Tema: Film
Tip: Plakat

48 x 68 cm
2 x presavijen, ispisan na poledjini
movie poster, AFFICHE de FILM

The War Wagon is a 1967 American Western film directed by Burt Kennedy and starring John Wayne and Kirk Douglas. Released by Universal Pictures, it was produced by Marvin Schwartz and adapted by Clair Huffaker from his own novel. The supporting cast includes Howard Keel, Robert Walker Jr., Keenan Wynn, Joanna Barnes and Bruce Dern. The picture received generally positive reviews.

Filming took place in Sierra de Órganos National Park in the town of Sombrerete, Mexico.

Rancher Taw Jackson (John Wayne) returns to his hometown to settle a score, after being released early from prison for good behavior. Three years earlier, he was framed by corrupt businessman Frank Pierce (Bruce Cabot) and wrongfully imprisoned. Pierce then appropriated Jackson`s land, where he discovered gold.

Jackson has returned to steal a shipment of gold from Pierce. He hires Lomax (Kirk Douglas) to assist him, even though Lomax had worked as a hired gun for Pierce and was instrumental in sending Jackson to prison. Jackson needs Lomax not only because of his marksmanship, but also because he is a safecracker. The gold shipment is being transported in a `war wagon`, a heavily armored stagecoach armed with a deadly Gatling gun in a top-mounted steerable turret. Jackson and Lomax assemble a gang and plan to rob the war wagon at the weakest point in the route it travels.

Things do not quite work out as planned. Pierce dies in a shootout with one of his own men trying to escape from the war wagon. The wagon crashes into a ravine, Lomax opens the safe, and the men move the gold into a separate wagon. However, before they can haul it away, a group of Kiowas try to take it from them. During the ensuing gunfight, the horses are spooked and run away with the wagon, and most of the gold is lost as a result. Nevertheless, Taw manages to recover a portion of it, and they agree to meet in six months to divide it, since `it wouldn`t be very smart to flash gold around after a robbery`.

John Wayne as Taw Jackson
Kirk Douglas as Lomax
Howard Keel as Levi Walking Bear
Robert Walker Jr. as Billy Hyatt
Keenan Wynn as Wes Fletcher
Bruce Cabot as Frank Pierce
Joanna Barnes as Lola
Valora Noland as Kate Fletcher
Bruce Dern as Hammond
Gene Evans as Deputy Hoag
Terry Wilson as Sheriff Strike
Don Collier as Shack
Sheb Wooley as Snyder
Ann McCrea as Felicia
Emilio Fernandez as Calita
Frank McGrath as Bartender
Chuck Roberson as Brown
Red Morgan as Early
Hal Needham as Hite
Marco Antonio as Chief Wild Horse
Perla Walters as Rosita