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Guns of Diablo

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I saw this movie 1st on television and was hoping that was not too obscure and I could order it from Amazon and sure enough it was available. Many many thanks to Amazon who makes these "old" movies available to purchase. The movie came prompty and was perfect in condition. I am a relatively new fan of Charles Bronson and this is one of the very few movies I have seem him in where he isn't an Indian, or a heavy, or a killing machine or something like it. This is a western and he is in a romantic role in this one and that is what made it special to me. I've also always liked Susan Oliver (the female interest) and a very young Kirt Russell is adorable.

I would think that if anyone is a fan of Bronson and would like to see him in a really good romantic role, this would be the ticket. The movie is really good story, has a happy ending and the actors do a great job.

Very enjoyable, thanks!

slightly better than the other public domain releases & the letter boxing to 1.85:1 seems to be matted. Adequet release until a major studio decides to re - release it, which considering its star they should but doubtful.

If this DVD was purchased from anywhere else but a US seller, I would have said it was a poorly done pirate copy. The picture is worse than grainy, it is blotchy, the sound is extremely bad. Besides, the summary of the plot provided by Amazon is actually all wrong. Russel in this movie can not be Bronson's hero helper simply for the fact that in the movie he plays a boy of about 12-13 years! They are both much younger in the movie than the cover makes you think.
The DVD that I got was only watchable till the middle of the movie, after that the picture started dissapearing or splittering on the screen. No idea if the problem was with that particular DVD or (which is a possibility) the whole batch was badly done from some old tape.

I'm a real Charles Bronson fan, so I enjoyed it.
In the final shoot out his six shooter had 8 shots.
I counted them!
Happy ending all around as the boy gets a California gold claim and Bronson gets the beautiful gal!

Very interesting TV flick for all Bronson'fans, montage from an old TV show THE TRAVELS OF JAIMIE McPHEETERS (1964). If the quality of this DVD is far better than the other one (the original TV ratio 4x3 is respected), this copy suffer of a lack of sharpness. That's the fate of most of the public domain programs.
Christophe Champclaux

As other reviewers pointed out, this DVDR has awful picture and sound quality. Amazon offers other versions of this DVD but I have no idea if they are of any better quality.

Just saw movie Guns of Diablo on AMC today, Aug 8m 2009
I like it! What year was it made as Kurt Russell very young.........
Like seeing him so young