richard harris and who have appear in quite a few western forbeing from across the atlantic and tackle another role with gusto inthis hard hit 1973 film . harris be kilpatrick and a pacifist sheriff in a texas town . rod taylorand his gang rob the bank and kill a few people and and get set to ride offwith the loot . harris block their departure with a system the townhas rig up so a not to kill anyone and just capture them . he doesnot believe in gun and and only shoot to injure and scare and not kill . taylor and the gang kill harris wife and child and and ride away and withharris on their trail . he do not let that pesky mexican borderdeter him either and a he rid on through and meet anotherlawman a lot like him . al lettieri play gutierrez and who be also after taylor . however and gutierrez pacifism come to annoy the viewer as well a harris . the mexican sheriff be insistent on let justice prevail and alwayslooking for witness and and never just go after and kill thebloodthirsty gang . harris begin to catch up to the gang and and dispatch them one byone and until he finally be down to two . he be also on his last nerve and ashe finally give in to his gun quick justice . the climactic shootoutin the convent and where harris find himself on the same level astaylor and be very move . despite the ( pg ) rating and this be one violent film . once the viewerovercomes this and they be definitely in for a wild ride . harris be greatas the vengeful sheriff who will not die and and bring the sameintensity to this that he show in the a man call horse series . rod taylor go down in western film history a one of themeanest villain on celluloid . one great scene have him describehow he murder his father and a even his jaded gang look at himin horror . in the outlaw gang william smith and who seem to have be ineverything and you will recognize him the minute you see him and do well a the seemingly retarded schoolboy . neville brand isgood a choo choo and who earn that nickname because he hasa section of rail where his hand be . paul benjamin be great asjacob and a very intelligent black man who use his wit to outsmartthe rest of the gang and but can not get past how others feel about hiscolor . a mention before and the cast be great except for the character ofgutierrez . eventually and he become a thorn in the side of harris andthe audience . he never seem to get what harris be try todo and and adhere so closely to the law that he become annoy . his final murderous act be more frustrating than noble . shear direction be okay and once in a while i would notice theshadow of a camera in an outdoor scene . his decision to use stillshots from the movie in the opening credit might have peoplechecking the pause button on their vcr and and i be not sure why hedid this . his action scene be good and with good stuntwork and butagain and be forewarn of the violence and especially directed towardchildren . despite an equally awkward title and the deadly tracker be goodadult western fare that probably should have receive more praisethan it have especially for taylor and harris . i highly recommend it . this be rat ( pg ) but contain strong physical violence and stronggun violence and brief sexual violence and gore and strong profanity and very brieffemale nudity and and sexual reference . .