Obviously inspired by THE DEFIANT ONES, this western is totally in the good fashion of its period: late sixties and early seventies; civil rights, sex freedom, war in Vietnam, reject of the valors, pacifism, feminism. So, this was not that surprising, but it remains daring, bold, and worth watching. There are many ways to understand, read this film. Don Chaffey was also a very strange director: he made thrillers, fantasy movies involving Ray Harryhausen's special effects, and this offbeat western. Another UK director made the same: Jim O'Connoly. I know western waas not a genuine British genre, but that doesn't explain everything either. I would have never expected finding Roy Thinnes and Richard Rountree together in such a film. Shaft - for Roundtree (SHAFT series) - and David Vincent for Thinnes (THE INVADERS)- together....
Review of Charley-One-Eye
