"Catlow" is an odd western from 1971 which is overall disappointing and frustrating; it could have been much better with a tighter script and more coherent plot and direction. This film feels like a mish mash of styles and other westerns, never feeling like a coherent and linear whole film. There were times I was interested in the film and then there were times where I almost turned it off after yet another non-sequitur or naked man (of which there are two). At times the film felt like "100 Rifles" or "Stagecoach" then Jo Ann Pflug's character shows up as the Mexican senorita and the film feels like a legitimate romance film for a second, or like "Vera Cruz" or "The Leopard" and I become interested once again. But then it ends like "Red Sun" or "Treasure of the Sierra Madre" or something. As i said, just a bizarre mish mash of a film, part comedy, part serious, totally incoherent and frustrating given the good cast and settings. A 4/10 rating from me.
Review of Catlow
