Catlow

Catlow - life around the straining is a British Western comedy by Sam Wanamaker, the 1971 His German premiere had the ambivalent absorbed by the film critics on March 23, 1972..

Action

The good-natured rogue Catlow is after the end of the American Civil War in search of a pot of gold worth two million dollars. Finding one is difficult for him Marshall Ben Cowan, who has the mandate to make Catlow arrest for cattle theft. The two, who have fought side by side in the Civil War, a cat-and- mouse game to ship, but Catlow can escape again and again. Finally, he succeeds and his gang to bring the pot of gold in their possession. But now it not that Cowan, but also the previous owner of the treasure, a group of Mexican soldiers, the ruthless bounty hunter Miller and a Native American tribe apart on Catlow.

Criticism

" Fun and exciting, worth seeing mainly because Daliah Lavi. "

" Catlow seems to want to tell us something - about friendship and the importance of possessions or the discovery of happiness - because that seems to be the basis of the more exciting moments. But then the film makes any thing else, and apparently he does not know about the potential of his ideas. "

" Although the story bogged down again and again, even comes to a standstill, but the film offers mainly fair - exciting entertainment. "

Background

The script used and parodied various motifs known Western classics like Billy -the- Kid movies and Sergio Leone Bad and the Ugly.

For Yul Brynner, the protagonist of John Sturges The Magnificent Seven, it was the last Western his career.

The through his role as Spock (Star Trek) has become known Leonard Nimoy played here one of his few roles outside of the science fiction genre.

For Daliah Lavi, it was the last movie of her acting career. It was then known as a singer.

1971 in film Screenplay Euan Lloyd Film score Roy Budd Robert Logan Billy the Kid
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