right side of the law. Cast Production The film was produced by Euan Lloyd, who had made a film of Louis L'Amour's novel, Shalako. In June 1968 he announced he had bought the screen rights to another L'Amour novel, Catlow. The script was written by Scott Finch who had written Shalako. In June 1970, L'Amour said the film would be the first of five made from his novels starring Stephen Boyd, the others being Down the Long Hills, Fint, Radigan, and Hanging Woman Creek. Raising the finance for Shalako had been complicated but Lloyd managed to get the entire budget for Catlow from MGM. The film was to have been directed by Peter Hunt. However Sam Wanamaker ended up doing the job. In March 1971 Yul Brynner signed to star. Within the month Richard Crenna, Leonard Nimoy and David Ladd had been cast. Filming took place in Almería, Spain in August 1971. "This picture has a sense of humour but that's not the same as being a comedy Western," said Wanamaker. Reception Lloyd ended up producing The Man Called Noon, also based on a L'Amour novel. He bought the rights to ten more for $1 million. However he produced no further L'Amour adaptations. Quentin Tarantino called it "along with Burt Kennedy’s Dirty Dingus Magee & Andrew V. McLaglen’s Something Big... my nomination for worst studio western of the seventies" in which Brynner gives "the worst performance of his career." It grossed $159,500 in its first week from 29 theaters, finishing seventh for the week at the box office in the United States and Canada. See also List of American films of 1971 References External links 1971 films 1970s Western (genre) comedy films American Western (genre) comedy films British Western (genre) comedy films Films based on American novels Films based on Western (genre) novels Films directed by Sam Wanamaker Films scored by Roy Budd Films set in Mexico Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films Films based on works by Louis L'Amour Films shot in Almería 1971 comedy films 1970s English-language films 1970s American films 1970s British films