The saga of bandits giving up their stolen goods to the poor mixed with a horrible romantic conflict can't be saved even by the presence of Marty Robbins' classic hit "Santa Fe". I was turned off by threats of violence against Joyce Redd if she didn't marry Robert Barron whom she had been pursuing until she fell for Robbins. This looks cheaply made and I couldn't imagine how poor it would come off on a big screen. Even the beautiful vistas look horrible, and the use of the theme song over a very disturbing violent sequence had me turned further off. Nestor Paiva as a monk is the only decent acting in the film.
Review of The Ballad of a Gunfighter
The Ballad of a Gunfighter
(1964)
Not very interesting with shallow characters.
23 September 2023
Warning: Spoilers