The Bounty Killer

1965
Approved
1h 32m

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Dan Duryea, Rod Cameron, and Audrey Dalton in The Bounty Killer (1965)

A tenderfoot becomes a bounty hunter in the hopes of making a better future for himself and his new love.A tenderfoot becomes a bounty hunter in the hopes of making a better future for himself and his new love.A tenderfoot becomes a bounty hunter in the hopes of making a better future for himself and his new love.

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5.8/10

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Trivia
Dan Duryea (father) and Peter Duryea (son) appeared in two western films together: Taggart (1964) and this film.

Quotes
Carole: He's sick.
Ridgeway: I know. I've seen this sickness before. It's an old familiar road. Hurt, revenge, hate... all gets twisted in the mind. First thing you know, the mind gets twisted like a hard, hard knot. If there isn't anybody to get it out, it just explodes.

Alternate versions
The UK release was cut, a compulsory cut was required to a scene of animal cruelty (in this case, sight of a horse being made to fall in a dangerous manner), in order to obtain a PG classification. Cuts made in accordance with the BBFC's Guidelines and policy. An uncut classification was not available.

Connections
Featured in Best in Action: 1965 (2021)

Soundtracks
Go Away Old Man and Leave Me Alone
Written by Ronald Stein
Performed by Harlene Stein (singing voice of Audey Dalton)

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10/10

The versatile Mr. Dureya

What absolute nonsense that a previous reviewer states that Mr. Dureya cannot carry off nice in this film. The guy was acting for over 30 years and was a brilliant, versatile actor. Sure , he could play villains to perfection and because of this was well known and cast in these parts. But during his 30 years of film acting he frequently was cast as a good guy and he played these roles well.The Bounty Killer does ask too much in his age, sure, the part was written for a younger guy but as Dureya is so exceptionally good as the naive easterner it still works well.It's a wonderful film, it's low budget but it's a fine well acted and well written western.