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The McMasters: Directed by Alf Kjellin. With Burl Ives, Brock Peters, David Carradine, Nancy Kwan. When a black Civil War veteran becomes co-owner of the southern McMasters ranch, the incensed local Confederate veterans come gunning for him and his Indian wife.
The McMasters is a 1970 American Western film directed by Alf Kjellin and starring Burl Ives, Brock Peters, David Carradine and Nancy Kwan. Producer Monroe Sachson had made The Incident with Brock Peters and the two were looking around for another film to make together.
Set in the immediate post-Civil War era, The McMasters stars Brock Peters as a black Union soldier who finds he must figuratively fight the war all over again. Returning to his southern hometown, Peters quickly learns that nothing has really changed: he is a "free"man in name only.
A black Civil War veteran attains part-ownership of a ranch, inciting fury among locals, who violently oppose him and his Native American wife. Subtitles: English. Starring: Burl Ives Brock Peters David Carradine Nancy Kwan Jack Palance.
Neal McMasters, a rancher who reared Benjie from childhood, offers him a half-share of his ranch. No one will work for Benjie because he is black, and McMasters is almost forced to sell Benjie's land, but Benjie's kindness to an Indian, White Feather, is reciprocated when members of his tribe arrive to help with the roundup.
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When some cattle are stolen by the Indians, Russel and his cronies come to McMasters ranch and rape Robin and rough up old McMasters. When Benjie returns he manages to overpower the intruders, killing two of them, before driving the others away.
