Macho Callahan

Macho Callahan

Company type	Film
Industry	Motion picture
Founded	1970
Founder	Bernard L. Kowalski (director)
Products	Western film

Macho Callahan is a 1970 Mexican-American Western motion picture directed by Bernard L. Kowalski, featuring performances by David Janssen, Jean Seberg, Lee J. Cobb, and James Booth. The narrative centers on a Union soldier held captive in a Confederate prison camp during the American Civil War, who manages to escape and becomes the target of bounty hunters.

Plot

Diego "Macho" Callahan, detained amid the conflict, pursues vengeance in Texas against the individual responsible for his imprisonment.

Following a fatal altercation with one-armed Confederate colonel David Mountford, Alexandra, Mountford's widow, offers a $1,000 reward for Callahan's capture. She enlists Duffy, recognizable by his yellow boots, to track him down.

As Duffy journeys across Confederate Texas, he locates Callahan and proposes a wager playing horseshoes. Later, Alexandra learns that Callahan has executed Duffy by hanging.

At Harry Wheeler's gambling establishment, Alexandra persuades a young cowboy named Yancy to confront Callahan. A poker game escalates into violence; Callahan flees while Alexandra pursues him alone. They eventually join forces with Callahan's companion and continue together.

At Callahan's remote cabin, Alexandra attempts to assassinate him but is subdued; he then assaults and rapes her. Despite her trauma, she remains with him. After an encounter where Callahan rescues her and a bear cub from danger, she develops feelings for him.

Having fallen for the man who killed her spouse, Alexandra travels alongside Callahan and his partner as Wheeler’s posse relentlessly chases them to collect the bounty.

See also

• List of American films of 1970