A rambling revisionist western whose episodic nature was only marginally successful and which didn't come close to BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID on any level. Newman is a self-proclaimed judge in the tiny, West Texas town of Vinegaroon. He's a sot with megalomanic tendencies with whom
no one wishes to associate when he rides into the small burg and draws a moustache on his own Wanted poster. As a matter of fact, the townspeople tie him to the back of a horse that drags him out to the middle of the Badlands, where he is saved by a young Mexican girl, Principal. He returns to the
saloon and kills everyone there, sets himself up as the only real man in town, and ...
Released:
1972
Rated:
PG
Length:
120 mins