The McMasters (1970) ( The McMasters... Tougher Than the West Itself! (The Blood Crowd) )

The McMasters (1970) (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: The McMasters... Tougher Than the West Itself! (The Blood Crowd)
Language Selections:
English ( Mono )
French ( Mono )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
87 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1970 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Alf Kjellin

Written By:
Alf Kjellin
Harold Jacob Smith

Actors:
Burl Ives ..... McMasters
Brock Peters ..... Benjie
David Carradine ..... White Feather
Nancy Kwan ..... Robin
Jack Palance ..... Kolby
John Carradine ..... Preacher
L.Q. Jones ..... Russel
R.G. Armstrong ..... Watson
Dane Clark ..... Spencer
Frank Raiter ..... Grant
Alan Vint ..... Hank
Marion Brash ..... Mrs. Watson
Neil Davis ..... Sylvester
Paul Eichenberg ..... Jud
Richard Alden ..... Lester

Synopsis:

When Benjie, a black man who fought in the Civil War, returns to the southern town of Ironside, his return is not exactly a welcome one. The citizens are already uptight about the color of his skin...but the fact that he fought for the Union Army and still wears his uniform is all that is needed for hatred and violence to be fanned by an ex-Confederate soldier named Colby. Benjie's one true friend turns out to be Neal McMasters, the rancher who raised Benjie and is now offering him a half-share in the McMasters land. As Benjie tries to make his new home, he helps some starving Indians and finds himself the owner of an Indian woman who eventually becomes his wife. He also uses Indians to help with the round-up. But things come to a violent turn when Kolby's hatred launches a reign of anger that brings about an unusual white-black-red triangle in the phenomenon of prejudice.

Set in the immediate post-Civil War era, The McMasters stars Brock Peters as a black Union soldier who finds he must figuratively fight the war all over again. Returning to his southern hometown, Peters quickly learns that nothing has really changed: he is a "free"man in name only. Peters' ex-master Burl Ives magnanimously gives the former slave a plot of land, but only Native-American David Carradine and his tribesmen are willing to work for a black man. The "invasion" of Indians serves to stir up the racial divisiveness even farther, thanks to local rabble-rouser Jack Palance. The McMasters was originally released in two versions with two different endings, succinctly summing up the film's "no easy answers" stance.

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