Ann-Margret has hired John Wayne and company to find some stolen gold that her husband along with other outlaws had robbed. It's in Mexico, a four day ride according to her. So off our intrepid group goes to Mexico.
Of course those other outlaws are after it also so therein lies the tale.
Burt Kennedy did so much better for the Duke in The War Wagon than in this one. Pity because the chemistry between the cast is pretty good. If this were back in the days of B westerns, I can easily see Wayne with Ben Johnson and Rod Taylor in a kind of Three Mesquiteer series with a bigger budget.
There are so few action sequences. The chemistry is good, but that's only part of it. In my review of The Comancheros I mentioned that Wayne and Stuart Whitman's chemistry was excellent and it carried the film. But there was a LOT more action in The Comancheros than in The Train Robbers. It's only 90 minutes and that is short for a feature film by 1973.
There is a real explosive climax with the nameless, faceless, villains that have been pursuing the group at the end. And Ricardo Montalban's Pinkerton man at the end really gives an unexpected twist to the proceedings. That was pure Burt Kennedy.
I think most fans of John Wayne will be disappointed in this one.
Of course those other outlaws are after it also so therein lies the tale.
Burt Kennedy did so much better for the Duke in The War Wagon than in this one. Pity because the chemistry between the cast is pretty good. If this were back in the days of B westerns, I can easily see Wayne with Ben Johnson and Rod Taylor in a kind of Three Mesquiteer series with a bigger budget.
There are so few action sequences. The chemistry is good, but that's only part of it. In my review of The Comancheros I mentioned that Wayne and Stuart Whitman's chemistry was excellent and it carried the film. But there was a LOT more action in The Comancheros than in The Train Robbers. It's only 90 minutes and that is short for a feature film by 1973.
There is a real explosive climax with the nameless, faceless, villains that have been pursuing the group at the end. And Ricardo Montalban's Pinkerton man at the end really gives an unexpected twist to the proceedings. That was pure Burt Kennedy.
I think most fans of John Wayne will be disappointed in this one.