valdez is coming
he captures one of the rancher’s men and sends him back with the message “valdez is coming. ”
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richard jordan plays a tanner gunman who releases valdez from his cross and is then captured by valdez in turn .
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the town constable, bob valdez, is forced to kill someone accused by frank tanner of being a murderer. valdez asks tanner for monetary help for the man' s wife, but he is ridiculed and almost killed by tanner' s henchmen. valdez recovers and summons up his days in the u. s. cavalry in order to fight them. valdez wounds one of the henchmen and sends him back to tanner with the message ,
valdez is coming .
you ride to mr. tanner, all right? tell him valdez is coming. you hear what i said? valdez is coming .
he is two men. first, there was roberto valdez, born of mexican parents in the united states territory of arizona. he was an apache tracker and worked for a stagecoach company. then there is bob valdez, a part - time constable who wears a suit and knows his place. he will need to be both men when a pissing contest with a wealthy local escalates into a war .
roberto valdez returned ,
she said. he smile
elmore leonard’s valdez is coming is the second western i’ve read and the first real western, since i gather true grit is properly considered more of an anti - western, a self - conscious (if appreciative) tongue - in - cheek revision of western tropes rather than a sincere instance of them .
valdez, coming off a stint in thailand' s commercial league, came away with 25 points, but creamline was weighed down by 46 points it gave away in terms of errors .
valdez is coming was director sherin’s first movie. he had previously worked as a director on broadway and apparently was burt lancaster’s choice. his direction is anonymous and the action scenes are disappointing; they’re sudden and rather bloody, but lack intensity. there are some similarities to john sturges' eastwood vehicle joe kidd (also written by elmore leonard) and andrew v. mclaglen’s the last hard men (without any elmore leonard connection). valdez is coming is more compelling than joe kidd, and less violent than the last hard men .
they tore his body. they buried his pride. but they forgot his old uniform, his sharps rifle, and his buffalo gun. find tanner, el segundo, and the 16 others. and tell them valdez is coming .
one of the american westerns shot in spain in the early seventies. like most of these productions, valdez is coming appears to acknowledge the influence of the spaghetti western without showing much understanding for it. the result is a somewhat indistinct (if highly enjoyable) genre outing .
juan valdez cafe has opened its doors this morning and the gorgeous smell of colombian coffee is in the air .
there are two sides to valdez. one side is bob valdez, a respectable constable, business like in his approach to handle conflicts in town. this is a peaceful, calm and reasonable valdez, one who will talk and listen and reasonably work things out. then there’s roberto valdez. there’s a little bit of charles bronson and rambo in roberto valdez. his knowledge of battle tactics, weaponry and vigilantism might make these two green with envy. i also see a little of the hulk in roberto valdez. no, he
it turns out “only good ones” is in the collection of leonard’s stories i do have (the tonto woman and other stories) – thanks for the heads - up about its relationship to valdez is coming, as i hadn’t really intended to read the whole volume. (i got it for “three - ten to yuma, ” which is as great as people said. )
el segundo: [ after pausing and nervously clearing his throat ] tell me something… who are you? valdez: i told you once before – bob valdez. el segundo: [ referring to valdez’s earlier marksmanship against his men ] you know something, bob valdez, you hit one, i think, 700 - 800 yards. valdez: [ with certitude ] closer to a thousand. el segundo: what was it? sharps? valdez: [ nods ] my own load. el segundo: you ever hunt buffalo? valdez: apache. el segundo: i knew it. when? valdez: before i know better. el segundo: you know how many men you kill these last two days? valdez: eleven. el segundo: you counted. valdez: you better .
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a man chooses his actions; he cannot choose the consequences. bob valdez, the part - time town constable chooses to try and bring a peaceful end to a stand - off. another man, frank tanner, chooses to use valdez' s good intentions for his own ends. it costs the man in the middle of the stand - off his life. valdez and tanner come into direct conflict when valdez insists that the dead man' s woman receive compensation for his death. the dead man wasn' t the murdering, deserting soldier everybody' d been convinced he was. valdez thinks the woman deserves compensation, but nobody' s interested in paying - - especially tanner. so after tanner has his men humiliate valdez, he strikes back. is it justice? is it revenge? is it compensation? it doesn' t matter. it only matters that valdez is coming. it will cost frank tanner everything .
cypher will put up the rest. when lancaster confronts the man he is rebuffed, then tied to a cross and left to wander in the desert. lancaster vows revenge and sends cypher a message :
valdez is coming .
he kidnaps clark, cypher' s mistress and the murdered trader' s widow. she admits to killing her
“you tell him i’m coming! you tell him i’m fucking comiiiing! ” terence stamp in the limey is my favourite example of the type of character bob valdez becomes. he doesn' t care about the odds, he will do what it takes to ensure those responsible do what is right or die trying. it' s this certainty that he is right whilst having no fear of dying in its pursuit that makes bob valdez such an interesting character. the fact that he is constantly underestimated by everyone around him only serves to heigh
i was thinking about this film just this week. in a discussion on remakes, a film reviewer mentioned that someone is considering a remake of the wild bunch (horrible, horribal idea) which got me thinking about westerns i like and this one popped into mind. it has been years since i saw valdez is coming but i remember enjoying burt lancaster' s performance and i remember the buffalo gun. valdez goes into my netflix queue today .
leading tanner’s men on the hunt is el segundo (barton heyman), tanner’s mexican foreman who comes to his own grudging respect for valdez .
valdez asks the rancher for $ 100 in reparations for the black man’s pregnant indian widow, and in response is almost killed by the rancher’s henchmen .
valdez captures the rancher’s girlfriend (susan clark), who is also the widow of the man the original black man was supposed to have murdered .
i sat down late yesterday afternoon to read valdez is coming. i never stopped until finishing it. this, this is what a western (or any story from any genre) should be. the characters for the most part are neither good people nor bad people, each with validation for what they do, each roaming in the gray area we all do. the main character valdez is one of the most fascinating characters i' ve come across. after being humiliated and mistreated, he will do just about anything for vengeance and does ,
leonard did everything right, here. his sparing use of description suits the badlands of the west. the plot is simple: a small town constable wants restitution for a woman done wrong. and he' s coming to get it .
of being a murderer. valdez asks tanner for monetary help for the man' s wife ,
elm0ore leonard' s valdez is coming is the first of the author' s westerns that i have read - - and hopefully not the last. although i love the western film genre, i have read only a handful of western fiction all these years. roberto valdez is a mexican - american part - time lawman who rides shotgun for a stage line. his enemies are to find out that he has a strong sense of justice, good judgment, and a dead aim with firearms. out of self - defense, he shoots an army deserter that rancher frank tanner
when rancher frank tanner (jon cypher) hoodwinks local lawman bob valdez (burt lancaster) into shooting an innocent man, valdez is remorseful and tries to take up a collection for the widow. tanner won' t hear of it, however, and punishes valdez by driving him into the desert with a cross strapped to his back. valdez is freed by one of tanner' s henchmen (richard jordan) and, after convalescing, begins waging a one - man war against tanner, picking off his men with his trusty sharps rifle .
after a brief recuperation, valdez suits up in his old gear from his days as an army scout .
valdez recovers and summons up his days in the u. s. cavalry in order to fight them .
burt lancaster is bob valdez (lancaster was 57 but in great shape), a new mexico peace officer of latino ancestry. he is forced by powerful rancher frank tanner (john cypher) to. kill a black man accused of murder .
taken together with another elmore leonard story from the mid - 1960s (hombre, also an excellent movie from 1967), you can see leonard playing with unusually capable protagonists from minorities (bob valdez is latino, john russell is more apache than white) .
“valdez is coming” is a revenge western, set in postcivil war arizona, about a man whose principles are somewhat loftier than those of the movie that contains them. it stars blue‐eyed burt lancaster, wearing a lot of dark brown make‐up, as a discriminated‐against mexican constable, and it was directed by edwin sherin, the man who directed the prizewinning stage version of “the great white hope. ” it opened yesterday at the victoria theater on broadway and at other theaters throughout the city .
in the picture of valdez, taken when he was an army scout, he had sergeant stripes on his shirt .
before valdez shoots from long distance in the valley, tanner' s man segundo says he has already killed 5 men. after the valley ambush, when sugundo meets up with valdez, he confirms there were a total of 11 killed. however, segundo told tanner there were 5 more killed in the valley, so valdez should have said a total of only 10 .
man after man sent after valdez comes a cropper. by the time we get to the last reel and the final standoff between valdez and tanner, eleven men have bitten the dust. we see several picked off by buffalo gun in this clip (
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the setup of the situation in the first chapter was masterful as was the portrayal of tanner. the way valdez & tanner got valdez into the situation was a devilishly clever by leonard. the more i think about it, the better i like it .
this was the first time i' ve ever read a western novel. i' ve had a few on my to - read list but never gotten around to them. set somewhere along the us - mexico border this is a classic story of revenge. after rich local crime boss tanner causes valdez to kill an innocent man. valdez seeks retribution money for the dead man' s wife and unborn child. tanner declines valdez by almost killing him. that' s the wrong thing to do to valdez. i was looking for a bit more in this book though. it just seemed to
everything leonard ever wrote is worth reading. this particular book is an excellent example of an elmore leonard western novel. as engaging as any of his detroit or miami based crime novels, this book should be less than it is. the plot is of the
hardheaded old west guy gets his revenge against powerful, rich rancher guy
variety that is the base of seemingly one third of the western novels and movies ever produced. despite this fatal flaw, or flaw one would think would be fatal, this book is
what exactly is that code? it begins with an instinct for justice: valdez kills a man for the wrong reasons, not without meaning to but certainly without wanting to, and figures that he and the others responsible owe the man’s pregnant widow reparations. the dead man is black, however, and his woman is apache, so nobody else believes they owe her anything. when valdez confronts tanner, whose wrong identification led to the shooting, with his proposals, tanner’s men test his nerve by using the wall around him for target practice :
this is a simple tale of vengeance where everybody cusses a lot, but elmore makes it interesting by developing the idea that
a man can be in two different places and he will be two different men .
what the villains in this story learn too late is that bob valdez, the part - time constable who gets along with everyone, is the same man
who had been a contract guide when general crook chased geronimo down into the madres .
that bob valdez was once
in charge of the apache police at whiteriver ,
where he could, by the way ,
shoot his springfield carbine one hell of a lot better than any of them could shoot .
prey becomes predator, and readers see the transition coming, but elmore keeps the story moving along at a good clip .
bob valdez is a small - town constable who also rides shotgun for a stage coach company. he arrives home one saturday afternoon to find that much of the town has gathered around a shack on the outskirts of town. the wealthiest man around - - a mr. tanner - - has identified a man he saw in town as an army deserter and murderer. the accused has taken refuge in the shack along with his indian woman who is pregnant. valdez attempts to defuse the situation but is forced to kill the accused man when one of the
. barton heyman deserves mention as el segundo, tanner’s chief henchman. the film is rated
this is one of those movies that time has not treated kindly in a physical sense .
an honest marshal is the only man willing to stand against a powerful but ruthless rancher .
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quiet, part - time town constable roberto valdez is called in when a mob has tracked down a black man who is accused by tanner, a rich businessman in town, of being an army deserter and murderer. roberto tries to diffuse the situation and is forced to shoot the man, who was holed up in a house with his pregnant girlfriend and turned out to be totally innocent. when valdez goes to tanner to ask for reparations for the man' s wife, tanner' s crew beats roberto and tries to crucify him, leaving him for
this is a simple tale of vengeance where everybody cusses a lot, but elmore makes it interesting by developing the idea that
a man can be in two different places and he will be two different men .
what the villains in this story learn too late is that bob valdez, the part - time constable who gets along with everyone, is the same man
who had been a contract guide when general crook chased geronimo down into the madres .
that bob valdez was once
in charge of the apache police at whiteriver ,
whe
a man chooses his actions; he cannot choose the consequences. bob valdez, the part - time town constable chooses to try and bring a peaceful end to a stand - off. another man, frank tanner, chooses to use valdez' s good intentions for his own ends. it costs the man in the middle of the stand - off his life. valdez and tanner come into direct conflict when valdez insists that the dead man' s woman receive compensation for his death. the dead man wasn' t the murdering, deserting soldier everybody' d been co
this diverse list makes me think that “revenge” is about as helpful for explaining what a novel is about as “marriage”: perhaps the revenge plot, like the marriage plot, is primarily a structuring device that provides a framework in which other issues can be explored and possibly resolved .
haven' t read that many western novels, but i doubt they come better than this short, laconic masterpiece. this is existential territory, a man being shaped by his actions. valdez' s reaction to his circumstances seems monomanic, but is motivated by his sense of honor and justice. he is a man, but he is also a concept being formed, under the blazing sun and under the readers' eyes. and after all this hard, violent stuff, at the end leonard lets the story fly away like a feather, while yet another decision is being made... brilliant .
valdez, is a wonderful action packed 70' s western, that should be a favorite of any fan of westerns. very well - acted and a wonderful music track. burt lancaster, as always effortlessly plays a very interesting character .
it’s a central paradox of the hard - boiled private eye that his violence elevates rather than condemns him: for us to accept that, we have to be convinced of his “private moral code, ” to believe that he kills for the right reasons. this means that though the stories are filled with action, they really turn on principle — and that is exactly true of valdez is coming. by the end of the novel valdez has killed over a dozen men, but even though by then things are more complicated than they seemed at first, there’s no doubt that he’s in the right, that we are rooting for him as he picks them off one by one in defense of himself but also of the code he can’t quite articulate but follows without equivocation .
this is a fantastic movie, driven primarily by lancaster' s embodiment of the character of valdez - a town constable who kills an innocent man in self - defense, only to then become the subject of constant abuse by the slain' s pursuer. valdez' s vengeful reactions to this abuse, the episodic pacing, and the great supporting actors make this a real cinematic treat. lancaster' s treatment of voice and body language show he is an actor of extreme talent. of further interest is the landscape of spain, which makes up the film' s authentic exteriors .
they laughed at roberto valdez and then ignored him. but when a dark - skinned man was holed up in a shack with a gun, they sent the part - time town constable to deal with the problem - - and made sure he had no choice but to gun the fugitive down. trouble was, valdez killed an innocent man. and when he asked for justice - - and some money for the dead man' s woman - - they beat valdez and tied him to a cross. they were still laughing when valdez came back. and then they began to die ...
elmore leonard knows drama and this early western is that. frank tanner runs his men and his life with an iron hand. his word was good enough for a group of men to go after an innocent man and he ends up being killed by valdez in self defense. valdez goes after frank tanner to help pay the widow of the innocent man, five hundred dollars. tanner has him beaten and left for dead. now the game has changed and valdez finds that it has gone far beyond giving the woman justice for her dead husband .
valdez wants to compensate the man’s widow and attempts to collect $ 100 from the man, frank tanner, who wrongly accused the victim. tanner refuses and humiliates valdez, then has him tied to a cross when he persists. arming himself, valdez surprises tanner in his bed and asks again for the $ 100. failing in this attempt, he takes the man’s girlfriend (susan clark) as a hostage, and thus begins a long chase .
i' ve read a huge chunk of elmore leonard' s work over the years, but this was my first western of his. seriously very glad i finally got to it, as it' s one of his best. valdez is a lawman who gets zero respect, hired basically to do thankless grunt work. he' s not taken seriously by the town' s governing bodies (or anyone else, really), and when they need someone to roust a black man with an indian wife, holed up in a cabin, they tag valdez to do it. valdez is forced to kill the man - - who turns out
everything leonard ever wrote is worth reading. this particular book is an excellent example of an elmore leonard western novel. as engaging as any of his detroit or miami based crime novels, this book should be less than it is. the plot is of the
hardheaded old west guy gets his revenge against powerful, rich rancher guy
variety that is the base of seemingly one third of the western novels and movies ever produced. despite this fatal flaw, or flaw one would think would be fatal, this book is quite engrossing, with decently drawn characters and crackling dialog .
i think maybe part of the shame of liking poe (there is some shame, i think) is the possibility that one does perhaps identify, or at least sympathize, with his narrators. yes, shelley’s creature is probably more sympathetic; we at least see and feel his wrongs .
over time, she develops an attraction to valdez because of his tired decency, and because he treats her better than the other men she has known .
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haven' t read that many western novels, but i doubt they come better than this short, laconic masterpiece. this is existential territory, a man being shaped by his actions. valdez' s reaction to his circumstances seems monomanic, but is motivated by his sense of honor and justice. he is a man, but he is also a concept being formed, under the blazing sun and under the readers' eyes. and after all this hard, violent stuff, at the end leonard lets the story fly away like a feather, while yet another
i’m surprised, really, how much fun i found valdez is coming. still, i can’t imagine reading a lot of books like this — not in a row, certainly. i also have some hesitations about teaching it: it is full of racial slurs, for one thing, and while i think it’s pretty clear not just that they are historically and contextually appropriate but also that the novel as a whole rejects the attitudes they express, that does create some pedagogical challenges. there’s also a lot about its contexts that i don’t know, and of course this is not the kind of novel that’s available in a helpfully annotated edition! that can be rectified with research, though, and for better and for worse it does seem more “pulpy” than true grit .
it had a lot of pretty good action, but the motivations didn' t work for me at different times. valdez' s character was erratic & didn' t seem complete. everyone seemed to know everyone, so the dichotomy of the perception of valdez was tough to swallow. the innkeeper knew who he was. part of the problem is that too much was taken out of the short story, i think .
synopsis / blurb... ...... .. they laughed at roberto valdez and then ignored him. but when a dark - skinned man was holed up in a shack with a gun, they sent the part - time town constable to deal with the problem - - and made sure he had no choice but to gun the fugitive down. trouble was, valdez killed an innocent man. and when he asked for justice - - and some money for the dead man' s woman - - they beat valdez and tied him to a cross. they were still laughing when valdez came back. and then they began
good sound and visual quality. this is one of the best performances that burt lancaster ever turned in, for my money equal to his birdman of alcatraz. he is one of those actors that like good red wine, improves with age. this has got to be up in the top five of the
lone hero
western genre. all the actors put in good performances, not a bum note to be seen. the plot is both original and interesting, the main event though is the very nature of the man; valdez. the end of the film is both surprising and thought provoking; those who require the usual clear cut resolution may feel let down .
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this was the first time i' ve ever read a western novel. i' ve had a few on my to - read list but never gotten around to them. set somewhere along the us - mexico border this is a classic story of revenge. after rich local crime boss tanner causes valdez to kill an innocent man. valdez seeks retribution money for the dead man' s wife and unborn child. tanner declines valdez by almost killing him. that' s the wrong thing to do to valdez. i was looking for a bit more in this book though. it just seemed to be missing something and the ending was a let - down. i think it could have been much better than it was. most of the characters were poorly fleshed out. this is one of leonard' s earlier books so maybe next time i' ll try something newer .
the film has a steady level of excitement but is thankfully also interested in character. it’s not just marksmanship with firearms that keeps valdez going. there’s also a hidden depth of intelligence as he continues to outsmart his pursuers. it’s a battle of wits right to the end .
read this for a book club. first of leonard' s westerns i' ve read. pulls you in right from the start as valdez gets caught up in the persecution and death of an innocent man. valdez attempts at a civil restitution are rebuffed, again and again, until it' s time to pull out the guns .
shot in spain, this elmore leonard story makes for an absorbing tale of pursuit and justice. the valdez of the title (burt lancaster) is a mexican - american and former cavalryman, who is now a star - wearing constable of a western border town. in a bungled attempt to secure the surrender of a suspect wanted for murder, he shoots and kills an innocent man .
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within the first half‐hour of the movie, bob valdez (lancaster) is humiliated, called a greaser, shot at and mock‐crucified, all because he wants to raise $ 200 from the white men responsible (along with himself) for the killing of a black freed‐man, a murder‐suspect later known to have been innocent. the money is to go to the black man' s pregnant apache woman .
to the chivalric tradition — a tradition he shares in this country with the westerner. he is not of the people; he is alone. his adventures are solitary statements. his commitment is to a private moral code without which no other code makes sense to him. he regularly reaffirms the code on behalf of people who don’t have one. he is the last gentleman, and to remain that he must often fight. sometimes he must kill .
( 1967), another elmore leonard story that picks up some of the same racial issues. (i didn' t mention that the man shot at the beginning of the movie is black and his wife is indian. )
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i have actually taught city of glass in my detective fiction class: it was fun to work through something that is definitely using but then rejecting many of the tropes and certainties of the genre. unsatisfying, for sure, if what you want or expect is closure. what you say about true grit seems right to me: it makes the moves but the tone is different .
this is one of my favourite western films of all time. have read the book too... . years ago .
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i listened to this as a short story in the complete western stories of elmore leonard. the first chapter of this book is a cut down version of that & the rest of the book has a totally different tone. the setup of the situation in the first chapter was masterful as was the portrayal of tanner. the way valdez & tanner got valdez into the situation was a devilishly clever by leonard. the more i think about it, the better i like it. it had a lot of pretty good action, but the motivations did
this version is better, in large part because of lancaster’s performance and a fairly coherent story based on a novel by elmore leonard .
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honour is always worth fighting for. burt lancaster stars as an ageing mexican - american lawman who erupts into a one - man army in this bold saga of retribution and redemption. when it comes to keeping the peace, former frontier sherriff bob valdez (lancaster) has always been the voice of reason in a sea of chaos. when frank tanner (jon cypher) provokes a shoot - out resulting in the death of an innocent man, valdez dusts off his old uniform, straps on his guns and vows to exact justice and vengeance at any cost .
. the first chapter of this book is a cut down version of that & the rest of the book has a totally different tone .
wuthering heights does not fit your definition. it is heathcliff who seeks revenge, and his victims are more or less innocent. if frankenstein’s monster (with whom i strongly sympathize and identify – like me, he loves goethe !) is not allowed, heathcliff won’t work .
i' d give this one a 3. 5 to be fair. the book keeps you reading and there is the hint of interest in the characters but i feel that is a false sense of character. you feel like you are getting invested in a character but this is a western, and part of the appeal or genre characteristic of westerns is that they are the the story of a man measuring his character against nature, other men, and himself. so you are shown the character of your character. all the same, the characters in this story were
the plot is a typical elmore leonard story, in which bad guys underestimate somebody who looks regular but has hidden skills—an everyman rising to battle .
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they laughed at roberto valdez and then ignored him. but when a dark - skinned man was holed up in a shack with a gun, they sent the part - time town constable to deal with the problem - - and made sure he had no choice but to gun the fugitive down. trouble was, valdez killed an innocent man. and when he asked for justice - - and some money for the dead man' s woman - - they beat
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i' d give this one a 3. 5 to be fair. the book keeps you reading and there is the hint of interest in the characters but i feel that is a false sense of character. you feel like you are getting invested in a character but this is a western, and part of the appeal or genre characteristic of westerns is that they are the the story of a man measuring his character against nature, other men, and himself. so you are shown the character of your character. all the same, the characters in this story were static and fairly shallow. in the end the long and the short of the book was: see this guy that seems all meek and mild? well let me show you how absolutely a bad ass he is while i expose this guy who seems like a bad ass to be a coward. the end. despite the simplicity of the story and the lack of a strong take - away this is still an entertaining title .
mr. lancaster himself is simply beyond criticism, an enduring star whose screen personality—decent, liberal, tough, well‐intentioned—provides the shape of the movies that are constructed around him .
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but, of course, leonard isn’t really a pulp author, any more than portis is. his language goes to a purpose: in this case, the way that everything about western society — its race relations, its class disparities, its sexual hierarchies — all descend inevitably into the singular outcome of righteous bloodshed. just look at the very clever way that leonard has the image and memory of the pregnant widow gradually fade from valdez’s mind. by the end of the novel, he can barely even recall the ostensible motivation for his actions, let alone care about her welfare. the only thing that matters is revenge .
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this one happens to be a favorite (as well as hombre). i have a kindle of leonard' s western fiction. is that the one you referred to cullen ?
valdez felt his hat move and felt powder dust from the adobe brick in his eyes and in his nose and felt chips of adobe sting his face and hands and felt a bullet plow into the wall between his knees and a voice say, “a little higher you get him good. ”
western. bob valdez, an ageing mexican constable on the the south - western border of the usa, shoots and kills a black man accused of murder by local ranch owner frank tanner. however he discovers the man he had shot was innocent. based on the novel by elmore leonard .
a kentucky widower bound for 1820' s texas with his young son is thwarted in his efforts by a corrupt constable, a long - standing family feud, and a beautiful indentured servant .
well, this is a dandy western. it' s lean and economical (only about 140 pages), very straightforward and linear in structure (our hero sets out to get compensation for a widow, is rebuffed and tortured, but of course turns around and comes hell - bent for payback), but with good meat in its sketchy but complex (well, within the limits of hyper - macho lit) characterization - - a scene in which we track the death of a minor character is especially nice. it' s mostly predictable, a good example of its typ
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we don’t have books - a - million up here! i was recently at our local chapters, which is the largest chain bookstore in these parts, and they didn’t even have a western section .
a solid revenge western, highly enjoyable but with a few flaws. the gender politics have not aged well, for one, and some of the characterizations are hit - and - miss. still, the plot is gripping, the action on point, and the dialog strong (though leonard' s best was yet to come in that department). this is often hailed as one of the great westerns, and is a darn good one. i' ve been wanting to read it for about ten years now, and was overjoyed when i saw my local library had a copy. i read it in abou
, this is one of the two “old scout” movies lancaster made about the same time, among the best of their type. for susan clark in another western, see her with james garner in the comedy
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lancaster is a mexican - american peace officer who runs across a party of men blasting guns at a shack. he learns that the men are trying to bring out monson, a black man accused of murdering a local trader. after lancaster calms the group monson comes out only to be shot at by a still angry vigilante. monson fires back, and lancaster is forced to kill him... . read more
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i like this idea about the similarity between detective fiction and western fiction. i wonder it the way that portis is “anti - western” works with certain detective fiction. are there “anti - detective” novels out there? probably .
a very disappointing film. i thoroughly enjoyed the book which creates real and complex characters, but the film misses most of these subtleties and motivations and we are left with an average tv film. the dvd isn' t in widescreen (which it was filmed in) and has so many jump cuts that it is obviously heavily edited. the two stars are because i love westerns and burt lancaster is quite good. however, overall the film is very shallow, cheaply made and not a patch on the book. if you can buy it for a £1 and can waste 85 minutes, then by all means try it but otherwise, give bit a wide berth .
, he immediately sent a copy to lancaster. lancaster was so impressed with leonard' s storyline, he agreed to co - produce the picture with steiner. lancaster initially intended to play the evil tanner, with marlon brando playing valdez. sydney pollack was set to direct, and david rayfiel began work on the script. but that would all change .
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a solid revenge western, highly enjoyable but with a few flaws. the gender politics have not aged well, for one, and some of the characterizations are hit - and - miss. still, the plot is gripping, the action on point, and the dialog strong (though leonard' s best was yet to come in that department). this is often hailed as one of the great westerns, and is a darn good one. i' ve been wanting to read it for about ten years now, and was overjoyed when i saw my local library had a copy. i read it in about a day. it' s quick, simple, and a lot of fun despite the somewhat grim premise .
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cullen - - did you see the omnibus of leonard' s western fiction? you need that. inevitably, this reminds me that i still need to see the valdez horses, though i doubt that film will live up to lee hoffman' s novel... thanks, ron! i wonder how many other american as well as italian westerns were shot in the spanish desert ...
elmore leonard is currently enjoying one of those critical re - evaluation periods that see a writer previously regarded as lowbrow or populist elevated to some kind of canonical great hope for literature status - in some people' s minds. i don' t think it makes sense in his case. this early western is impressively cinematic, but considering it' s structured like a pretty conventional thriller it really isn' t thrilling at all, and the themes are pretty tired if you' ve watched more than a couple of we
no western section? appalling! but, then, it’s not as though you should actually have to * buy * a copy of the book, anyway. i mean, isn’t this exactly the sort of situation that steve donoghue is * here * for ?
he would say to tanner, ‘you see how it is? the woman doesn’t have a man, so she needs money. you have money, but you don’t have a woman. all right, you pay for the man and you get your woman. ’
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valdez is coming is a 1971 american western film starring burt lancaster , susan clark , richard jordan and jon cypher . the film is based on the elmore leonard novel of the same name . 
valdez is coming is a 1971 american western film starring burt lancaster, susan clark, richard jordan and jon cypher. the film is based on the elmore leonard novel of the same name.
valdez is coming is a 1971 american western film starring burt lancaster, susan clark, richard jordan and jon cypher. the film is based on the elmore leonard novel of the same name.