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VALDEZ IS COMING (1971)

And not for a friendly visit!

If you enjoy a good Western, even if made in Spain, check out VALDEZ IS COMING, based on a novel by Elmore Leonard. Burt Lancaster gives a reserved yet powerful performance as a tired, lonely Mexican constable who wants only peace – until he’s forced to kill a man wrongly accused of being a murderer. He asks for monetary help for the man's widow, and when he’s ridiculed and almost killed, he issues a warning of revenge with three little words: “Valdez is coming!" - and come he does, pissed to the gills, armed to the teeth, and taking no prisoners. This is a crackerjack movie, compelling from start to finish.