Rijndri Load of rubbish!!

YouHeart I gave it a 7.5 out of 10

Aubrey Hackett While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

Brenda The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Poseidon-3 Western films were somewhat on the wane when this one was released and, while it isn't without some merits, it tends to be a pretty routine affair. An early attempt at videography versus film results in a cheap-looking product that ranges from perfectly acceptable to downright awful. Ford plays a bounty hunter who leaves his thriving spread periodically to track down outlaws and bring them to justice (or to the grave!) Driven by a shattering incident in his past, he feels an obligation to do away with as many cretins as he can. One day, after doing in a wanted man, he takes the son (Burns) into his custody, though the son has made it clear that he will one day exact revenge on Ford for the killing. As the pair begin to forge a tenuous relationship, aided by the soothing presence of Ford's wife Wynter and their ranch hand Silverheels, an outlaw gang rides into town threatening to wreck everyone's lives. Ford gives a solid performance here, his own advancing age adding to the weariness of the character. Burns is also decent. Their relationship is never as deeply delineated as one would like, though they share a certain amount of rapport. Wynter makes the most of her negligible scenes. Carelessly costumed in a variety of dull, mismatched pieces, she, thanks to the unusual filming method, sometimes looks wonderful and then other times looks a bit haggard. Silverheels delivers his lines with a sense of the stoic, iconic character of Tonto that he was famous for, but at least gets to display a certain amount of animation and emotion besides. Townes turns in a good performance as the town sheriff who inherited the job from Ford. Thankfully, the bulk of the film is shot outdoors in the daytime and those scenes are generally good-looking. Sadly, most of the indoor scenes are murky and anything done at night is beyond horrible. Despite the healthy amount of bloodletting, this has an old-fashioned feel to it. The potential was there for a reflective, enthralling western, but the often-shoddy camera-work and the undercooked script rob it of that chance. Still, fans of Ford ought to enjoy seeing him in one of his last big roles while fans of the genre should find enough action in it to hold interest.

ma-cortes This unknown movie Western deals with a relentlessly obstinate bounty-hunter named Santee (Glenn Ford). He's the best tracker in the west, but sometimes justice can be hard to find . As the bounty hunter takes in the son of a man he killed . Santee develops a paternal relationship with the son named Jody (Michael Burns) of a man (Robert J. Wilke) he killed . Santee takes him for his ranch named Three Arrows where live his wife (Dana Wynter) and his Indian foreman (Jay Silverheels). Santee and his wife take Jody in and a father-son relationship begins to grow . But bandits led by a nasty villain named Banner (John Larch) arrive in the little town killing and robbing bank , then Santee helped by Jody take the law on their own hands .This average Western contains action , drama , shootouts , riding pursuits and an enjoyable father and adopted son relationship with tragedy included . Fine acting by veteran Glenn Ford supported by attractive Dana Wynter and a newcomer Michael Burns . Good support cast such as Robert J Wilke , Robert Donner , John Larch and Tonto's Jay Silverheels . Colorful cinematography with glamorous landscapes by cameraman Donald Morgan . Catching musical score with agreeable song at the beginning and the ending . Spectacular final gunplay plenty of shooting and death with dramatic final . The motion picture was middlingly directed by Gary Nelson . He's an usual TV director as episodes (Disneyland) as long time television movies (Murder in Coweta County , his best film) and occasionally cinema director (Allan Quatermain in the lost city of gold) ; his most known and successful film was 'The black hole' .

bkoganbing Glenn Ford who was associated with some of the best westerns ever made has his last starring role in the genre in Santee. Although he would do more westerns up to almost the end of his career, he would no longer be the leading man/action hero in any of them.Ford was 57 when he made Santee and even in this one he's transitioning to be a father figure, much the same way John Wayne was in films like Big Jake, Rio Lobo, and The Cowboys. Unfortunately Santee takes it's plot from a combination of Henry Fonda's The Tin Star and Robert Mitchum's Young Billy Young. Ford is a former lawman, turned bounty hunter who decides that marshaling doesn't give him quite the latitude he needs to deal with bad guys. It also doesn't pay as well. But having his son shot down by John Larch and his gang was enough to turn him bitter.He's also forced to kill Robert J. Wilkie another outlaw who has a son in Michael Burns. But he takes Burns into his home. Truth be told there wasn't much attachment there anyway, Burns hardly knew him.Jay Silverheels has the best part in the film as Ford's loquacious ranch foreman. I do believe he had more dialog here than in over 200 episodes of The Lone Ranger. Dana Wynter has a few scenes as Ford's wife and makes them count.But Santee is just a tired rehash of a pair of better films. Glenn Ford fans will like it though.

Mike86 This western was produced by Ed Platt and was directed by Gary Nelson. It's a virtual GS reunion! You should go rent it. And if that's not enough reason to rent it, why, it stars Glenn Ford!