This is consistently rated as one of the greatest shootout films on the gun forums, and the reputation is well deserved. It's not really a Western, more of "Northern," like Max Brand's "Masterman" novel. Well worth picking up. The DVD transfer and remaster is first rate. Bronson's character makes the Savage 99 sing.
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Agreed. Also, when was the last time you saw a Krag-Jorgensen carbine, or sporterized SMLE in a Hollywood production?
I still have to look into a DVD of this: my VHS copy is getting pretty worn.
Because of this movie I went looking for and found (then purchased) a sporterized SMLE Mk III* and eventually a Webley Mk VI. The selection of firearms was well done. An accurate representation of what you would find up there (Yukon) in 1931.
shareI enjoyed it a lot as well.
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