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     Chuka
1967  NR  WESTERN  1h 35min
CAST— Rod Taylor, John Mills, Ernest Borgnine, Luciana Paluzzi, James Whitmore, Angela Dorian, Louis Hayward
MUSIC— Leith Stevens  DIRECTOR— Gordon Douglas  BASED ON— Chuka (novel), by Richard Jessup

     Slow-moving yet well played Western featuring Rod Taylor as the roaming gunslinger Chuka. He escorts an old flame to a fort handled by military miscreants, the only shelter in a barren desert. There they learn of an impending attack by Arapaho Indians and are forced to confront the hopelessness of their situation. A useless love story hinders the film, though Taylor’s performance pulls it from the fire.
OUR RATING— ** ½