The Bounty Man

Clint Walker was, of course, great, in a not very pleasant role. Most of the rest of the cast were good to great, even Margot Kidder.

But the music background was often stupid and intrusive, and the opening song, if it can be so dignified, was terrible.

During some tense or dramatic scenes, the performing group was giving us some old Irish tunes that were not appropriate, although at least some of them would have been very pretty in another setting.

One really irritating habit of so many movie scorers of this era was the use of sound effects. For example, during some scenes here, there is a sound like a rattlesnake, and a viewer might well expect one to pop up. It's the right country. But, no, it's just a very poor excuse for a music background.

Finally, the ending was very unsatisfactory. To me. Rather trite and obvious. Although some people will like it, including the writer. I guess.

But I give it an 8 because of Clint Walker, the scenery, and that it's a Western, even if only a TV movie.