Robert Duvall, Cliff Robertson d/ Phil Kaufman
I saw this when it was released (1972) and liked it...saw it as grittier and more realistic than westerns before. Time has not been kind to this film.
Now it came across as set in hollywood reality with clumsy attempts at humor, people behaving like movie people, big sound, flashy editing and camera work (quite good). It failed to get me to care about the fate of any of these characters. One character is shot in the back and the next day, after some tending by a faith healer gets up and rides away with no apparent discomfort.
Poor in comparison to The Assassination Of Jesse James...or The Wild Bunch. Made during the silver age but thought up in the studio age...it hadn't made the transition so comes up short.
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