As Captain Whitmore walks down the street in the opening sequence, the direction of his shadow changes from behind him and to his right to in front of him and to his left.
Several times as the posse rides through the desert, the saguaro cacti props in the background can be seen jiggling and flapping their arms in the wind.
When Joshua Everette leaves the gang to seek medical help for his broken shoulder, he can be seen using his arm normally.
He is supposedly dying of a broken arm, perhaps from infection or something, but as he leaves he shifts his reins with the bad arm and then uses the reins in the bad arm to whip his horse.
Charles Bronson plays Chato a half-breed(as they used to say) Apache/White, who finds himself a hunted man when he kills a racist sheriff in a saloon. Despite it being an obvious case of self defense, the townspeople form a posse led by former confederate Quincey Whitmore(Jack Palance, well cast) who seems excited about being in a leadership position again.
Chato's Land is another in a long line of entertaining Charles Bronson movies, featuring a host of great supporting actors and a simple but powerful storyline. Bronson plays Pardon Chato, an Apache who kills a prejudiced sheriff in self-defense.
The first act of CHATO'S LAND should have an alternative title, since we don't experience his land, along with his wrath, till much, much later on...Perhaps THE MOSSY POSSE would have fit being that Jack Palance, as brooding ex-Confederate Capt.
The storyline to Chato's Land is simple as can be. A half-breed Indian is harassed by a redneck sheriff while having a drink in a bar.
Of late, I am (re)watching some films starring Bronson. This one came on the recommendation from someone on this very site, when I read through reviews of Hard Times (1972), also starring Bronson.
It may sound cliché but this is how this western starts. Charles Bronson plays Chato, an Apache Indian who captures and breaks wild horses with one other Indian, to eke out a living for himself, his wife and his young son.
Right from the very first shot, you know this is going to be good. The interest lies in seeing precisely how the posse will disintegrate.
It's a good euro western that has aged quite well. The U.
Though I haven't seen all of Bronson's movies I'm sure this is one of his best performance. I was wondering why is it so magnificent and I realised that it has a special mood and of course it has Bronson himself.
