The No Mercy Man
The No Mercy Man also known as Bad Man, Trained to Kill, and Trained to Kill USA is a 1973 action film with elements of a modernday Western starring Steve Sandor, Rockne Tarkington, Sid Haig, Ron Thompson, Mike Lane, and Richard X. Slattery. The film was cowritten and directed by Daniel Vance in his first and last feature film. The film was shot in ToddAO by Dean Cundey in his first feature film with Buddy Joe Hooker arranging the stunt work and acting as second unit director. Master Jerry Druckerman acted as the films martial arts technical advisor.
Prophet and his friends are carnies and itinerant criminals in Arizona. After robbing a liquor store Prophet and a friend evade the local Sheriff and stop at the ranch of Mark Hand, a decorated war veteran. Feeling suspicious, Mark tells Prophet he can help himself to water at a pump behind the house but covers him with a rifle. Prophets friend overpowers Mark from behind, ties him up and beats him prior to robbing Marks house. Attracted by the mass amount of firearms in Marks cabinet, they are distracted by Marks daughter Mary who Prophets friend attempts to rape. Mary wounds him with a knife and escapes in the desert coming across the car returning home driven by Mrs Hand and Marys brother Olie who has returned from the Vietnam War with decorations and mental illnesses. Prophet and his friend make their escape with Mark puzzled that Olie doesnt want to hunt the criminals, preferring to let the sheriff handle the matter.Though glad to be home, Olie grows more sullen and uncommunicative. Two of Olies war buddies visit the Hand ranch and reveal that Olie was their legendary commander of a 6man longrange reconnaissance patrol of United States Army Rangers, with one patrol taking them to Haiphong where they escaped in a Russian ship. Despite the supporting presence of his comrades in arms and loving family Olie grows more withdrawn and prone to flashbacks to the war where he nearly kills one his friends when the two engage in goodnatured sparring. ........
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