The Plunderers
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Director Joseph Pevney Music director Leonard Rosenman Writer Bob Barbash Language English | 6.4/10 IMDb Genre Western Duration Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date November 5, 1960 Genres Western, Action Film, Action/Adventure Cast Jeff Chandler (Sam Christy), John Saxon (Rondo), Dolores Hart (Ellie Walters), Marsha Hunt (Kate Miller, Hotel Owner), Jay C. Flippen (Sheriff McCauley), Ray Stricklyn (Jeb Lucas Tyler)Similar movies Mad Max: Fury Road , Taken 3 , John Wick , The Hunger Games: Catching Fire , The Hunting Party , I Spit on Your Grave III: Vengeance is Mine Tagline These Were The Four Steel-Nerved Young Hellions...Each Ready To Stand Up To A Ring Of Guns...Or Drag A Woman's Name Down To His! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Plunderers is a 1960 Western film directed by Joseph Pevney and starring Jeff Chandler and John Saxon. It was nominated for a Golden Globe in 1960.
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Plot
Unruly cowboys Rondo, Jeb, Mule and Davy ride into town. They can't pay for their drinks, so Sheriff McCauley jails them for a night. Then they refuse to pay clerk Ellie Walters at the general store, and take rooms at Kate Miller's hotel.
The rancher Sam Christy is asked for help. He is an American Civil War hero, but has lost an arm and is tired of fighting. When the cowboys beat up the saloon keeper and McCauley is killed by Jeb, however, Sam offers to do what he can.
He is ambushed by the cowboys at the ranch, beaten and his horses stolen. Ellie tends to him and they kiss. In town, Davy is upset by what's happening and wants the cowboys to leave. Ellie is attacked by Rondo, who then comes at Sam with a knife. Ellie shoots him. Sam then kills Mule in a fight and shoots the fleeing Jeb. He allows the remorseful Davy to leave town.
Cast
Production
The film was made by August Productions for Allied Artists. August was a production company established by Jeff Chandler in association with writer Bob Barbash and publicist Jess Rand. Chandler described the film as "not a Western though the locale is the West."
Filming started 12 May 1960.
Release
Steve Broidy of Allied Artists was so happy with the film he requested three more movies from August, only two of which Chandler had to appear in.
References
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