During the Civil War, the Confederacy pardons five criminals and sends them into Comanche-territory to recover Union-seized Confederate gold and capture a Confederate turncoat.During the Civil War, the Confederacy pardons five criminals and sends them into Comanche-territory to recover Union-seized Confederate gold and capture a Confederate turncoat.During the Civil War, the Confederacy pardons five criminals and sends them into Comanche-territory to recover Union-seized Confederate gold and capture a Confederate turncoat.
- Hale Clinton
- (as Touch Conners)
- John Morgan Candy
- (as Bob Campbell)
- William Parcell 'Billy' Candy
- (as Jonothon Haze)
- Hoagie
- (as Boyd Morgan)
- Union Sergeant
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaThis was Roger Corman's first film as director. Working on a strict nine-day schedule, he was so nervous that, while driving to the set and it started raining, he pulled to the side of the road and threw up.
- GoofsWhen the Confederate colonel is reading out the pardons he has granted to the five men, he says that a crime committed by one of the Candy brothers occurred in 1867. Since the film is set in the last months of the Civil War, which ended in 1865, this must be incorrect.
- Quotes
Shalee: It's over. Why go on fighting?
Govern Sturges: I's kind of like a stampede... not much sense to it, but it has to run itself out.
Shalee: Men get trampled in stampedes.
Govern Sturges: Yes, but somebody has got to ride it out.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Directors: The Films of Roger Corman (1999)
The five recruited are Michael Connors, John Lund, Paul Birch, R. Wright Campbell, and Jonathan Haze and they're about what you would expect from outlaws. The mission is to intercept a stagecoach at a particular station that will be carrying the agent and the gold.
That station is operated by Jack Ingram and his niece Dorothy Malone. Remember these guys are outlaws and haven't been with a woman in a while. As that line from Casablanca would read transfered here, Dorothy constitutes a second front all her own.
There are a couple interesting twists in this film involving the characters and the film was Roger Corman's directorial debut. If Corman didn't have a penchant for other genres he might have made some more interesting westerns like Five Guns West.
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- Also known as
- Fünf Revolver gehn nach Westen
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- Budget
- $60,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 18 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.00 : 1