Dir. Monte Hellman · Starring Warren Oates, Will Hutchins, Millie Perkins, Jack Nicholson, Charles Eastman, Guy El Tsosie · Music Richard Markowitz
“Suspenseful desert pursuit in the “High Noon” tradition”
Western
Two miners agree to guide a mysterious woman, who has appeared in their camp from nowhere, to a nearby town; but soon, because of her erratic behavior, they begin to suspect that her true purpose is quite different.
VIBE
A stark, unforgiving Western that strips away romanticism. It feels like a slow descent into paranoia and desperation under a relentless sun, where every interaction is fraught with suspicion and the landscape itself is an antagonist.