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Chisum (1970)
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Reviews Counted:5
Fresh:3
Rotten:2
Average Rating:5.2/10
Runtime: 1 hr 51 mins
Genre: Westerns
Synopsis: John Chisum is a wealthy landowner and rancher in the New Mexico Territory around 1878. His peaceful domain is challenged by a powerful and corrupt cattle baron who wants possession of Chisum's land.
Starring: John Wayne, Forrest Tucker, Christopher George, Glenn Corbett
Starring: John Wayne, Forrest Tucker, Christopher George, Glenn Corbett, Ben Johnson, Bruce Cabot, Patric Knowles, Andrew Prine, Richard Jaeckel, Linda Day, Geoffrey Deuel, Pamela McMyler
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Screenwriter: Andrew J. Fenady
Producer: Andrew J. Fenady
Composer: Dominic Frontiere
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Reviews for Chisum
Like other Wayne movies, there's complete identification between reel and real life: Chisum is described as "fat wealthy, tough, trusting, stubborn, generous, and sentimental," and he favors competitive, laissey-faire (Republican version) capitalism.
A stylish big-budget rousing range war Western that is a gimmicky mix of myth and hokum.
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