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Like his previous films \u003cem\u003eRed River\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Big Sky \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eRio Bravo\u003c\/em\u003e, it is an ode to the Old West – a staunchly traditionalist tale of the frontier led by the genre’s biggest star, \u003cstrong\u003eJohn Wayne\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWayne stars as Colonel Cord McNally of the Union army, who loses a close friend during a raid on a Union payroll train carried out by a group of Confederates under the leadership of Captain Pierre Cordana (\u003cstrong\u003eJorge Rivero\u003c\/strong\u003e) and Sergeant Tuscarora Phillips (\u003cstrong\u003eChristopher Mitchum\u003c\/strong\u003e). McNally suspects that he and his men were betrayed by traitors within the Union, setting in motion a quest for revenge that will continue even after the Civil War is over – and which will bring McNally into a bitter conflict with ruthless landowner Ketcham (\u003cstrong\u003eVictor French\u003c\/strong\u003e) and \"Blue Tom\" Hendricks (\u003cstrong\u003eMike Henry\u003c\/strong\u003e), the corrupt sheriff of Rio Lobo, Texas.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBy 1970, the Western genre was rapidly changing. In America, Revisionist Westerns – typified by the likes of \u003cem\u003eThe Wild Bunch\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLittle Big Man \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eSoldier Blue \u003c\/em\u003e– were questioning the established mythology of the West, while Italy’s morally grey Spaghetti Westerns were at the height of their international popularity. 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