THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES

Clint Eastwood, Chief Dan George

Warner Bros.; Directed by Clint Eastwood

Rated PG; 135 minutes; 1976

Clint Eastwood and Chief Dan George team up in this drama of vengeance set in the post Civil War West. Eastwood is the imposing, silent Josey Wales whose wife and children suffer terribly at the hands of war-crazed renegades who ravage and rape the land and people.

 

 

REVIEWS

" . . . THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES is an absorbing, lusty, gusty, action-filled adventure . . ."

- Kevin Thomas, LOS ANGELES TIMES

" . . . it is an entertaining film of fast pace, spare dialogue, solid acting and beautiful scenery."

- Wilma Salisbury, CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER

"Without losing his magnetic hold on the audience as an actor, Clint Eastwood continues to prove that he is a surprisingly capable director with THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES."

- Kathleen Carroll, DAILY NEWS

"Eastwood . . . reminds us of a traditional American style of screen heroism . . . In these moments, he links us pleasingly, satisfyingly with our movie pasts . . ."

- Richard Schickel, TIME MAGAZINE