Valdez Is Coming

"Honor is always worth fighting for"

1971 1h 31m EN

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6.3

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★6.3TMDB · 97

Western

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Old Mexican-American sheriff Bob Valdez has always been a haven of sanity in a land of madmen when it came to defending law and order. But the weapon smuggler Frank Tanner is greedy and impulsive. When Tanner provokes a shooting that causes the death of an innocent man and Valdez asks him to financially compensate the widow, Tanner refuses to do so and severely humiliates Valdez, who will do justice and avenge his honor, no matter what it takes.

“Honor is always worth fighting for”

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Cast

Burt Lancaster
Valdez
Susan Clark
Gay Erin
Frank Silvera
Diego
Jon Cypher
Frank Tanner
Richard Jordan
R. L. Davis
Barton Heyman
El Segundo
Héctor Elizondo
Mexican Rider
Phil Brown
Malson

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Edwin Sherin
Writers: David Rayfiel, Roland Kibbee
Languages: Spanish, English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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55 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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2 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Spanish, English.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Edwin Sherin, shot by Gábor Pogány. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Charles Gross. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor James T. Heckert shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

ERA

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Burt Lancaster and Susan Clark and Frank Silvera carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Honor is always worth fighting for".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0067921 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Edwin Sherin directs. Gábor Pogány behind the camera. Charles Gross scores. James T. Heckert cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in Spanish, English.

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155 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Spanish, English.
3Directed by Edwin Sherin, shot by Gábor Pogány. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Charles Gross. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor James T. Heckert shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Burt Lancaster and Susan Clark and Frank Silvera carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Honor is always worth fighting for".
8IMDB entry: tt0067921 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 97 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Gábor Pogány
Original score: Charles Gross
Editing: James T. Heckert
Makeup / hair: Alberto Gutiérrez
Stunt coordinator: Al Wyatt Sr.
Runtime: 91 min · 1h 31m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Valdez Is Coming (1971)

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CinemaSerf2026-03-09
★ 6/10
Proof, if it were ever needed, that scorning Burt Lancaster is a dangerous thing to do. Town deputy “Valdez”, a Mexican American veteran of the US cavalry, is tricked into killing a man accused of murder by local bigwig “Tanner” (Jon Cypher) and so he demands some compensation for his pregnant widow. Derided, beaten and driven from the town as if he were heading to Calvary, he must recuperate and recalibrate before kidnapping his new enemy’s gal “Susan” (Gay Erin) and then returning for his pounds of flesh - and woe betide anyone who gets in his way, including the odious “Davis” (Richard Jordan) who has a bit of a yellow streak and “El Segundo” (Barton Heyman) who works as his boss’s number two, and who also has a well hidden streak of his own - only it is decency. What now ensues is actually, though not graphically, quite brutal as vengeance gets it’s chance to raise it’s ugly and quite creative head at the hands of a character provoked into a ruthlessness that I found quite fitting to watch play out. Jeopardy? Well no, not really, but Jordan is good; Cypher makes for quite a decent baddie and then there is Lancaster who, like a fine port (and Jimmy Stewart) just got better with age in this genre. There’s not much dialogue or romance to clutter up the adventure and this solid, if predicable, feature is an easy watch.

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