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Chato's Land

Year:

1972

Duration:

110 min

Genres:

Western

IMDB rate:

6.6

Director:

Michael Winner

Details

Country: UK

Release Date: 1972-06-24

Filming Locations: Bavispe, Sonora, Mexico

Cast

Actor

Character

Richard Jordan

Charles Bronson

Pardon Chato

Jack Palance

Capt. Quincey Whitmore

James Whitmore

Joshua Everette

Simon Oakland

Jubal Hooker

Ralph Waite

Elias Hooker

Victor French

Martin Hall

Sonia Rangan

Chato's woman

William Watson

Harvey Lansing

Roddy McMillan

Gavin Malechie

Paul Young

Brady Logan

Raul Castro

Mexican scout

Lee Patterson

George Dunn

Roland Brand

Peter Dyneley

Ezra Meade

Hugh McDermott

Bartender

Celestino González

(as Celestino Gonzalez)

Florencio Amarilla

Verna Harvey

Shelby Hooker

Sally Adez

Moira Logan

Clive Endersby

Jacob Meade

Rebecca Wilson

Edna Malechie

Luis Amarilla

Richard Basehart

Nye Buell

Rudy Ugland

Will Coop (uncredited)

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Trivia

This film is one of Charles Bronson's 70s westerns. His westerns made during the 1970s include Chino (1973), Red Sun (1971), Chato's Land (1972), From Noon Till Three (1976), Breakheart Pass (1975) and The White Buffalo (1977).

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The Hooker ranch house and barn are the same as the McBain house and barn in Once Upon a Time in the West (1968).

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This is the first film out of six that Charles Bronson and Michael Winner made together.

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Goofs

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.

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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.

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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.

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Quotes

Gavin Malechie: Maybe he isn't a killing man.

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Earl Hooker: I'm gonna kill you, Mex. Understand? And that's a promise.

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Jubal Hooker: I don't want to bury him here. It's an empty place... empty... nothing to remember.

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Faq

Is the US PG Version completely uncensored?

Technically not, because the US DVD contains alternate footage in the violent scenes. The raping scene and the burning scene have been shot in two versions by director Michael Winner. The US DVD contains the softer version, so that the movie got a PG rating. Despite the more harmless scenes, the movie is still quite violent for a PG rating. A detailed comparison between the US PG Version and the German DVD with pictures can be found here.

What are the differences between the British BBFC 18 DVD and the Uncensored Version?

The UK Theatrical Version and the early VHS releases got an BBFC 18 rating and approx. 41 sec were cut out. Some footage cut due to violence was revoked for the DVD release, only a couple of shots of falling and dying horses are still missing on the UK DVD which also got an BBFC 18, just like the previous UK releases. A detailed comparison between both versions with pictures can be found here.

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