A Man Called Sledge

Synopsis: Outlaw Luther Sledge and sidekick Mallory pull into the town of 3 W for an overnight stay. While Sledge heads upstairs to spend the night with long-time prostitute friend Ria and a bottle of rye, his sidekick Mallory enters a game of poker downstairs in the saloon. Frustrated with loosing their money to Mallory, two of the other gamblers shoot him dead. Alerted to the downstairs gunshot noise, Sledge descends in the saloon, pretending he's drunk, catches the two gamblers unprepared and shoots them dead. An old man who witnessed the shooting offers to serve as Sledge's witness and swear it was self-defense in case of an inquiry. The next day, Sledge leaves town to meet with the rest of his gang in the hills. He notices the old man from the saloon following him on horseback some distance away. Sledge stops the old man and asks him why he is following behind. The old man explains that he is not following Sledge but rather a convoy escorting a gold shipment. Interested, Sledge takes him at

Genre: Western

Director(s): Vic Morrow, Giorgio Gentili

Actors: James Garner, Dennis Weaver, Claude Akins, John Marley

Production: Sony Pictures Entertainment


IMDB:: 5.9

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: R
Year:: 1970
: 93 min
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Don't anybody move.
Back.
I'm gonna have to call you.
Looks okay.
My two pairs aren't good enough.
It's all yours.
Now I'm gonna try to get my money
back with a little five card draw.
What'll it be?
- Two bottles of whiskey.
- You must be staying for a while.
Well, long enough for him
to buy the second round.
- That'll be $ 10.
- Cowboy...
...you looking for something?
Oh, shut up, Liz.
Hey, I never did see what happened.
How did the driver
get his head blown off?
- Pure accident.
- They'll blame it on us.
I just hate to see a man
get it like that.
- No reason. No reason at all.
- Let's have another deck over here.
Yeah, might change my luck.
Ain't gonna help much.
Get another bottle of whiskey
over at that table.
Looks like a big game.
Big game.
I think I'll go over and take a look.
You never just look
and you never win.
You're the worst poker player
I ever saw, Mallory.
Well, not tonight, because tonight
I feel lucky. You'll see.
- Mind if I sit in?
- Sit down.
Yeah, sit down, stranger.
- May be just the man we're looking for.
- Come on, I feel real lucky tonight.
Sledge, you made it.
- Ria.
- Sledge.
I been waiting here so long.
I thought-
I thought you'd never show up.
Will three sixes do it?
Not unless you can pair them up
with a couple of ladies.
You gave me the jack I needed.
That makes three.
Well, that lets me out.
I'm out.
Elizabeth, how about you
and me going upstairs.
I just made a killing.
It came from downstairs.
Don't go down.
Sledge.
Hold it.
Now, you leave that gun in its holster
and come down here slow and easy.
Looks like the only way
he's gonna make it is to fall down.
Your friend had some bad luck.
Unless you want to join him,
you'll ride out of here right now.
You heard him, get.
Well, look at that.
Lover-boy ain't finished yet.
I seen it, mister...
...murder and self-defense.
Hey!
What-?
- No.
- Get inside.
Wait.
- Why are you following me?
- I wasn't. I swear I wasn't.
You know who I am, don't you?
There's only one name
comes to my mind...
...after what I saw
there at the 3 W's...
...and that's Luther Sledge.
And you say you wasn't following me?
I've done a lot of things
in my time, mister...
...but getting the price
on a man's head ain't one of them.
Well, we'll just make sure of that.
What are you gonna do?
What are you gonna do?
Old man, you stink right now...
...so I'm gonna see to it
that you don't turn me in.
I'm gonna hang you up
and age you some more.
You gotta believe me,
it's the gold I've been following...
...about $300,000 worth.
In that prison there
is where they keep it overnight.
Open the gates!
Open her up. Open her up.
- What's that about?
- It's the gold. They're here, I told you.
Now cut me down.
Come on, I gotta see it!
They're here. I gotta see it. I-
I missed it.
I missed it.
How much gold did you say
they carry in that wagon?
Enough for a man to die on,
more than that, maybe.
Old man, how long has it been
since you've had a hot meal...
...some whiskey and a woman?
All in one night?
Not for a long time.
Well, if your heart will stand it,
you're coming with me.
Come on, girls, sing out.
- Get me out of here!
- Here, I'll give you a hand, Jade.
Can't even stand
on your own two feet.
Give me a hand, Millie.
Wait will I get my hands
on whoever did that.
Sledge, Sledge, Sledge,
you're just in time to see...
...what these animals
have done to my house.
I can't take it anymore.
I just can't take it.
Oh, calm down now, Jade, honey.
What'd they do?
They made a hole in my floor
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Vic Morrow

Victor Morrow (February 14, 1929 – July 23, 1982) was an American actor and director whose credits include a starring role in the 1960s ABC television series Combat!, prominent roles in a handful of other television and film dramas, and numerous guest roles on television. Morrow and two child actors were killed in 1982 by a stunt helicopter crash during the filming of Twilight Zone: The Movie. Morrow also gained notice for his roles in movies Blackboard Jungle (1955), King Creole (1958), God's Little Acre (1958), Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry (1974), and The Bad News Bears (1976). more…

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