Valdez Is Coming

"Honor is always worth fighting for"

Apr 9 1971 PG-13 1h 30m
Western

Old Mexican-American sheriff Bob Valdez has always been a haven of sanity in a land of madmen when it came to defending law and order. But the weapon smuggler Frank Tanner is greedy and impulsive. When Tanner provokes a shooting that causes the death of an innocent man and Valdez asks him to financially compensate the widow, Tanner refuses to do so and severely humiliates Valdez, who will do justice and avenge his honor, no matter what it takes.

Plot

The town constable, Bob Valdez, is forced to kill someone accused by Frank Tanner of being a murderer. Valdez asks Tanner for monetary help for the man's wife, but he is ridiculed and almost killed by Tanner's henchmen. Valdez recovers and summons up his days in the U.S. Cavalry in order to fight them. Valdez wounds one of the henchmen and sends him back to Tanner with the message, "Valdez is coming."

Written by

Roland Kibbee, David Rayfiel, Elmore Leonard

Directed by

Edwin Sherin

Cast

Burt Lancaster, Susan Clark, Frank Silvera

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Ira Steiner Productions, Norlan Productions

Languages

English, Español

Awards

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