
Barquero is a 1970 American Western film starring Lee Van Cleef and Warren Oates, produced by Hal Klein and directed by Gordon Douglas. Barquero was Lee Van Cleef's first American-made film since 1962's How the West Was Won. It was also his first starring role in an American Western. The film grossed $135,381 at the US/Canadian box-office.
Jake Remy leads a gang of outlaw cutthroats making their escape toward Mexico from a successful robbery. Barring their way is a river--crossable only by means of a ferry barge. The barge operator, Travis, refuses to be bullied into providing transport for the gang and escapes across river with most of the local populace--leaving Remy and his gang behind, desperately seeking a way across. A river-wide stand-off begins between the gang and the townspeople, both groups of which have left people on the wrong side of the river.
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Barquero is a 1970 American Western film starring Lee Van Cleef and Warren Oates, produced by Hal Klein and directed by Gordon Douglas. Barquero was Lee Van Cleef's first American-made film since 1962's How the West Was Won. It was also his first starring role in an American Western. The film grossed $135,381 at the US/Canadian box-office.
==Plot== After stealing a shipment of silver and weapons, the brutal and unstable Remy and his band of mercenaries must cross a river in order to flee into Mexico. Travis, the maverick owner-operator of a barge that ferries people and goods across the river, learns that Remy and his band are on the way. Travis and his woman, Nola, transport the nearby settlement's inhabitants and a group of passing settlers to the river's far side. When Remy and his band arrive, Travis refuses to cross back to pick them up, knowing that Remy and his men will kill everyone else after they cross the river. A tense standoff develops between Remy and his gang, and Travis and the inhabitants and settlers, who occupy opposite sides of the river. Remy is advised by Marquette, a Frenchman he trusts. Travis is greatly assisted by Mountain Phil, a friend of his who is similarly independent-minded in the way he lives. Both Remy and Travis have to contend with dissenters within their own camps. It all explodes into a violent and bloody battle, leading to a final confrontation between the two.
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