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Chisum Movie Review Summary

Actors: John Wayne, Forrest Tucker, Christopher George, Ben Johnson, Bruce Cabot, Richard Jaeckel, Patric Knowles

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CHISUM is a western directed by Andrew V. McLaglen in 1970.

John Chisum is a rancher who has created a little cattle empire in New Mexico. Now, there's a man in town, Lawrence Murphy, who badly wants to take Chisum's place. Murphy hires a bunch of bad guys whose mission is to provoke Chisum and force him to make a mistake. Fortunately, William-Billy the Kid-Bonney and Pat Garrett, at the beginning of their career, will help Chisum when the time of the inevitable confrontation between the two men comes.
The review of this Movie prepared by Daniel Staebler



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Plot & Themes

Composition of Book Actual chase scenes or violence 30%Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives 20%Feelings, relationships, character bio/development 50% Time/Era of Movie:    -   16th-19th century Western    -   Yes Kind of western:    -   fighting bad business/family

Main Character

Identity:    -   Male Profession/status:    -   rancher Age:    -   40's-50's Ethnicity/Nationality    -   White (American)

Setting

United States    -   Yes The US:    -   West Prairie?    -   Yes Farm/Ranch?    -   Yes Farm/Ranch:    -   ranch

Writing Style

Accounts of torture and death?    -   moderately messy visuals of dead Kind of violence:    -   hand to hand    -   guns Unusual forms of death    -   perforation--bullets Any profanity?    -   None

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