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Review 1DiscussionA review by Wuchak
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Written by Wuchak on Sat Oct 16 2021
_**Weird desert-survival 60's Western with Jack Nicholson & Warren Oates**_
"The Shooting" is an offbeat 1966 Western directed by Monte Hellman and written by Carole Eastman (using the pseudonym "Adrien Joyce"). The story involves two men (Warren Oates and Will Hutchins) who are hired by a mysterious woman (Millie Perkins) to accompany her to a town located many miles across the Utah desert. During their journey they are tracked and joined by a mysterious black-clad gunslinger (Jack Nicholson) who is known by the woman.
This early Nicholson vehicle is worthwhile if you have a taste for ou...
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
75000.00
Revenue
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Keywords
- gunslinger
- male friendship
- tracker
- frontier town
- dominant woman
- lost in the desert
- mining camp