The Shooting

The Shooting

1966 · 78 min · EN · 6.4 (101 votes)
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.

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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.

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