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Hannie Caulder

Hannie Caulder

Drama · Western · 1971

After she's raped by the outlaw trio who murdered her husband, a frontierswoman hires a bounty hunter to instruct her in the ways of a gun in order to exact her revenge.

Movie details

Hannie Caulder

“The first lady gunfighter.”

1971 Drama · Western 1h 25m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.2 / 10

Community rating

After she's raped by the outlaw trio who murdered her husband, a frontierswoman hires a bounty hunter to instruct her in the ways of a gun in order to exact her revenge.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Hannie Caulder?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Burt Kennedy

Written by

Peter Cooper · David Haft · Burt Kennedy

Raquel Welch

Raquel Welch

Hannie Caulder

Robert Culp

Robert Culp

Thomas Luther Price

Ernest Borgnine

Ernest Borgnine

Emmett Clemens

Jack Elam

Jack Elam

Frank Clemens

Strother Martin

Strother Martin

Rufus Clemens

Christopher Lee

Christopher Lee

Bailey

Diana Dors

Diana Dors

Madame

Court is in session

Put Hannie Caulder on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Patience is part of the point.”

Duration becomes texture. The film asks you to inhabit its world instead of merely processing its plot.

The prosecution The Adrenaline Seeker

“A test of endurance, your honour.”

Stillness keeps submitting itself as meaning. At some point, contemplation needs something worth contemplating.