Hot Guns in Hard Fists - An ageing gunslinger and a wounded drifter meet a young Mexican girl and agree to help her avenge the death of her father, who was murdered for her country. Hot Guns in Hard Fists (1966) Director: James Neilson Screenwriters: Robert Buckner, Burt Kennedy Stars: Robert Taylor, Chad Everett, Ana Martín Genre: Romance, Western Country: United States Language: German Release date: December 21, 1966 (Iran) Filming location: Empire Ranch, Sonoita, Arizona, USA Synopsis: The aging gunslinger Ben Wyatt receives news that his old friend Luis Domingo needs his help in a matter of life and death. At first Wyatt is hesitant to get involved, but decides to ride to his old friend's aid. The graves are those of the Domingo couple, but there is no trace of their daughter Anisa Domingo. Ben Wyatt rides off to find the missing girl Anisa and also to find the killer or killers of the Domingo family. Reviews: Perhaps the best role Robert Taylor has had in the last five years of his life was in this made-for-TV western Return of the Gunfighter. Although no new dramatic ground is broken here, Taylor is just right for the role of a character very similar to Gregory Peck's Jim Ringo in The Gunfighter. Unlike Peck, who returns to the wife and child he left for the wild times of his youth, Taylor has no family. We meet him after he walks out of a poker game after catching one of the players cheating. When the cheater objects and draws against him, Taylor guns him down, muttering only, "Why won't they leave me alone?" He's just fed up, but it turns out his skills are needed by an old friend, Rodolfo Hoyos, who is about to be run off his land. Taylor is summoned, but arrives too late. He finds a sort of traveling companion in young gunslinger Chad Everett, who has three nasty brothers on his trail. Let's just say the two help each other out in their situations, although it gives Everett a crisis of conscience, as you'll see when you watch the film. And you should. Robert Taylor loved making westerns, and you can tell from his performances in those films. While he made fun of the 'iron jockstrap' roles like in Ivanhoe, he loved going west. Personally, I think he should have concentrated on that in the sixties, or looked for a big-budget TV series, as his ex-wife Barbara Stanwyck did. Taylor's main enemy is Lyle Bettger, the man who killed his friend and others. Bettger once again brings one of his sadistic psychopaths to the screen, and successfully. He has a healthy respect for Taylor's reputation and abilities, as he tries to tell the young punk John David Chandler when Chandler appears to be cramming Taylor in a saloon. The fact that Chandler had several friends with him did not make things any easier. This scene is similar to the one played by John Wayne and George Kennedy in The Sons of Katie Elder. This was the second of two films that Chad Everett made with Robert Taylor, and he always spoke of Taylor's kindness towards him as a young actor and his generosity, with which he never worried that Everett might steal scenes from him. Taylor returned to MGM for this last film, the studio where he had the longest contract in film history. If Return of the Gunfighter had been made 10 years earlier, it would certainly have been released in theaters. - written by "bkoganbing" on IMDb.com ✘ Website: https://www.grjngo.de ► Don't miss any more Western films: https://bit.ly/grjngo-abo FOLLOW US! ✘ Facebook - https://bit.ly/grjngo-de-facebook SUPPORT US! ✘ Become a member - https://bit.ly/3lCFHYh MORE MOVIES! ► Spaghetti Western: https://bit.ly/italowestern ► All playlists: https://bit.ly/alle-playlists #westernfilme #cowboyfilme #italowestern COPYRIGHT: All of the films published by us are legally licensed. We have acquired the rights (at least for specific territories) from the rightholders by contract. If you have questions please send an email to: info[at]grjngo.com, Grjngo GmbH, www.grjngo.com.