- The Culpepper Cattle Co.
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The Culpepper Cattle Co. 
Promotional poster for The Culpepper Cattle Co.Directed by Dick Richards Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer (associate producer) Written by Dick Richards Starring Gary Grimes
Billy Green BushMusic by Jerry Goldsmith
Tom ScottCinematography Lawrence Edward Williams
Ralph WoolseyEditing by John Burnett Distributed by 20th Century Fox Release date(s) US: 1972-04-16 Running time 92 min. Country United States Language English The Culpepper Cattle Co. is a 1972 Revisionist Western film produced by Twentieth Century Fox. It was directed by Dick Richards and starred Billy Green Bush as Frank Culpepper and Gary Grimes as Ben Mockridge. This was the first credited film for Jerry Bruckheimer, for which he received an associate producer credit.[1]
Synopsis
A teenage boy asks the leader of a group of criminals, Mr.Culpepper, to allow him to accompany them. Culpepper explains they are going to Colorado from Texas, where they will sell cattle.
[These are NOT criminals, they are cowhands.]
After many misadventures they manage to learn the location of a group of horses after the survivor of a bar shootout tells them. Then they steal the horses and cattle and make their way to a bar to find a man with whom they can do "business with", as they need to graze their cattle and seek grazing rights. Instead of selling them grazing rights, the man who owns the land robs them and tells them to leave.
[The horses were stolen from the group; when they go to the town to buy some horses, the boy identifies the one-eyed thief who was a member of the gang that stole the horses, and the shootout ensues, and they recover the horses, they do not "steal" them.]
Angry and distraught, the troupe of outlaws makes their way to a campsite inhabited by a Christian cult. The land-owner follows them to the campsite explaining they have not gone far enough-- this is also his land. They begin to leave, but the boy says he will stay with the religious group. As they are leaving, a few cowboys change their mind and turn back, ready to fight the man that disrespected them and help the christian inhabitants. A shootout ensues when they refuse to leave the land, and the cowboys end up victorious at the cost of all of their lives (Excluding the boy). After all of that, the religious leader explains the land is no longer holy ground, it has been tainted with blood. He explains it was not meant to be, and God's will sends him elsewhere. Angered that his friend's death was all for naught, the boy forces the pastor to bury his comrades at gunpoint, rather than just leaving their corpses strewn all over as the pastor originally intended. After seeing his friends die, the boy throws his gun down in disgust, leaving it there. Then the boy mounts his horse, and rides off in the opposite direction of the cult.
[Probably to rejoin the Culpepper group on the cattle drive.]
References
External links
- The Culpepper Cattle Co. at the Internet Movie Database
- The Culpepper Cattle Co. at AllRovi
Films directed by Dick Richards 1970s The Culpepper Cattle Co. (1972) · Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins (1975) · Farewell, My Lovely (1975) · March or Die (1977)1980s Film and television media produced by Jerry Bruckheimer Films 1970sThe Culpepper Cattle Co. (1972) (assoc.) · Farewell, My Lovely (1975) · Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins (1975) (assoc.) · March or Die (1977)1980sDefiance (1980) · American Gigolo (1980) · Thief (1981) · Young Doctors in Love (1982) · Cat People (1982) · Flashdance (1983) · Beverly Hills Cop (1984) · Thief of Hearts (1984) · Top Gun (1986) · Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)1990sDays of Thunder (1990) · The Ref (1994) · Dangerous Minds (1995) · Crimson Tide (1995) · Bad Boys (1995) · The Rock (1996) · Con Air (1997) · Enemy of the State (1998) · Armageddon (1998)2000sRemember the Titans (2000) · Coyote Ugly (2000) · Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000) · Black Hawk Down (2001) · Pearl Harbor (2001) · Bad Company (2002) · Bad Boys II (2003) · Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) · Veronica Guerin (2003) · Kangaroo Jack (2003) · National Treasure (2004) · King Arthur (2004) · Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) · Déjà Vu (2006) · Glory Road (2006) · Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) · National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007) · G-Force (2009) · Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009)2010sPrince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010) · The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010) · Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)Television 1990s2000sCSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–present) · The Amazing Race (2001–present) · Without a Trace (2002–2009) · CSI: Miami (2002–present) · Skin (2003) · Cold Case (2003–2010) · Fearless (2004) (co-producer) · CSI: NY (2004–present) · Just Legal (2005–2006) · E-Ring (2005–2006) · Close to Home (2005–2007) · Justice (2006) · Modern Men (2006) · Eleventh Hour (2008–2009) · The Forgotten (2009–2010) · Dark Blue (2009–2010)2010sFilms - Producer unless otherwise noted; Television - Executive producer unless otherwise notedCategories:- American films
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- Films directed by Dick Richards
- 1970s Western films
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