Whitmore comments that the harsh land is something that a white man would just damn off to hell and forget, but to Chato who doesn't ask much or take much from the land, it is almost a living thing. It's a little unexpected to find Charles Bronson starring in a Ramparts magazine cover story, but here he is in 'Breakout,' a thriller inspired by the 1971 springing of Joel David Kaplan from a Mexican prison. This movie has some beautifully set scenery that captures the harshness of the desert land that Chato takes refuge in. Simon Oakland also does a fine job as Jubal Hooker, the vicious elder of the degenerate Hooker clan who takes control of the posse from Quincy and ultimately cause the death of several of the posse members. Along with Whitmore is Nye Buell (Basehart) dressed in top hat and frock coat offering his whiskey laden salty commentary along the way. Leading the town's men in pursuit of Chato, Whitmore is decked out in his Confederate officer's jacket and plummed hat. Palance is excellent as Whitmore, an ex-Confederate officer who still longs after the excitement that comes from waging war. Being set upon by the sadistic town Marshall, Chato kills the lawman in self defense and must run from a posse of the town's people led by Jack Palance as Quincy Whitmore. Chato is a half-breed Apache who makes the mistake of visiting a town that is hostile towards Indians. A tale of western revenge, "Chato's Land" has a cast of many well known actors including Jack Palance, Richard Basehart, Simon Oakland, Ralph Waite, Victor French and James Whitmore as well as Bronson in the lead role as Pardon Chato.
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