Old Mexican-American sheriff Bob Valdez has always been a haven of sanity in a land of madmen when it came to defending law and order. But the weapon smuggler Frank Tanner is greedy and impulsive. When Tanner provokes a shooting that causes the death of an innocent man and Valdez asks him to financially compensate the widow, Tanner refuses to do so and severely humiliates Valdez, who will do justice and avenge his honor, no matter what it takes.
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Burt Lancaster
Valdez
Susan Clark
Gay Erin
Frank Silvera
Diego
Jon Cypher
Frank Tanner
Richard Jordan
R. L. Davis
Barton Heyman
El Segundo
Héctor Elizondo
Mexican Rider
Phil Brown
Malson
Ralph Brown
Beaudry
Werner Hasselmann
Sheriff
Director
Edwin Sherin
Screenplay
Roland Kibbee
Tagline
"Honor is always worth fighting for"
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Production
Norlan Productions, Ira Steiner Productions
CinemaSerf
March 9, 2026
Proof, if it were ever needed, that scorning Burt Lancaster is a dangerous thing to do. Town deputy “Valdez”, a Mexican American veteran of the US cavalry, is tricked into killing a man accused of murder by local bigwig “Tanner” (Jon Cypher) and so he demands some compensation for his pregnant widow. Derided, beaten and driven from the town as if he were heading to Calvary, he must recuperate and ...
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