The Appaloosa is a 1966 American Western film Technicolor from Universal Pictures starring Marlon Brando, Anjanette Comer and John Saxon, who was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of a Mexican bandit. The film was directed by Sidney J. Furie, shot in Mexico. The 2008 Appaloosa film is not related nor a remake of this film, although it has almost the same title. The title character is a beautiful horse of Matt Fletcher , a Mexican-American buffalo hunter who returns home only to have his beloved horse stolen by a powerful bandit, Chuy Medina with the... help of the bandit's girlfriend, Trini in the border town of Ojo Prieto. Trini was sold to Chuy at the age of 15, but has been brutalized and effectively discarded. Matt begins to hunt down the bandit to recapture the horse, but finds matters more complicated than expected when he meets the girlfriend of the bandit. Fletcher is subjected to torture and humiliation by Chuy and his minions.
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| Release date: | 1966 |
| Directed by: | Sidney J. Furie |
| Runtime: | 98 Minutes |
| Music by: | Frank Skinner |
| Cinematography: | Russell Metty |
| Screenplay by: | James Bridges |
| Genre: | Western |