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Warning: Spoilers. *Plot and ending analyzed*. Charley-One-Eye (1973) is one of those odd films that come across the TV late at night. I really enjoyed it, since it was a new take on the Western. It has a black man, of recent from the Union Army, now a deserter, and his injured American Indian hostage.
Charley-one-eye is a bizarre film. A western only really in setting. More of a chicken-chasing hysterically-laughing-at-death film in which a mismatched pair just survive whilst a racist bounty hunter persues them. I was expecting exploitation, but what I got was more of an arthouse film that felt like I was watching two characters trip on acid.
After deserting the Civil War, a Black soldier takes a disabled Native American hostage while dodging a bounty hunter on his way to the Mexican border.
CHARLEY-ONE-EYE is one of the damned weirdest westerns you're ever likely to see. An obscure entry in the filth style of oater that rode into movie theaters back in the 1970s, the atmosphere is so realistically grimy (aided immeasurably by the near-constant sound of buzzing flies), you can almost smell the aroma of body odor emanating off the screen.
Brief Synopsis. Roy Thinnes, Richard Roundtree, Nigel Davenport, Jill Pearson, Aldo Sambrell, Luis Aller, Johnny Sekka. Wanted for murder, a black Union army deserter and a crippled Indian hole up in a Mexican church while a relentless bounty hunter closes in for the kill.
Charley-One Eye is a 1973 western movie directed by Don Chaffey, that takes place in the American West in the late 1800s. This low-budget film stars Richard Roundtree as Charley, a former Buffalo Soldier, who is on a mission to avenge the murder of his wife and child by a group of bandits.
A black Union Army deserter and his crippled American Indian hostage form a strained partnership in the interests of surviving the advancing threats of a racist bounty hunter and neighboring bandits. Don Chaffey. Director. Keith Leonard.
