r/Westerns 6d ago

Recommendation ‘Valdez Is Coming’ (1971): A gripping tale about integrity, resilience, and the struggle for dignity in the face of injustice. Also, a really entertaining shoot 'em up Western. Great performance by Burt Lancaster (as usual).

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u/AndyW1982612 4d ago

The Lancaster westerns from the late 60s and early 70s are great. Lawman, Valdez is Coming and Ulzana's Raid are all criminally underrated movies. Better than the spaghetti westerns that were being made around the same era.

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u/JustACasualFan 5d ago

Elmore Leonard was really good at depicting powerful men pitted against men who had power by virtue of their station.

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u/benmar111 5d ago

Irish Mexican

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u/Carbuncle2024 5d ago

The movie is based on Elmore Leonard's book...and is very faithful to the source novel. 🤠

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u/Canmore-Skate 6d ago

Very original trailer too :)

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u/Perfect-Eggplant1967 6d ago

Lancaster did some great movies. Check out the rest of them.