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Jim Brown fans, take note: two of his excur­sions into the Western genre will make their return to DVD in June via Shout! Factory’s 2-for-1 The Wild West Collection.  The first film is actu­ally Brown’s debut, Rio Conchos, and it pairs him with Stuart Whitman and Tony Franciosa.  The next film in the set pairs him with Fred Williamson: Take A Hard Ride, a sort of blaxploitation/spaghetti west­ern crossover that was directed by Euro-cult fan favorite Antonio Margheriti.  Read on for all the soul-infused sage­brush details…

THE WILD WEST COLLECTION


RIO CONCHOS

&

TAKE A HARD RIDE

AN ACTION-PACKED DOUBLE FEATURE STARRING

FOOTBALL GREAT JIM BROWN

CHARGING ONTO HOME ENTERTAINMENT SHELVES NATIONWIDE ON JUNE 14, 2011 FROM SHOUT! FACTORY

Shout! Factory has been releas­ing a string of mem­o­rable cult-classic film gems that deserve much atten­tion. On June 14, 2011, Shout! Factory will release two mem­o­rable clas­sic films star­ring foot­ball great Jim Brown, RIO CONCHOS, a film by Gordon Douglas and TAKE A HARD RIDE, a film by Antonio Margheriti in an action-packed dou­ble fea­ture DVD pre­sen­ta­tion.  Featuring anamor­phic widescreen trans­fer and insight­ful bonus con­tent, the RIO CONCHOS / TAKE A HARD RIDE dou­ble fea­ture DVD is a must-have for Western movie fans and col­lec­tors and is priced to own at $14.97.  This DVD is now avail­able to pre­order at Amazon.com, ShoutFactoryStore.com, and other online retailers.

Rio Conchos (1964)

In aveng­ing him­self against the Apache Indians who have mas­sa­cred his fam­ily, ex–Confederate Army offi­cer Lassiter (Richard Boone) recov­ers a stolen U.S. Army repeat­ing rifle and finds him­self arrested by the U.S. Army in con­nec­tion with the stolen firearm. Lassiter is offered his free­dom if he leads a small group into Mexico , con­sist­ing of an Army cap­tain (Stuart Whitman), a Buffalo Soldier sergeant (Jim Brown, in his film debut), a knife-wielding Mexican pris­oner (Tony Franciosa) and an Apache woman war­rior. After blast­ing their way through ban­dits and Apaches, they dis­cover a mega­lo­ma­ni­a­cal Confederate sol­dier (Edmond O’Brien) sell­ing guns to the Apaches.

TAKE A HARD RIDE (1975)

Take a tough-as-nails trail boss (Jim Brown, The Dirty Dozen), a smooth gam­bler (Fred Williamson, Black Caesar), a ruth­less bounty hunter (Lee Van Cleef, The Good, The Bad And The Ugly), a mute mar­tial arts mas­ter (Jim Kelly, Enter The Dragon), a des­per­ate pros­ti­tute (Catherine Spaak, Cat O’ Nine Tails) and hun­dreds of greed-crazed gun­men. Turn them all loose in a chase to the Mexican bor­der for a for­tune in gold, and you have the action-packed epic Take A Hard Ride. Hollywood leg­ends Dana Andrews (Laura), Barry Sullivan (The Bad And The Beautiful) and Harry Carey Jr. (The Searchers) costar.

TAKE A HARD RIDE:

Special Features:

  • Anamorphic Widescreen Transfer (1.78:1)
  • New Interviews With Stars Fred Williamson And Jim Kelly
  • Trailer
Rio Conchos / Take A Hard Ride [Double Feature]

Rio Conchos / Take A Hard Ride [Double Feature]

Rio Conchos / Take A Hard Ride — Double Feature      Rio Conchos: In aveng­ing him­self against the Apache Indians who have mas­sa­cred his fam­ily, ex-Confederate Army offi­cer Lassiter (Richard Boone) recov­ers a stolen U.S. Army repeat­ing rifle and finds him­self arrested by the U.S. Army in con­nec­tion with the stolen firearm. Lassiter is offered his free­dom if he leads a small group into Mexico, con­sist­ing of an Army cap­tain (Stuart Whitman), a Buffalo Soldier sergeant (Jim Brown, in his film debut), a knife-wielding Mexican pris­oner (Tony Franciosa) and an Apache woman war­rior. After blast­ing their way through ban­dits and Apaches, they dis­cover a mega­lo­ma­ni­a­cal Confederate sol­dier (Edmond O’Brien) sell­ing guns to the Apaches.Take A Hard Ride: Take a tough-as-nails trail boss (Jim Brown, The Dirty Dozen), a smooth gam­bler (Fred Williamson, Black Caesar), a ruth­less bounty hunter (Lee Van Cleef, The Good, The Bad And The Ugly), a mute mar­tial arts mas­ter (Jim Kelly, Enter The Dragon), a des­per­ate pros­ti­tute (Catherine Spaak, Cat O’ Nine Tails) and hun­dreds of greed-crazed gun­men. Turn them all loose in a chase to the Mexican bor­der for a for­tune in gold, and you have the action-packed epic Take A Hard Ride. Hollywood leg­ends Dana Andrews (Laura), Barry Sullivan (The Bad And The Beautiful) and Harry Carey Jr. (The Searchers) costar.