BILLY TWO HATS (1974) ¢ ¢ ¢
D: Ted Kotcheff
Gregory Peck, Desi Arnaz Jr., Jack Warden,
Sian Barbara Allen, David Huddleston, John Pearce
A spare western tale shot in Israel, about a couple of outlaws on the run from a sheriff who pursues them across an apparently endless desert. As the chase goes on and characters pair off in various combinations, the movie becomes a reflection on loyalty, and the subversive notion (in a western, at least) that two people together can be a lot stronger than a man alone. Peck's feisty performance as an old Scottish bandit is a departure from the more stoic western characters he usually portrayed.
Ted Kotcheff
(1931-2025)
