March 13, 1968

National General Pictures

Cast; Elvis Presley, Ina Balin, Victor French, Lynn Kellogg, Barbara Werle, Solomon Sturges, Paul Brinegar, James Sikking

Let's Forget About The Stars

Mexico 1870. Going to visit a friend, Jess Wade rides into a border town and finds himself taken prisoner by Vince, the leader of his formal gang, and by his crazy brother, Billy Roy. Jess is taken to their mountain hideout, where they've hidden the weapon that fired the lost shot against Maximillian and freed Mexico from Spain. The outlaws intend to sell it to the highest bidder, but Jess tells them that soldiers on both sides of the border will hunt them down. Vince produces a counterfeit "Wanted" poster, proclaiming Jess as the one responsible for stealing the cannon and offering a reward for him..Dead or Alive!

Jess manages to get to the village of Rio Seco after a chase. The village is on the U.S. side of the border. He has friends there with whom he expects to find safety. Sheriff Ramsey, who befriended Jess when he was a boy and who later talked him into leaving the gang, believes him to be innocent and does not display the poster. Tracy runs the town saloon and she love Jess.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Then Billy Roy arrives in Rio Seco to raise hell and seiously wounds the sheriff in a gun fight. After Jess throws him in jail, he's deputized by Ramsey, and his first act-knowing Vince will try to free his brother, is to arm the townspeople. When Vince demands that Jess free Billy Roy, Jess demands that Vince turn the cannon over to him so that it can be returned to Mexico.

Instead Vince gives Jess until sundown to turn his prisoner loose or risk destruction of Rio Seco by the cannon.The townspeople urge Jess to free Billy Roy, and Jess rides out of town with him. They approach Vince's gang and Jess demands that they surrender. Several members of the gang are shot in the ensuing gunplay, and Billy Roy dies when the wagon with the cannon breaks loose and crushes him. The fight is over and Vince is a beaten man. Jess takes him prisoner and drives the wagon back into town. When the townspeople see what he has done, they ask