Valdez Is Coming (1971)


Burt Lancaster          Bob Valdez
Susan Clark             Gay Erin
Jon Cypher              Tanner
Barton Hayman           El Segundo
Richard Jordan          R L Davis
Frank Silvera           Diego
Hector Elizondo         Rider
Phil Brown              Malson
Lex Monson              Fugitive
Juanita Penaloza        Apache Woman

Directed by:            Ed Sherin
Produced by:            Roland Kibbee, Ira Stiner, Ira Steiner


Bob Valdez (Burt Lancaster), a Mexican-American deputy sheriff, is forced to kill an accused 
murderer by ruthless land baron, Frank Tanner. When he discovers that the accused left behind 
a pregnant girlfriend, he asks around town for money to support her, and is severely beaten and 
left for dead by Tanner's posse. After his recovery, Valdez prepares for vengeance, sending the 
simple message to Tanner that "Valdez is coming."

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The town constable, Bob Valdez, is forced to kill someone accused by Frank Tanner of being a 
murderer. Valdez asks Tanner for monetary help for the man's wife, but he is ridiculed and almost 
killed by Tanner's henchmen. Valdez recovers and summons up his days in the U.S. Cavalry in order 
to fight them. Valdez wounds one of the henchmen and sends him back to Tanner with the message, 
"Valdez is coming."