The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)

Directed by

Clint Eastwood

Genre

Western film, vigilante film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 15m

Rated

PG

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 1,306 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

After his family is killed during the Civil War, a Missouri farmer joins the Confederate side to get revenge. When his unit is betrayed and massacred, he becomes a hunted outlaw traveling through the West.

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What happens

The Outlaw Josey Wales is a 1976 American revisionist Western film set during and after the American Civil War. It was directed by and starred Clint Eastwood (as Josey Wales), with Chief Dan George, Sondra Locke, Bill McKinney, and John Vernon. During the Civil War, Josey Wales is a Missouri farmer-turned-soldier, who seeks to avenge the deaths of his family and gains a reputation as a feared gunfighter. At the end of the war, his comrades are slaughtered in an act of treachery, and Wales becomes an outlaw, pursued by bounty hunters and soldiers. The film was adapted by Sonia Chernus and Philip Kaufman from author Asa Earl "Forrest" Carter's 1972 novel The Rebel Outlaw: Josey Wales (republished, as shown in the movie's opening credits, as Gone to Texas). The film was a commercial success, earning $31.8 million against a $3.7 million budget. In 1996, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Josey Wales was portrayed by Michael Parks in the film's 1986 sequel, The Return of Josey Wales. His wife Laura Lee was played by Mary Ann Averett in the sequel. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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