
Navajo Joe(1966)
The sole survivor of a bloody massacre vows revenge on his attackers and on the men who killed his wife.


“A Powerful Western Tale of Revenge and Redemption”
Jim Douglass arrives in the small town of Rio Arriba in order to witness the hanging of the four men he believes murdered his wife. When the convicts escape, Jim tracks them into Mexico, determined to see that justice is done. But the farther Jim goes in his quest for vengeance, the more merciless he becomes, losing himself in an unrelenting spiral of hatred and violence.

Gregory Peck
Jim Douglass

Joan Collins
Josefa Velarde

Stephen Boyd
Bill Zachary

Albert Salmi
Ed Taylor

Henry Silva
Lujan
Kathleen Gallant
Emma Steimmetz

Barry Coe
Tom

George Voskovec
Gus Steimmetz

Herbert Rudley
Sheriff Sanchez

Lee Van Cleef
Alfonso Parral
The Bravados is a western film released in 1958 exploring themes of rape and revenge. Directed by Henry King, it stars Gregory Peck, Joan Collins, Stephen Boyd. Jim Douglass arrives in the small town of Rio Arriba in order to witness the hanging of the four men he believes murdered his wife. When the convicts escape, Jim tracks them into Mexico, determined to see that justice is done. But the farther Jim goes in his quest for vengeance, the more merciless he becomes, losing himself in an unrelenting spiral of hatred and violence.
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