The Master Gunfighter (1975)
He Fought Like an Army, and Lived Like a Legend.
Don Santiago (Richard Angarola) is a vicious man who helps provoke an Indian massacre that will allow him to steal the Indians' land and claim it as his own. However, his son-in-law, Finley (Tom Laughlin), is an expert hand with both guns and swords and will not allow him to push around the peace-loving Indians or fellow settlers of the West.
- Date of release
- 1975-10-03
- TMDB
- 4.5 / 10 (5)
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Genres
- Drama, Western, Crime
- Director
- Tom Laughlin
Casting
- Tom Laughlin — Finley
- Ron O'Neal — Paulo
- Lincoln Kilpatrick — Jacques
- Barbara Carrera — Eula
- Hector Elias — Juan
- Geo Anne Sosa — Chorika
- Victor Campos — Maltese
- Burgess Meredith — Narrator (voice)
- James Andronica — Abel
- Richard Angarola — Don Santiago
- David S. Cass Sr. — McDonald
- Patti Clifton
Interesting facts
The Master Gunfighter is a Western film released in 1975 in Panavision, written and directed by Tom Laughlin, who also played the lead as Finley. The Master Gunfighter is mainly a remake of the 1969 Japanese film Goyokin, although the story revolves around a true incident in the early 1800s involving massacred Indians that occurred in the vicinity of Goleta, California.
Filming locations
La Purísima Mission State Historic Park, Lompoc, California
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