The Reward (1965)
4/10
$50,000.00 jackpot
5 November 2018
Down on his luck pilot Max Von Sydow crashes into a water tower in Mexico and the damage is considerable. But when he spots wanted fugitive Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. with girlfriend Yvette Mimieux headed out of town he reports same to police chief Gilbert Roland. That $50,000.00 muerto o vive will more than take care of his debts. Roland also sees a way out of this backwater he's been assigned to as a federale.

Roland puts together a posse which takes them into the desert before they catch up with Zimbalist and Mimieux. Made up of some of Alfonso Bedoya's bunch from Treasure Of The Sierra Madre by the look of them. Roland and Von Sydow don't tell them about the big reward and Mimieux along for the ride is also lots of distraction.

This could have been a much better film, but the pace is excruciatingly dull. A little too much philosophizing by the main characters as well, more action was required.

For fans of the principal players only.
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