BLACK EAGLE OF SANTA FE
(aka GRINGOS DON’T FORGET)
(1964)
Starring: Brad Harris, Tony Kendall, Thomas Moore, Horst
Frank, Helga Sommerfeld, Olinka Berova
Comparing the old TV English version (1H, 25M), with the
new pristine color German version with English subs (1H, 27M).
The new one runs faster so there are a lot of new scenes
even though the run times are similar. All the “songs” and “dances” are sliced
out of the German copy leaving only the actions scenes in the English version.
If you have both sound levels on you will notice they
used different music in each.
The town is attacked by Indians so everyone runs to the
Army Fort for protection. It seems that
the local land baron is stirring up trouble so he can buy-up all the area, as
oil has recently been discovered.
Everyone is conspiring to take everyone else’s land. Cliff McPherson (Brad Harris), has been sent
on a secret government mission to sort out the mess.
There is a huge battle at the end where the soldiers and
the wagon train are ambushed in a valley after the weak commander gets tricked
into leaving the safety of the fort.
Once you side-step the obvious stereo types you can enjoy
a good old fashioned wild west movie.
Under Tony Kendall’s leadership the Indians are the only
ones who come out honorably in the story.
One cute scene has Brad taking a bath in a curtained room
next to Olinka Berova.
This movie marks the start of a long relationship between
Tony Kendall and Brad Harris.
Larry
Anderson
DVD OVERSEER
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