During the Civil War, five condemned Southern prisoners are plucked off Death Row and promised pardons on the condition that they undertake a mission to head west and bring back a double-crossing Confederate spy who has a stagecoach full of Confederate gold.
Direction
Corman shot this in 10 days on a shoestring. The hustle is visible.
Writing
Wright Campbell's script squeezes maximum betrayal into 78 minutes.
Director
Roger Corman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Corman's first western and his first color film, shot for a mere $60,000.
The 'condemned men on a mission' premise directly influenced The Dirty Dozen twelve years later.
US
