Ride in the Whirlwind (1966)

Directed by

Monte Hellman

Genre

Western film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 22m

Rated

G

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 104 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Three cowboys are mistaken for outlaws by a posse and forced to run. They hide out with a group of real criminals as the situation grows more dangerous.

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What happens

Ride in the Whirlwind is a 1966 American Western film edited and directed by Monte Hellman and starring Cameron Mitchell, Millie Perkins, Jack Nicholson, and Harry Dean Stanton. Nicholson also wrote and co-produced the film with Hellman. A trio of cowboys are forced to become outlaws due to a case of mistaken identity by the local authorities. The film was shot in 1965 in the Utah desert, back-to-back with Hellman's similar The Shooting, which also starred Nicholson and Perkins. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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