I would have lost a bet on whether Burt Reynolds ever appeared in a spaghetti Western, but you know what, this is actually a fairly entertaining flick once you get past the unbelievable body count by Reynolds' title character, Navajo Joe. My unofficial count was twenty nine by the time the film was over, and when you throw in what had to be a dozen or so by the soldiers defending the money train, bandit leader Duncan (Aldo Sambrell) lost more guys than he started out with.
I got a kick out of the scene when the Duncan brothers ride up on a pair of posters showing the reward for their capture, dead or alive. For Jeffrey Duncan (Lucio Rosato), the two hundred dollar reward included 'murder, robbery, and other acts against the people of the U.S.' Kind of makes you wonder what Mervyn Vee Duncan must have done to deserve a thousand dollar bounty. Incidentally, it was pretty cool how the elder Duncan crumpled up his brother's poster, but neatly secured his own after he took it down.
Other reviewers on this site give high marks to the Ennio Morricone soundtrack, and it does have a catchy Indian themed spaghetti score. But I couldn't help noticing the repetitious 'Na-Va-Ho-Jo', 'Na-Va-Ho-Jo' refrain, which if you think about it, would be a great scat line for a Howard Johnson in Arizona.
Keep an eye on the opening scene when Duncan reaches to scalp the Indian woman he killed; her eye twitches slightly before the camera cuts away.
I managed to pick this film up on a four disc Western DVD set put out by Direct Source Special Products, a neat little package with additional films starring Telly Savalas, Martin Sheen and Clint Walker. Check your local Walmart bargain bin.
I got a kick out of the scene when the Duncan brothers ride up on a pair of posters showing the reward for their capture, dead or alive. For Jeffrey Duncan (Lucio Rosato), the two hundred dollar reward included 'murder, robbery, and other acts against the people of the U.S.' Kind of makes you wonder what Mervyn Vee Duncan must have done to deserve a thousand dollar bounty. Incidentally, it was pretty cool how the elder Duncan crumpled up his brother's poster, but neatly secured his own after he took it down.
Other reviewers on this site give high marks to the Ennio Morricone soundtrack, and it does have a catchy Indian themed spaghetti score. But I couldn't help noticing the repetitious 'Na-Va-Ho-Jo', 'Na-Va-Ho-Jo' refrain, which if you think about it, would be a great scat line for a Howard Johnson in Arizona.
Keep an eye on the opening scene when Duncan reaches to scalp the Indian woman he killed; her eye twitches slightly before the camera cuts away.
I managed to pick this film up on a four disc Western DVD set put out by Direct Source Special Products, a neat little package with additional films starring Telly Savalas, Martin Sheen and Clint Walker. Check your local Walmart bargain bin.