Suspenseful desert pursuit in the “High Noon” tradition
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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Grave, intimate, bleak and spare.
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- sparerichly built
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Cast
- Warren OatesWillett Gashade
- Will HutchinsColey Boyard
- Millie PerkinsWoman
- Jack NicholsonBilly Spear
- Charles EastmanBearded Man
- Guy El TsosieIndian
- Brandon CarrollSheriff
- B. J. MerholzLeland Drum
- Wally MoonDeputy
- William MackleprangCrosstree Townsman #1
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- Monte HellmanDirector
- Carole EastmanScreenplay
- Gregory SandorDirector of Photography
- Richard MarkowitzOriginal Music Composer
- Monte HellmanEditor
- Monte HellmanProducer
- Jack NicholsonProducer
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