'His Name was Madron' (1970) – Jerry Hopper.
Jerry Hopper's Israel-set, savagely sun-baked spaghetti western 'His Name was Madron' (1970) is an amiable adventure with grizzled, gun-happy brigand Madron (Richard Boone) and kindly, but ever resourceful nun Sister Mary (Leslie Caron) making for an engaging ill-matched pair of travellers, fractiously bound together upon their increasingly desperate journey to a save haven beyond the ever encroaching threat of mercilessly vengeful Apache Warrior Sam Red!
Comparisons to Siegal's beloved 'Two Mules
for Sister Sarah' are inevitable, but the delightful Riz Ortolani
score, and his memorable theme 'Till Love Touches Your Life' certainly
lends 'His Name was Madron' some additional appeal. The burly
charismatic character actor Paul L. Smith makes the most of his
all-too brief cameo, and while the amorous sparks never fully ignite
between hard-bitten loner Madron and his nun sexier companion Sister
Mary their lively performances are likeable enough, with the tall,
crag-faced Boone making for a convincingly capable, sharp-shooting
outlaw whose calloused trigger finger is fatefully softened by Mary's healing hands! As a scintillating aside, Leslie Caron's dazzlingly lustrous, delectably dark chestnut hair is a truly ravishing sight; Hell!!?? it's more than enough to lead a God-fearing man like me off the path of righteousness! Amen!!!!!
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