Major Charles Rane comes back from the war and is given a number of gifts from his hometown because he is a war hero. Some greedy thugs decide that they want to steal a number of silver dollars from him. In the process they also manage to kill his wife and son and destroy his hand. The Major wants revenge.
The film was originally written in 1973 for AIP, where Larry Gordon was head of production. Gordon took the script with him when he left for Columbia, and for a time Paul Schrader was going to direct. However that fell through and the film was set up at 20th Century Fox. I feel like if this would have stayed in-house at AIP that things might have turned out better.
This film is very much an exploitation film, except that it is mainstream. So everything seems toned down, with too many slow parts. It is like "Death Wish" without all the death. If this would have been handled by the veterans of AIP, it might have been a lot more fun.
The film was originally written in 1973 for AIP, where Larry Gordon was head of production. Gordon took the script with him when he left for Columbia, and for a time Paul Schrader was going to direct. However that fell through and the film was set up at 20th Century Fox. I feel like if this would have stayed in-house at AIP that things might have turned out better.
This film is very much an exploitation film, except that it is mainstream. So everything seems toned down, with too many slow parts. It is like "Death Wish" without all the death. If this would have been handled by the veterans of AIP, it might have been a lot more fun.