the revengers

Director: daniel mann

Actor: william holden,ernest borgnine,woody strode,roger hanin

Data Published: Wed May 31 1972

Genres: Western

Key Words: gang,rancher,death,convict,footbridge

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069179/

WIKI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Revengers_(film)

Description: The Revengers is a movie starring William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, and Woody Strode. When a rancher's family is massacred by a gang of outlaws, he assembles a mean team of convicts as his posse to pursue the killers.

Plot: The Civil War is over and Medal of Honor winner John Benedict is a Colorado rancher now, with a wife and four children. His pride and joy, son Morgan, is invited to attend West Point, but prefers to help run his father's ranch. One day while John is away, he sees Comanche Indians riding from the ranch. He returns to find his family killed, with Morgan hanged inside a barn. Vowing vengeance, John ignores a posse organized by Sheriff Whitcomb and forms his own band, freeing six men from a prison. If they help him find Tarp, who apparently led the slaughter of his family, John will do everything in his power to secure their pardons. One of the six, Chamaco, bonds with John, feels like a son to him, but is offended by John's reaction to that. He shoots John in the chest. Elizabeth Reilly nurses John back to health, saying the bullet missed his heart by an inch. The six convicts, including Chamaco, continue to follow John in his quest. The trail leads them to a U.S. Army camp, where the six help fend off an Indian attack. By the time John comes face-to-face with Tarp, his thirst for revenge is gone and he rides home.