Chino (1973)

Original title

Valdez, il mezzosangue

Directed by

John Sturges, Duilio Coletti

Genre

Spaghetti Western

Country

France, Italy, Spain

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

PG

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 69 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A half-breed horse trainer lives a solitary life on his remote ranch. A young man comes to work for him and a woman from his past reappears, forcing him to confront his own nature and the violence of the world around him.

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What happens

Chino (Italian: Valdez, il mezzosangue, lit. 'Valdez, the half-breed', also released as The Valdez Horses) is a 1973 Spaghetti Western film directed and produced by John Sturges, written by Clair Huffaker, and starring Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Marcel Bozzuffi, and Vincent Van Patten. It is based on the 1967 novel The Valdez Horses by Lee Hoffman. The film was an international co-production between Italy, the United States, France, and Spain. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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