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    Billy Two Hats (1973)

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    Ted Kotcheff directed this curious western in Israel two years after making the excellent Wake In Fright (1971) in Australia. It’s about the friendship of old Scottish outlaw Arch Deans (Gregory Peck) and young hot-blooded half-breed Billy Two Hats (Desi Arnaz Jr) as they are chased across the frontier by dogged Sheriff Gifford (Jack Warden).

    For much of the film, Deans is unable to walk so Billy drags him around the desert while the older man reclines in a cot. This creates lots of opportunities for the Scottish rascal to regale his companion with monologues, and Peck’s voice is such a gorgeous instrument that some of the chatty bits are entertaining.

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    He also cuts a great figure with his thick black beard and sloppily bundled clothing, even when confined to the cot.

    Peck and Arnaz Jr are, in many ways, very good. It’s just that their very casting is unusual, to say the least.

    Alan Sharp’s script wanders a little too much, ultimately saying nothing. That criticism would not be so severe were it not for the fact that in saying nothing, Sharp is not very entertaining either.

    One of the three producers was Norman Jewison.

    Arch Deans
    Gregory Peck
    Billy Two Hats
    Desi Arnaz Jr
    Sheriff Henry Gifford
    Jack Warden
    Copeland, Saloon Owner
    David Huddleston
    Copeland’s Squaw
    Dawn Little Sky
    Esther Spencer
    Sian Barbara Allen
    Spencer
    John Pearce
    Indian Leader
    Vince St. Cyr
    Indians
    Henry Medicine Hat
    Zeev Berlinsky
    Antony Scott

    Director
    Ted Kotcheff

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