Macho Callahan (1970)

A Union soldier (David Janssen) escapes from a Confederate POW camp and goes on the search for the man (Lee J. Cobb) responsible for tricking him into enlistment. In the interim, he kills a newlywed (David Carradine) over a bottle of champagne in front of his wife (Jean Seberg). The wife hires bounty hunters to capture her husband's killer. Directed by Bernard L. Kowalski (KRAKATOA EAST OF JAVA), this is another nasty piece of goods disguised as a western. This would make a good double bill with THE HUNTING PARTY if you're a masochist. Yet another movie where the leading lady falls in love with a man who murdered her husband, raped her and scarred her face. As if that's not enough, we're treated to cockfights and animals being disemboweled. I'm a fan of both Janssen and Seberg but they're hung high and dry here. With the exception of AIRPORT (which was a huge hit), Seberg didn't have much luck with her American films and Janssen never got a film career going but he thrived on TV. With James Booth, Diane Ladd, Bo Hopkins and Richard Anderson.