A dusty town, a cowardly mob, and one storekeeper who's finally had enough.
Luke Billings (Lionel Jeffries) and his family have a problem with the new police sergeant Sam Hargis (Richard Todd) so they take over a small Transvaal town with the attention of drawing Hargis into a showdown. Hargis tries to get back up from the townsfolk who do not want to know, so is forced to lay low. As things get out of hand one of the Billings boys takes an interest in the storekeeper's wife, Priss Dobbs (Anne Aubrey). Having had enough her husband, Ernie (Jamie Uys) takes up the gun and heads down the main street alone. An act that prompts Hargis to join him. Slowly, the townsfolk turn up to back them up.
Acting
Jamie Uys's transformation from meek storekeeper to avenging everyman.
Direction
Annakin's tight 80-minute pressure cooker of escalating tension.
Director
Irving Allen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is a British remake of the 1959 American film 'The Naked Spur', relocated to South Africa for budget reasons.
The 'keywords' label it sexploitation, but that's misleading — it's actually a rare apartheid-era Western shot in Transvaal with British studio backing.
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