Charro!
Western
Warner Bros.  (1969) 98 mins PG

5.3 (455 votes)
An American original saddles up for an all-American movie.

Most Elvis Presley movies fit neatly inside a whirlwind formula of girls, songs and who-do-you-love complications. Like its loner title character, the gritty Western Charro! is different.

The Elvis on screen here isn't the clean-cut all-American kid ready to hit the beach or the dance floor. Instead, a barbed stubble covers his face. His hat hangs low over his eyes. And a bandanna hides the ugly scar that marks him as a killer. Written and directed by Charles Marquis Warren (creator of TV's Gunsmoke, Rawhide and The Virginian), this stark sagebrush saga follows an ex-outlaw trying to go straight - but he's got a score to settle when his own gang frames him for a heist....


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Cast and Crew
Elvis Presley  ......  Jess Wade
Barbara Werle  ......  Mrs. Sara Ramsey
Ina Balin  ......  Tracey Winters
Lynn Kellogg  ......  Marcie (saloon girl)
Victor French  ......  Vince Hackett
Solomon Sturges  ......  Billy Roy Hackett
Director  .....  Charles Marquis Warren
Producer  .....  Charles Marquis Warren
Writer  .....  Charles Marquis Warren; Frederick Louis Fox
Notes
Trivia:
The original title for this film was "Come Sundown, Come Hell". The title was changed to "Charro!" prior to the film's release. (more)

Filming Locations:
Apache Junction, Arizona, USA (more)

Quotes:
Jess Wade: He'll be a lot quieter when that swelling goes down.
Billy Roy Hackett: Swelling from WHAT?
Jess Wade: That bump on your head.
Billy Roy Hackett: [feeling his head] I ain't got no bump on my head.
Jess Wade: [smacking Billy Roy's head into one of the bars] You have now!
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