That was an excellent one.

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Chino Valdez is a loner horse breeder living in the old west. Partly a loner by choice, and partly because, being a 'half-breed', he finds himself unwelcome almost everywhere he goes. One day, a young runaway named Jimmy shows up at his door looking for work and a roof over his head. Reluctantly, Chino agrees to take him in and teach him the art of raising, breaking and breeding horses, until the pair finally begin to accept each other.It's not a bad movie if you like 'em slow and plodding.I don't which is why I'm giving it a 5.It's an oddity for spaghetti westerns in that it takes it's sweet time.

This a very good Charles Bronson film. Not very violent, with a good message. This was one of the many films Charles Bronson made with his wife Jill Ireland. Bronson plays Chino Valdez, a man who is haunted by the fact that everywhere he goes there is trouble. He is a silent, not scary man, but people constantly get into fights with him. He meets a young boy who is eager to work with him as a ranch hand. The boy learns how to break horses and he learns the facts of life. Chino Valdez serves as a father figure for the boy. **** Great movie. Unfortunately many of the prints on DVD are lousy. The 1984 Warner Home Video VHS copy is not a bad print.

John Sturges who created so many classic westerns like Gunfight at the OK Corral, Hour Of The Gun, The Last Train From Gun Hill, The Law And Jake Wade, The Magnificent Seven, so many good ones really gave us a let down with his final trip west in Chino. This was also the only western he did in Europe, in Spain to be precise.Charles Bronson is in the title role as a mixed race horse rancher who dares to aspire to Jill Ireland as a wife. That's not something her family wants to see happen. Bronson's only real friend is young Vincent Van Patten, an orphan kid roaming the west looking for work and to grow up. He does both.Bronson, his wife Ireland, and Van Patten are the only Americans in this cast populated by continental names. The action moves at a snail's pace, deadly for a western and the climax is quite unsatisfactory, especially those looking for some Bronson like heroics.Sturges had only three more films to make in his career, all of them away from the western genre. Too bad he couldn't have finished his career in the west on a higher note.

...with some touching moments. From the title you wouldn't expect much, but I liked this film a lot and wonder why it is almost never aired on TV. Bronson and Van Patten have a great chemistry and their on-screen relationship is very believable. The story is simple, with an interesting beginning and a good, plausible ending. The soundtrack is nice, too.The only thing I would change in this film is to make it longer, add more scenes so we can get to know the characters in various settings, and delve into the background to the conflict between Chino and his neighbors.I recommend this film, especially to fans of Charles Bronson. I will definitely watch this film again (finally saw it for the first time, after all these years!).