The Return of Josey Wales explained

The Return of Josey Wales
Director:Michael Parks
Based On:The Vengeance Trail of Josey Wales by Asa Earl Carter
Producer:Mickey Grant
Starring:Michael Parks
Rafael Campos
Everett Sifuentes
Suzie Humphreys
John William Galt
Charles McCoy
Mary Ellen Averett
Music:Rusty Thornhill
Cinematography:Brant A. Hughes
Editing:Ivan L. Bigley
Distributor:Magnum Entertainmento
Runtime:90 minutes
Country:United States
Language:English

The Return of Josey Wales is a 1986 American Western film directed by and starring Michael Parks.[1] [2] It is a sequel to Clint Eastwood's 1976 film The Outlaw Josey Wales and was adapted from The Vengeance Trail of Josey Wales, the second novel featuring the Josey Wales character, by Asa Earl Carter. The novel was published under Carter's pen name Forrest Carter, which he used to present a false persona involving a claim of Cherokee ancestry.

The Eastwood film had been based on the author's 1973 novel .[3] Eastwood had planned to adapt The Vengeance Trail of Josey Wales himself as a sequel to his original film, but his project was eventually cancelled.[4]

Synopsis

Friends of veteran gunfighter Josey Wales are killed in Mexico by supporters of the executed Mexican Emperor Maximilian. Another friend, Pablo, rides to the ranch where Josey, thought to be dead by the United States government after the events of The Outlaw Josey Wales, lives quietly with his wife Laura Lee, their baby son Jamie, her grandmother, and Lone Wolf and his wife and son. After learning of his friends' deaths, Wales travels to Mexico to confront a corrupt lawman and get another friend out of jail.

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Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20151209173905/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/41066/The-Return-of-Josey-Wales/overview The New York Times
  2. http://www.tvguide.com/movies/the-return-of-josey-wales/115801/ TV Guide
  3. Web site: Movie With a Murky Background: The Man Who Wrote the Book (Published 1997) . . https://web.archive.org/web/20230430143112/https://www.nytimes.com/1997/12/17/movies/movie-with-a-murky-background-the-man-who-wrote-the-book.html . April 30, 2023 . live .
  4. Book: Carter, Forrest. Josey Wales: Two Westerns. 2008. University of New Mexico Press. 9780826311689.