Chato's Land

worth a watch

Finally got to this one. Though rated PG, it's quite violent and graphic at times. Intense Western with plenty of action and battle scenes. Bronson plays half Apache and takes on a mob of men, on his own turf.

Good western with Chuck Bronson and Jack Palance that flew under most people's radars.

After a half-native-American (Bronson) kills a bullying town sheriff in self-defense, a mob led by a civil war veteran (Palance) is sent after him. This premise is very ordinary for a Western, but this is no ordinary Western. It's well directed and features excellent performances, but most atypically it's exceptionally well written.

"Back off, Lawman." Damn, Bronson is too cool for words. Here he plays Chato, a half-breed Apache on the run for killing a sheriff. Jack Palance plays the ruthless ex-soldier leading the posse trying to track him down. Some great scenes and excellent cat-and-mouse as Bronson toys with the posse before leading them into the desert. Classic western, Bronson literally has about 4 lines.