The Texican
| The Texican | |
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Original US film poster
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| Directed by | Lesley Selander |
| Produced by |
John Champion Bruce Balaban |
| Written by |
John C. Champion José Antonio de la Loma |
| Starring |
Audie Murphy Broderick Crawford |
| Music by |
Nico Fidenco Robby Poitevin |
| Cinematography | Francisco Marin |
| Edited by | Teresa Alcocer |
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Production
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Balcázar Producciones Cinematográficas
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| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Release date
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Running time
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91 min. |
| Country | Spain |
| Language | English |
The Texican is a Technicolor 1966 Techniscope film produced and written by John C. Champion and directed by Lesley Selander. It is a paella western remake of their 1948 film Panhandle adapted for the persona of Audie Murphy that featured Broderick Crawford as the heavy. The film was retitled Ringo il Texano in Italy to coincide with the popularity of the Ringo spaghetti western film series.
The town of Rimrock, Arizona is run by political boss Luke Starr (Broderick Crawford). When one of Starr’s henchmen wishes to escape from Starr he meets with the editor of the town newspaper, Roy Carlin (Víctor Vilanova) to ask his help. Starr discovers the meeting and he and his loyal henchmen shoot the both of them; spreading the story that the two killed each other in a gunfight.
Roy Carlin’s brother Jess (Audie Murphy) is a former Texas sheriff now living in semi-retirement with his girlfriend in Mexico. He has a price on his head for unstated crimes done in the United States but earns income and beats the boredom of his quiet life by capturing fugitive American criminals and turning them over to American lawmen who return them across the border.
When Jess finds out the story of his brother he throws the quiet life away to bring his brother’s killer to justice as he knows Roy never carried a firearm. On the way he is unsuccessfully ambushed by bounty hunters and has to escape without his saddle.
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