![]() Reviews of the film were somewhat mixed, though the female lead, Barbara Carrera, was nominated for a Golden Globe award for her performance. The Master Gunfighter is mainly a remake of the 1969 Japanese film Goyokin, although the story revolves around a true incident in the early 1800s involving massacred Indians that occurred in the vicinity of Goleta, California. His brother-in-law and close pal Paulo (played by Ron O’Neal, who you know as Priest from SUPERFLY) is a Spanish don who might lose his land because he’s being taxed to death by the american government. The hero is the now-estranged adoptive son (Finley), a master swordsman and gunfighter, who tries to prevent this while still saving his family. Well MASTER GUNFIGHTER puts Finley in a similar moral quandary type deal on the California coast in 1836. To prevent themselves from being caught, they plan to massacre the local Chumash Indians. government ship carrying gold so that it will be wrecked and plundered. The film focuses on wealthy Latino ranchers whose land and wealth are at risk. Both come in handy after a split with his adopted Mexican family in the early days of California. His real name is Finley McCloud, and he’s mightly deadly with a six-gun and a samuri sword. ![]() ![]() government discriminated against the Mexican landowners and frequently took their land by force or legal skullduggery. The Master Gunfighter (1975) The Master Gunfighter (1975) Mark Franklin Novem1970s Tom Laughlin plays the title character. The film is set in southern California near Santa Barbara shortly after California became part of the United States. The Master Gunfighter is a film released in 1975, written and produced by Tom Laughlin, who also played the lead as Finley.
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