FeistyUpper If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

Taraparain Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

Luecarou What begins as a feel-good-human-interest story turns into a mystery, then a tragedy, and ultimately an outrage.

Bergorks If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

LeonLouisRicci Infamous, Infantile, and an enormous Flop. Critics and Fans agree this is one of the most Bloated, Clunky, and Incoherent Westerns of all Time. Mimicking "How the West Was Won" (1962) in its Clueless Pretense of Big is Better Banality.It is a watchable wonder of Odd Stylistics, Grand Landscapes, and Known Actors. The Sophomoric Script is listless Tripe that says nothing beyond Greed is Bad. The Characters are barely recognizable as Flesh and Blood Humans, the Desert Scenery Fluctuates from on Location Beauty to Back Lot Boredom, and the Action draws attention to itself with POV Shots, Odd Angles, and Funky Sound Effects.There is so much Magnificent Mediocrity up on the Screen that it can be Entertaining to Watch it all Play out. Depending on One's Perspective this Box Office Bomb is either highly Enjoyable, Unintentionally Laughable, or You can have a Good Ol' Time Making Fun of its Failings.Recommended to See the Studio System on its Last Legs Producing a Picture that is a good Example why Things Changed so Drastically in Hollywood around this Time. The Money Men and the System They Milked for Decades was on Life Support and this Movie is a good Example of a Big Studio Production not having a clue and this could be Seen as an indication of the Last Rites.

Karen Johnson Hilarious! This is a movie ostensibly about the search for a hidden canyon of gold. How the lure of riches this canyon will provide and how this lure affects various characters is what drives the plot.What you get is a gorgeous 5 ft 11 inches Julie Newmar as a jilted, angry, Apache renegade warrior trying to do in Greg Peck and anyone else who shows an interest in him. Also, Ted Cassidy, all 6 ft 9 inches of him, plays yet another Apache warrior with evil on his brain. Though they do NOT say it these two must have been from the tall tribe of Apaches. Omar Sharif plays the head villain Colorado with an accent of undetermined origin. When he starts chewing the scenery in the 1st act, you know this movie will have some unintended laughs.How so many stars got involved in this movie is a bigger mystery than the one posed in the story and the main reason I gave it a 4 rating.The difference between this movie and "Bride of the Monster" or "Plan 9 from Outer Space" is the number of A-list people involved. Don't tell me this is an unintended comedy. Have you listened to the "Old Turkey Buzzard" theme song? The middle word in the title song best describes the entire movie.

SanteeFats This oater is not your typical western. There are so many well known and famous actors and actresses in this movie that I am surprised they got all of them to appear in it. Gregory Peck gets top billing as the no name, judge appointed marshal, of some nameless town. Omar Sharif is very campy as a bad ass outlaw who I guess is suppose to be Mexican. He portrays a totally venal, amoral, character His accent makes it hard to tell at times. The white's playing the Apache's in this movie are a little outre to say the least. It is refreshing now days to see actual indians playing indians. Julie Newmar as an Apache woman who has a history with Peck is decent since she doesn't speak. There is some humor in this movie from time to time, but overall it is a fairly serious movie.

Martin Ashford I saw this movie on release in 1969 with my parents and was absolutely captivated by it. I had already seen quite a few classic Westerns but this had an extra ingredient - the kind of plot we are now so used to in the Indiana Jones movies. In fact I am certain that Raiders Of The Lost Ark owes at least one debt to Mackenna's Gold.Visually the film is stunning. Henry Ford's classics spring to mind but again there is more much more. All the principal characters are well drawn and it moves along at just the right pace. The conclusion is a tour de force that sends shivers down my spine. The use of special effects may have offended traditionalists but I think they work brilliantly. A much overlooked adventure that bears repeated viewing.