Greenhorn
(1972)
Regisseur:
Dick RichardsSchauspieler:
Billy Green Bush, Luke Askew, Bo Hopkins, Geoffrey Lewis, John McLiam, Matt Clark, Anthony James, Charles Martin Smith, Hal Needham, Royal Dano, Arthur Malet, Gregory Sierra, Gary Grimes, Wayne Sutherlin, Raymond Guth, Larry FinleyDer Westen der USA im Jahre 1866: Der junge Revolverheld Ben (Gary Grimes) besitzt erst seit kurzer Zeit eine Waffe, und obwohl sie sehr günstig war, ist sie sein ganzer Stolz. Um das Handwerk des Viehtreibens zu erlernen, bietet er sich Frank Culpepper (Billy Green Bush) als Cowboy an. Allerdings merkt er schnell, dass seine Mitstreiter kein Interesse haben, ihm den Umgang mit Lasso und Co. beizubringen. Als eines Tages Franks Herde von Viehdieben entführt wird, kann Ben sich beweisen: Er verfolgt die Diebe und kann sie mit seinem Billig-Revolver stellen. Bei der anschließenden Schießerei kommen aber drei der Treiber ums Leben und Ben wird erstmalig mit der harten und tödlichen Realität des Wilden Westens konfrontiert.
Teenager Ben Mockridge feels life in a Wild West farm town has nothing better to offer then horse-cart racing with other hicks, so he naively begs cattle company owner Frank Culpepper to engage him as youngest cowboy for a long cattle trail to a fort, his mother barely notices. Ben doesn't even seem to get it when he's told to report as 'little Mary' to the old cook, whose words cowboy is something you do only if you have nothing better gradually become clear. Instead of an exciting heroic macho life, it's endless hard work, dumb chores and embarrassment, even getting literally caught with his pants down, robbed of his horse, witnessing unpunished crimes...
Teenager Ben Mockridge feels life in a Wild West farm town has nothing better to offer then horse-cart racing with other hicks, so he naively begs cattle company owner Frank Culpepper to engage him as youngest cowboy for a long cattle trail to a fort, his mother barely notices. Ben doesn't even seem to get it when he's told to report as 'little Mary' to the old cook, whose words cowboy is something you do only if you have nothing better gradually become clear. Instead of an exciting heroic macho life, it's endless hard work, dumb chores and embarrassment, even getting literally caught with his pants down, robbed of his horse, witnessing unpunished crimes...