Chuka (film)

Chuka is a 1967 American western film starring Rod Taylor who also produced and worked on the screenplay. The film began a series of tough guy roles for Taylor. A story of honor, debt, and personal redemption, it was directed by Gordon Douglas and is based on 1961 novel by Richard Jessup, who also wrote the screenplay.

After finding the Arapahoes starving, a wandering gunman named Chuka Rod Taylor gives them the last of his food. For the children, he says. His gift impresses Hanu. Later, Chuka encounters a stagecoach with Mexican passengers Senora Veronica Kleitz Luciana Paluzzi and her niece Senorita Helena Chavez Victoria Vetri. The Arapahoes arrive, led by Hanu. Everyone is prepared for death, but Hanu recognizes Chuka and simply rides on.Later, Chuka finds himself stranded in an isolated U.S. Army fort with the coach and passengers. The forts secondincommand, Major Benson, asks the stage driver about the saddle tramp hanging around the stable and is told not to let him hear Benson calling him that, warning him That, Major, is a hired gun. Hes called Chuka and he is fast. Awful fast. ........

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