Charro
Charro
National General Pictures
Running time: 98 minutes
Release date: 9/3/69
Songs
"Charro"
Credits
Produced and Directed by Charles Marquis Warren
Executive Producer: Harry A. Caplan
Screenplay by Charles Marquis Warren
Story by Frederic Louis Fox
Photographed by Ellsworth Fredericks, A.S.C.
Edited by Al Clark, A.C.E.
Art Direction by James Sullivan
Music Composed and Conducted Hugo Montenegro
Music Editor: John Mick
Assistant Director: Dink Templeton
Makeup by William Reynolds and Gene Bartlett
Song, "Charro" Words and Music by Billy Strange and Scott Davis
Technical Advisor: Colonel Tom Parker
Photographed in Panavision and Technicolor
| Cast | |
| Jesse Wade | Elvis Presley |
| Tracey | Ina Balin |
| Vince | Victor French |
| Sara | Barbara Werle |
| Billy Roy | Solomon Sturges |
| Marcie | Lynn Kellogg |
| Gunner | James Sikking |
| Opie Keetch | Paul Brinegar |
| Heff | Harry Landers |
| Lt. Rivera | Tony Young |
| Sheriff Ramsey | James Almanzar |
| Mody | Charles H. Gray |
| Jerome Selby | John Pickard |
| Martin Tilford | Garry Walberg |
| Gabe | Duane Grey |
| Lige | Rodd Redwing |
| Henry Carter | J. Edward McKinley |
Synopsis
Jesse Wade rides into a small Mexican town and is met by four gunmen, all
members of the gang he once belonged to. Vince, the leader, is sore at Jesse for
leaving the gang and setting a bad example for the others. Vince decides to
frame Jesse for the theft of a valuable gold and bronze victory cannon belonging
to the Mexican government and worth $100,000.
The gang takes Jesse's horse and gun, leaving him for the Mexican Army to find
and jail, while they take the cannon to the nearest safe town. Jesse captures a
wild horse and rides after them.
When the sheriff, who is Jesse's friend, is shot by Vince's kid brother, Billy
Roy, Jesse becomes sheriff and locks the kid in jail. Vince hears of this and
hurries to town demanding the release of his kid brother or he'll start shooting
up the town with his cannon.
The town is frightened and wants Jesse to release the killer, but Jesse refuses.
When the cannon starts demolishing the town, building by building, Jesse takes
the boy to the gang. There is a shoot-out and the cannon accidentally rolls over
the boy, and Vince and his gang surrender to Jesse .
Jesse gathers up the cannon and the gang and heads for Mexico to clear his name
and start living a new life with Tracey.
