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| Charles Bronson in THE WHITE BUFFALO Year: 1977 Rating: ***1/2 |
Within THE WHITE BUFFALO is a different kind of Western that Charles Bronson and director J. Lee Thompson not only wanted to make, but did... at least halfway through: One where Clint Walker has the kind of vengeful spite to kill main character/real life legend Bill Hickock because of the past he's both dodging and facing... thrust towards the gigantic titular beast that, like JAWS, a trio of contrary men band together to expire...
In particular Native American Will Sampson who, like the other gentle giant actor Walker, have never been so formidable, also portraying a fictionally-set true legend, Crazy Horse, with his own revenge towards the buffalo that killed his child... giving an overboard performance more than a touch of camp. And the always capable Jack Warden is a one-eyed trapper... the Robert Shaw here and, though full of tough dialogue, is rather underused...
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Then again BUFFALO is Bronson's slowburn ride while that offbeat Indian injects a metaphysical vibe into the otherwise mainstream adventure, with exploitative deaths (like lush Cara Williams with Stuart Whitman as a stagecoach-riding racist just askin' for it) and a grungy-looking tavern shootout despite period-clothing that, like the superior BREAKHEART PASS, seems straight out of wardrobe...
Leading to a climax that's more anticipatory than the blunt violence the first half had already disposed of and is, overall, a unique passion-project from its very conception, so there was probably no other choice than for THE WHITE BUFFALO to become a cult film.
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Charles Bronson in THE WHITE BUFFALO with Jack Warden
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Clint Walker in THE WHITE BUFFALO
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| Cara Williams (lived till 96, but not on the stagecoach) from THE WHITE BUFFALO |
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Charles Bronson in THE WHITE BUFFALO with Slim Pickens
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