CHARLEY ONE-EYE (Blu-ray)

IN THE HARSH DESERT LANDSCAPE OF 1860S MEXICO, TWO OUTCASTS CROSS PATHS. RICHARD ROUNDTREE (SHAFT, CRACK HOUSE) IS A FORMER UNION SOLDIER, DESPERATE AND ON THE RUN AFTER KILLING A SUPERIOR OFFICER. ROY THINNES (AIRPORT 1975, RUSH WEEK) IS A CRIPPLED NATIVE AMERICAN OF MIXED RACE, WHO LIVES AS A PARIAH AWAY FROM ANY TRIBE. IDENTIFIED ONLY AS THE BLACK MAN AND THE INDIAN, THE TWO DEAL WITH MUTUAL HATRED AND MISTRUST BEFORE FORMING A STRANGE PARTNERSHIP UNTIL A VICIOUS BOUNTY HUNTER PLAYED BY NIGEL DAVENPORT (PHASE IV, NIGHTHAWKS) FINDS HIS WAY TO THEM. HOW LONG CAN THEY LAST HOLED UP IN THIS BRUTAL DESERT, STALKED BY BOTH DAVENPORT AND MEXICAN BANDITS, AND RELIANT ON AN UNEASY RELATIONSHIP THAT BORDERS ON MADNESS? AN UNUSUALLY RACIALLY-FOCUSED ENTRY IN THE CANON OF THE "ANTI-WESTERN", DIRECTOR DON CHAFFEY'S (JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS) CHARLEY ONE-EYE CAME DURING A FLURRY OF ENGLISH WESTERNS OF THE ERA. RECALLING THE WORK OF SAM PECKINPAH, IT LAYS ON BOTH ALLEGORY AND GRAPHIC VIOLENCE LIBER