Run Home, Slow
1965 western film
Run Home, Slow is a 1965 American Western film starring Mercedes McCambridge, Linda Gaye Scott, and Gary Kent, directed by Ted Brenner and written by Don Cerveris.
Plot
After her father is murdered by hanging, Nell Hagen (McCambridge) sets out with her brothers Ritt (Kent) and Kirby (Richards), and cousin Julie Ann (Scott), to seek revenge. The residents of Pebble Springs have revolted, hanging Judd Hagen, their self-anointed ruler, in the middle of the night. The powerful Judd Hagen, who ruled their valley with an iron fist, was hanged by locals, who viewed him as a vicious man who thought he was God. They also thought he was crazy, a trait he seems to have passed on to his children, who vow vengeance. The family includes tough ranch lady cowgirl Nell Hagen, who idolized her father. The hate-filled leader Nell says a lot of swear words and insults like "Hellnation!.."; then there's her cowboy brother Ritt Hagen; Kirby, their cartoonish, hunchbacked, and apparently simple-minded handyman brother; and pretty, sensuous, but equally apparently simple-minded nymphomaniac Julie Ann, who was recruited to marry Ritt so they could keep the Hagen bloodline alive. The giggling blonde bride carries a pink parasol with her. The family then robs the Pebble Springs bank, killing 2 tellers. Then they visit the home of old man Gately, who helped prod the lynch mob into action.
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