Cast: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke and Chief Dan George.
Director: Clint Eastwood.
Writers: Philip Kaufman (screenplay) and Forrest Carter (book).
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A peaceful Missouri farmer Josey Wales (Clint Eastwood) is looking for revenge after the brutal rape and murder of his wife and family by a band of pro-Union (Civil War) Jayhawkers—James H. Lane’s “Redlegs” from Kansas. He joins a group of pro-Confederate Missouri guerrillas led by “Bloody Bill” Anderson.
At the end of the war, his fellow guerrillas attempt to surrender but are instead gunned down in a botched execution by the same Redlegs (now part of the regular Union army) who burned Josey’s farm and murdered his family, led by the vicious Captain Terrill (Bill McKinney).
Josey, who had refused to surrender, intervenes on behalf of his comrades and guns down several Redlegs with a Gatling gun. Senator Lane puts up a $5,000 bounty on Wales. Josey begins a life on the run from Union militia and bounty hunters, while still seeking vengeance and a chance for a new beginning
in Texas.
Along the way, he unwillingly accumulates a diverse group of whites and Indians, despite all indications that he would rather be left alone. His companions include an elderly Yankee woman from Kansas and her granddaughter (rescued from a band of Comancheros), a wily old Cherokee named Lone Watie (modeled on the historical Confederate Cherokee Chief Stand Watie who fought as a Confederate general), and a young Navajo woman.
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In the novel, Lone Watie is identified as the nephew of General Stand Watie, a Cherokee from Indian Territory, who was the last Confederate general to surrender at the end of the U.S. Civil War.
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Philip Kaufman started to direct the film but was replaced by Clint Eastwood, a controversial move which prompted the DGA to institute a ban on any current cast or crew member replacing the director on a film – a rule which has ever since been titled the “Eastwood rule.”
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There were three waves of release: June 23, 1976 in Philadelphia, Chicago, Baltimore, Washington DC; June 30, 1976 in Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Cleveland, Detroit, Denver; July 14, 1976 in Minneapolis, Los Angeles.
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In all his Westerns, Clint Eastwood has never killed any Indians. Josey Wales’ friendship with various Indians underlines this fact.
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Reportedly, country singer George Strait’s favorite movie.
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Referred to by Johnny Carson as the greatest western of all time.
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Josey’s two main handguns are Colt Walker 1847 Dragoon revolvers. They each hold six .44 caliber ball shots. The weapon features larger cylinder chambers to allow more powder to be placed in the gun, making them more powerful (thus, why it was so popular 20 years later).
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The Walker Colt’s one drawback was the weakness in the cylinder walls. If one broke, the whole weapon would blow up. This is referenced in Clint Eastwood’s Unforgiven (1992).
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Because of Chief Dan George’s age, he would have trouble remembering his lines so during takes, Clint Eastwood would begin to mouth his lines without realizing it and had to be told to stop because it would ruin the take.
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Clint Eastwood cites Josey as his personal favorite of all the movies he’s made.
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