In
THE APPALOOSA, a bandito kingpin (John Saxon) steals a rancher's (Marlon Brando)
prize stud stallion. Brando gets it back and tries to vamoose ... with
Saxon's unhappy runaway wife along for the ride. Needless to say, Saxon isn't happy with either loss, and the struggle between the two powerful men quickly escalates. Watch for an early "Ouch!" scene when Brando and
Saxon arm wrestle, with the loser getting his forearm ground down onto
the stinger of a deadly scorpion. Not a great film, but great fun
watching Brando masquerade as a Mexican with coffee ground stain on his
face. Saxon won a
Golden Globe Best Supporting Actor nomination for his performance - and
deservedly. (Trivia note: In his younger days, Saxon often appeared in
parts which emphasized his "beefcake" appeal. In 1959's THE BIG
FISHERMAN, for example, he was stripped to the waist and flogged in a
scene which ranked 39th in the book "Lash! The Hundred Great Scenes of
Men Being Whipped in the Movies." Sadly, Brando is gone, but Saxon is still going strong. Not long ago he appeared in an episode of CSI: Las Vegas, directed by Quentin Tarantino.)
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