The Train Robbers

The film does get by on is the charm of the four leads, plus Christopher George as the gang's newest member, and their lightly comic interactions carry it along. It's not a good western, but it's mildly entertaining between the long stretches of tedium.

Near perfect meld of spaghetti western and more traditionalist western approach; Wayne of course represents the old-school sensibilities, but Kennedy's staging and direction of the material resembles the more modern approach; it never feels jarring, thanks to the reverence and respect that is still paid to Wayne's characterisation (while adding a few modern ambiguosities for good measure). The final twist is perhaps a little too shaggy dog for its own good.