people sound. So he goes to Tanner to appeal to him to pony up half of the needed dough ($100) but Tanner and his men laugh at Valdez and humiliate him instead, tying him to a cross. Auch das Schauspiel ist eben nur solide, die wahren Schauwerte liegen definitiv in den Schusswechseln. Mexican-American lawman Burt Lancaster is forced to kill a wrongfully accused black man, during a circus-like standoff. Director Edwin Sherin, working from an engrossing script by Roland Kibbee and David Rayfiel, brings a plausibly gritty aesthetic as well as a provocative moral complexity to this simple, yet strong and compelling tale of justice, principle, and revenge. On top of this, the story is its own thing as it defies expectations left and right. Finally, it might be (mildly) interesting to compare this novel to its original genesis, the short story Only Good Ones (found in the terrific Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard, available at a Books-a-Million near you). When Sergio Leone's Fistful of Dollars was released, with its uncompromisingly vivid characterizations, sparse, almost symbolic backdrops, and evocative, minimalist scores, the Western was changed forever. "I had me a quiet woman once. The film opens with a town gathering in the desert led by local Frank Tanner (John Cypher) to which the stage coach carrying Valdez arrives. Valdez confronts her and she admits that it was she who killed her own husband in order to be with Tanner, not the other way around. What you say about True Grit seems right to me: it makes the moves but the tone is different. Then why does each ignore the warnings when they arise before hand? The film is based on the 1970 Elmore Leonard novel of the same name.[1]. Burt Lancaster(who I just thought was great, though he battled with the accent just a bit..a minor squabble)portrays Bob Valdez, a former Apache hunter for the Calvary now a constable who accidentally shoots an innocent black man claimed to have murdered the husband of Gay Erin(the beautiful redheaded Susan Clark). I also have some hesitations about teaching it: it is full of racial slurs, for one thing, and while I think its pretty clear not just that they are historically and contextually appropriate but also that the novel as a whole rejects the attitudes they express, that does create some pedagogical challenges. Two of essentially the most notable girls, who bore arms in opposition to the United States, have been Blanca Canales and Lolita Lebrn. and the These plans failed to materialize when Lancaster got involved in the 1970 movie Airport. This film reminded me somewhat of Charles Bronson's first big box office hit, "Chato's Land". It is our intent and purpose to foster and encourage in-depth discussion about all things related to books, authors, genres, or publishing in a safe, supportive environment. Today, many guitarists sound something like Jimi Hendrix, possibly without even being aware of it. I suppose you could argue that it leaves a dangling ending - what happens to Tanner, etc - but the main conflict is over. Though I dont remember Wuthering Heights in enough detail to comment on the revenge aspects, what I do recollect of its atmosphere makes me think Emily Bronte was one Victorian who could relish the savage attractions of the revenge plot. The revenge plot as I conceive it from many Westerns and the examples I mentioned, require that the revenge be taken on the guilty and that the guilty ones recognize that their fate is the result of an act of vengeance. Coming Soon. (I got it for Three-Ten to Yuma, which is as great as people said.). Please consider upgrading to a Pro accountfor less than a couple bucks a month, youll get cool additional features like all-time and annual stats pages (example), the ability to select (and filter by) your favorite streaming services, and no ads! That leaves Tanner to do his own dirty workif he can. He gives new meaning to the word authentic. Required fields are marked *. 25 Jun 2021. (765) 6.7 1 h 30 min 1971 PG-13. But the whole definition of pulp remains a problem that isnt going to get solved in the context of my class, thats for sure, since (as previously noted) the official description simply conflates pulp and genre fiction. 4) 'Spare' by Prince Harry - Book Review. The conclusion amounts to something of a letdown, but everything up till then is pretty good. "[4] Canby's description of the plot is illuminating as to the impact the movie probably made when it came out. www.ultimatemovierankings.com/burt-lancaster-movies/. And then they began to die . Might have been better with a more experienced director. Frank Silvera. He was shown from underneath, like a giant with a shotgun in each hand. this book), balancing it and/or disguising it with idealized notions of justice and fair play (e.g. That line, from "The Tall T," was the one that made me a confirmed Elmore Leonard fan. This is what I get for watching a movie based solely on the poster. He tried to raise his left arm but could not. Exciting formulaic revenge Western (made in Spain) as directed by Edwin Sherin (helmed The Great White Hope on Broadway) in his debut feature film that is adapted from a novel by Elmore Leonard. Regardless, the film is several notches above the usual Western. Unfortunately for Tanner, he has picked on the wrong man: Valdez is a wily, experienced Indian fighter and a marksman with a rifle. We dont have Books-A-Million up here! He should have remembered the way the man got up with the cross on his back and was kicked down and got up again and walked away. He descends on a mountain shack where a black man is accused by cattle baron and gunrunner Frank Tanner (Jon Cypher) of murdering his friend James Erin. Tanner rebuffs and humiliates Valdez twice, and the second time results in the latter being tortured. When rancher Frank Tanner (Jon Cypher) hoodwinks local lawman Bob Valdez (Burt Lancaster) into shooting an innocent man, Valdez is remorseful and tries to take up a collection for the widow. but honor was always priceless. western, outlaw, cowboy, shootout or gunfight western, cowboy, outlaw, wild or frontier violence, action, guns, cops or killing historical, epic, battle, historic or fought racism, african american, powerful, hatred or slavery Very good western, right up there with Lancaster's film of the same year, "Lawman". Valdez shoots one of Tanners men and sends him back with a message. Valdez Is Coming executive producer (uncredited) 1971 The Scalphunters producer (uncredited) 1968 The Unforgiven co-producer (uncredited) 1960 Take a Giant Step executive producer (uncredited) 1959 The Devil's Disciple co-executive producer (uncredited) 1959 Sweet Smell of Success executive producer (uncredited) 1957 The Bachelor Party Actor: Killer's Kiss. 1971 Valdez Is Coming 1h 30m 1971 Overview Synopsis Credits Film Details Articles & Reviews Notes Brief Synopsis An honest marshal is the only man willing to stand against a powerful but ruthless rancher. Tanner and his men relentlessly pursue Valdez through the hazardous terrain.However,if Valdez has his way, it will not be long before the hunter becomes the hunted Burt Lancaster plays an old Mexican/American stagecoach shotgun rider who finds himself forced to kill an African American during a stand-off with him while a lot of other people are watching. It begins with an instinct for justice: Valdez kills a man for the wrong reasons, not without meaning to but certainly without wanting to, and figures that he and the others responsible owe the mans pregnant widow reparations. The resulting confrontation was instigated by thoroughly nasty land baron Frank Tanner (Jon Cypher), who turns out to be a very bad guy indeed. But it is also a great credit to Leonard's own clarity of intent as a writer. By the end of the novel Valdez has killed over a dozen men, but even though by then things are more complicated than they seemed at first, theres no doubt that hes in the right, that we are rooting for him as he picks them off one by one in defense of himself but also of the code he cant quite articulate but follows without equivocation. Privacy Policy He crotch filled the center of the frame. Taken from an Elmore Leonard novel, Lancaster stars as an aging half-Mexican town Constable who seeks justice for an Indian widow. A Mexican-American sheriff (Burt Lancaster) must resort to violence against a powerful rancher (Frank Tanner, played by Jon Cypher) in order to get just compensation for the pregnant Indian A Mexican-American sheriff (Burt Lancaster) must resort to violence against a powerful rancher (Frank Tanner, played by Jon Cypher) in order to get just compensation for the pregnant Indian widow of a wrongly killed black man. Still, Icant imagine reading a lot of books like this not in a row, certainly. Verified reviews are considered more trustworthy by fellow moviegoers. The money is to go to the black man's pregnant Apache woman. Whatever liberties it takes with the genre, True Grit is a satisfying Western: it was made into a John Wayne movie, after all. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. But now there was more to it. And a film I watched just last month, Last Stand at Saber River, and it would seem that Leonard had a liking for delivering Western themed stories? Indeed, the African-American had been trapped in a small cabin at the foot of a rise, and several rifleman had kept him pinned down in the structure. Screen legend Burt Lancaster plays Bob Valdez, an ageing Mexican-American lawman who is called upon to assist in the apprehension of a supposed murderer. Valdez asks Tanner for monetary help for the man's wife, but he is ridiculed and almost killed by Tanner's henchmen. When Valdez persists, in kindness and gentle-care, Frank to pay $100, he is is attacked and roped to a wooden cross..they send him into the desert this way to perish. Valdez is coming! to the chivalric tradition a tradition he shares in this country with the Westerner. ''The Lawman' (which i watched last month) and then this one and then Ulzanas Raid (which. It might have been the 2008 return match, won by St-Pierre, one of MMA's all-time greats. Elmore Leonard's crackerjack western novel "Valdez Is Coming" served as the inspiration for this lively western lensed on location in scenic Spain with Lancaster in top agile form for a 58-year old guy. All Albuquerque's Billy Ray Valdez knows is that, since then, he's wanted to be a professional MMA fighter. Its a central paradox of the hard-boiled private eye that his violence elevates rather than condemns him: for us to accept that, we have to be convinced of his private moral code, to believe that he kills for the right reasons. was Bob Valdez's reply when he was asked when he used to hunt and shoot down Indians to eradicate them from rangeland. Wuthering Heights. In 1883, the 7th was stationed in the northern plains. Valdez tries to negotiate a peaceful settlement, as the hunted man says hes innocent. Just leave us a message here and we will work on getting you verified. After taking out one rider with his shotgun, he tells him to send the message to Tanner "Valdez is coming". Valdez Is Coming boldly recreates America's western frontier, a place where life was sometimes cheap. The only negative about this is that the film is in many ways about race prejudice and you wonder if maybe casting an Anglo in such a role that it might be undermining the central message. But R.L. Of course, when he tries to do the honorable thing, he is treacherously dealt with, which leads to one of the most entertaining and compelling westerns ever filmed. When Lancaster's aging lawman,. Largely seen as a revisionist western, it's actually fairly traditional for the most part until an ending that was so surprisingly low-key I thought the last couple of minutes had been cut off.. a mexican sheriff versus a racist posse? A rebel explosion hurls the train off its track, killing Helen and compelling John to take his own life in the. When it comes to keeping the peace, former frontier sheriff. I don't get the impression that Leonard had a lot of hard bark on him. This is an insult to Frank who is a racist pig who loathes the sight of "greaser" Valdez. Townsmen and friends alike, know little of him or his background, until an uneventful day when a rich and powerful land Baron, incites all to chase and corner an ex-army soldier because he "looks familiar." A sure must for any serious Western fan. Before it's over, Frank will, without a doubt, know that..Valdez is coming. Also of special note is Barton Heyman, who plays the world-wise Segundo, who quickly realizes that they are not after any ordinary man, and provides a great surprise ending. At first, Rosemary resists, but when she hears the baby cry, her mothering instincts kick in, and she rocks the cradle. Valdez is told that a murdering black army deserter has holed up in a . Not sure this would happen today. But, of course, Leonard isnt REALLY a pulp author, any more than Portis is. . "Valdez Is Coming" was one of three successive Westerns he made in 1971/2, the others being "Lawman" and "Ulzana's Raid". Valdez himself is an interesting character: though he feels no ambivalence about his specific conflictwith Tanner, he is less certain about his own role in life more generally, and the relationship he develops with Tanners fiance Gay (whom he kidnaps as leverage) adds more nuances. My experience of Westerns is mostly cinematic, but the revenge plot seems pretty common to it, from straightforward versions like 7 Men from Now to more subtle variations like the ending of The Furies. The image is an example of a ticket confirmation email that AMC sent you when you purchased your ticket. When Valdez confrontsTanner,whose wrong identification led to the shooting, with his proposals, Tanners men test his nerve by using the wall around him for target practice: Valdez felt his hat move and felt powder dust from the adobe brick in his eyes and in his nose and felt chips of adobe sting his face and hands and felt a bullet plow into the wall between his knees and a voice say, A little higher you get him good., He keeps his cool, staring them down and eventually, when Tanners segundo calls enough, riding away. It seems odd that the alien race chose to save Caleb and Abby and raise two strange human children, but it was so the human race could start again. The fine acting by the able cast constitutes as another major plus: Lancaster makes for a credible and sympathetic reluctant man of action, Susan Clark gives her role as Tanner's fed-up mistress Gay Erin a substantial amount of class and depth, Frank Silvera does well as Valdez's loyal friend Diego, Barton Heyman likewise impresses as the shrewd El Segundo, Richard Jordan positively oozes as despicable sniveling weakling R.L. I think Spaghetti westerns lack believability, you know the good guy is never gonna die, while in this show the good guy takes a beating and loses at the end but wins as well. Rating: PG-13. It seems like the man's celebrity overwhelms the characterization to a distracting degree. When setting up Hammett or Chandlerin my Mystery & Detective Fiction class, I always talk about frontier justice and the appeal of the vigilante, and alsoabout the idea of the hard-boiled hero as (quoting Robert B. Parker) the last gentleman: he belongs, Parker says. [2], When director Sydney Pollack was attached to the property, Lancaster was originally slated to play Frank Tanner with Marlon Brando as Valdez. Filmed in parts of southern Spain previously utilized by Sergio Leone, this is not a spaghetti western. Davis finds him and cuts the ropes, freeing the unconscious man. Just confirm how you got your ticket. Playing Valdez's friend is Diego, (Frank Silvera), in addition there's Tanner's wife, Gay Erin (Susan Clark) who is taken hostage, but ends up anything but. Copyright Fandango. For some reason, friends that are fans of both Burt Lancaster and/or westerns have not seen this movie. Parts of the movie reminded me of Point Blank and Payback. the Terms and Policies, and to receive email from Rotten Tomatoes. western, outlaw, cowboy, shootout or gunfight, western, cowboy, outlaw, wild or frontier, historical, epic, battle, historic or fought, racism, african american, powerful, hatred or slavery, www.ultimatemovierankings.com/burt-lancaster-movies/. It's one of those vendetta entertainments that often frequent the multiplexes in the 60's and 70's when the rules, thanks in large part to Peckinpah's "The Wild Bunch", were starting to be broken. Be the first to contribute! This western is gritty, tough, bloody, and believable. The UK DVD has at least one horse tripping edited. After Valdez is freed, he's ripe for revenge, abducting Tanners' woman Gay Erin (Susan Clark) as he gets ready for a final showdown. Valdez believes it would be a fair gesture to raise $200 for the widow, $100 from Tanner and the rest from others in town. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. Burt Lancaster Susan Clark Frank Silvera Jon Cypher Richard Jordan Barton Heyman Hector Elizondo Phil Brown Ralph Brown Werner Hasselmann Lex Monson Sylvia Poggioli Jos Garca Garca Mara Montez Juanita Penaloza Marta Tuch Juan Fernndez Rudy Ugland Tony Epper Vic Albert Per Barclay Allen Russell James Lemp Raoul Castro Nick Cravat Concha Hombria, Elmore Leonard David Rayfiel Roland Kibbee, Norlan Productions Ira Steiner Productions, Westerns Staying in the 19th century, and in English. Dom (Vin Diesel) and his familia are back to save the world again in Fast & Furious 9, although this time the threat is closer to home. is not allowed, Heathcliff wont work. This is a very well respected movie and was directed with a deft touch by Edwin Sherrin. Even though the storyline is typical of the era, wrong being righted against over powering odds, Lancaster pulls it off in believable fashion. once again hollyWOKE forces its politics into the story. He was a highly successful black actor/director in the 1950s and 1960s who - because of his light-skinned appearance - transcended race and ethnicity in his performances. We want to hear what you have to say but need to verify your email. Valdez Is Coming. With all the computer generated garbage being put in theaters today, it's good to be able to turn on the western channel and see some real acting again. You wanna go check it out? But, then, its not as though you should actually have to *buy* a copy of the book, anyway. He regularly reaffirms the code on behalf of people who dont have one. Cinemark The black man, the Native American woman, the Mexicans, the Anglos, and then the rancher's not so faithful mistress, give this movie a lot of great subplots to think about, but the central story of Valdez first asking and then demanding money for the dead man's woman is simple yet effective as it draws out into chases and ambushes while revealing the characters for who they really are. False Positive offers a different ending: Lucy refuses to mother the twin . Adapted from an Elmore Leonard novel (as was Martin Ritt's Hombre - a superior western with some similar themes). He sets her free, but by now Tanner's woman is sympathetic to his cause, feeling guilty because she was the cause of all the deaths so far. I wonder it the way that Portis is anti-western works with certain detective fiction. Coming Soon. The aliens' " whispering " is a form of selection, and only the chosen get a ticket off-world (Caleb and Abby . 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