The Cast:
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Josey Wales
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Clint Eastwood
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Lone Watie
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Chief Dan George
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Laura Lee
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Sondra Locke
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(Red Legs) Terrill
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Bill McKinney
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Fletcher
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John Vernon
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Granny (Grandma Sarah)
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Paula Trueman
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Jamie
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Sam Bottoms
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Little Moonlight
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Geraldine Keams
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Carpetbagger
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Woodrow Parfey
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Rose
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Joyce Jameson
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Cobb
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Sheb Wooley
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Ten Spot
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Royal Dano
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Kelly
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Matt Clarke
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Chato
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John Verros
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Ten Bears
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Will Sampson
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Carstairs
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William O'Connell
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Comanchero Leader
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John Quade
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Senator Lane
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Frank Schofield
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Shopkeeper
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Buck Kartalian
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Abe
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Len Lesser
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Lige
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Doug McGrath
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Bloody Bill Anderson
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John Russell
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Zukie Limmer
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Charles Tyner
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Yoke
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Bruce M Fisher
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Al
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John Mitchum
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First Bounty Hunter
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John Davis Chandler
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Second Bounty Hunter
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Tom Roy Lowe
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First Texas Ranger
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Clay Tanner
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Second Texas Ranger
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Robert F Hoy
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Grannie Hawkins
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Madeline T Holmes
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Union Army Sergeant
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Erik Holland
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Lemuel
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Dannu Green
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Josey's Son (uncredited)
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Kyle Eastwood
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Josey's Wife (uncredited)
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Cissy Wellman
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Credits
* A MALPASO Company Production - Released in 1976 by Warner Brothers
* Clint Eastwood also directed the movie, after taking over from Phillip Kaufman who also co-wrote the screenplay with Sonia Chernus.
* Produced by Robert Daley
* Music by Jerry Fielding (lyrics to Rose of Alabamy)
* Cinematography by Bruce Surtees
* Editor - Ferris Webster
* Production Design - Tambi Larsen
* Sound - Tex Rudloff & Bert Hallberg
* Set Decoration - Chuck Pierce
* Assistant Director - Jim Fargo
* Stunt Coordinator - Walter Scott
* 135 minutes
Fact File
* The movie is based on a book entitled "Gone to Texas" by Forrest Carter.
* There is a sequel, "The Return of Josey Wales", which does not have Clint Eastwood in it. (Although I have not seen it, I will assure you that it sucks).
* 56 people are killed in the movie, second of Clint Eastwood's movies to the 65 in "Where Eagles Dare"
Josey's Guns
* Josey's main guns are Colt Walkers, the magnum handgun of the day. These would have likely been captured from a Union cavalryman.
* His two backups, carried in shoulder holsters, appear to be Colt Navies.
* His rifle, only used twice, during the "Missouri Boat Ride" and "Comancheros" scenes, is some type of Sharps with a telescopic sight, which would have been the sniper rifle of the time.
Quotes from the film
(click for sound clip)
* "Well Mr. Carpetbagger...we got something in this territory, called a Missouri boatride."
* "Are you gonna pull those pistols, or whistle Dixie?"
* Buzzards got to eat, same as worms.
* Josey Wales : "Whenever I get to liking some one they ain't around long."
Chief : "I noticed when you get to disliking someone they around for long neither."
* How is it on stains?
* {Chief} How did you know which one to shoot first?
{Josey} Well the second one on the right, he had scared eyes, he wasn't going to draw first. The one on the left had a flap holster, and he wasn't in any hurry. Now the second one on the left, he had crazy eyes.
{Chief} What about the one on the right?
{Josey} I never paid him no mind. You were there, weren't you?
* Josey Wales, Mister chain blue lightnin'.
* Endeavor to perservere.
* {Josey} You a bounty hunter?
{Bounty Hunter} A man's got to do something for a living these days.
{Josey} Dying ain't much of a living, boy.
* "When things look bad, and it looks like you're not gonna make it, then you gotta get mean. I mean plumb mad dog mean. Cause if you lose your head and you give up, then you neither live nor win, that's just the way it is."