An Eye for an Eye (1966 film)
| An Eye for an Eye | |
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| Directed by | Michael D. Moore (as Michael Moore) |
| Written by | Bing Russell Sumner Williams |
| Produced by | Caroll Case |
| Starring | Robert Lansing Pat Wayne Slim Pickens Gloria Talbott |
| Cinematography | Lucien Ballard |
| Edited by | Bob Wyman |
| Music by | Raoul Kraushaar |
Production company | Circle Productions |
| Distributed by | Embassy Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 106 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
An Eye for an Eye is a 1966 American Pathécolor Western film directed by Michael D. Moore. The film was co-scripted by Bing Russell, father of actor Kurt Russell.[2]
Plot
[edit]Talion is an ex-bounty hunter turned homesteader who, after his ranch is burned to the ground and his wife and child are murdered, meets up with and hires bounty hunter Benny Wallace to track down the killer, Ike Slant. Along the way, they befriend entrepreneur Brian Quince, his daughter Bri Quince and her brother "Jo-Hi".
Brian, mistaking the two bounty hunters for lawmen, provides them with information to help them track down Ike Slant and his accomplices, the Beetson brothers. During an ambush on Ike's camp, Ike shoots Talion's gun hand while Wallace is able to gun down both Beetson brothers. Without Talion's support, Ike is able to deliver a head wound to Wallace before escaping on horseback.
The two wounded bounty hunters are thus forced to rely upon each other, leading them to resolutely combine into one single, unstoppable killing machine. Talion facilitates this by training Wallace, who cannot see but can still shoot straight, to visualize a clock in his head so that Talion can guide his aim using clock numbers as directions.
Wallace, it turns out, is the son of the famous Pat Garrett, who took down Billy the Kid. It is also revealed that Talion killed Slant's younger brother before the movie started and that Ike's slaying of Talion's son and wife were an act of vengeance. During the final shootout, Wallace/Garrett Jr. and Ike Slant are both killed. Despite a developing romantic relationship with Bri, Talion rides off, leaving her behind so that she does not meet the same fate as his late wife.
Cast
[edit]- Robert Lansing as Talion
- Pat Wayne as Benny Wallace
- Slim Pickens as Ike Slant
- Gloria Talbott as Bri Quince
- Paul Fix as Brian Quince
- Strother Martin as Trumbull
- Clint Howard as Jo-Hi Quince - Brian's Son
- Rance Howard as Harry
- Henry Wills as Charley Beetson
- Jerry Gatling as Jones Beetson
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "An Eye for an Eye (1966)". Turner Classic Movie Database. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "An Eye for an Eye (1966)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on June 10, 2015.
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