Nichols (1971)★ 7.7/10
- Western
Directed by: Frank Pierson, Ivan Dixon, William Wiard, Paul Bogart, Peter Tewksbury
Written by: Frank Pierson, Juanita Bartlett, Shimon Wincelberg, Bud Freeman, Buck Houghton
In 1914, Nichols, a soldier, sick of killing, returns to his Arizona hometown, and is serving as Sheriff by the Ketcham clan, who run the area. Nichols, who doesn't believe in toting a gun, scoots around via a Harley-Davidson motorcycle.
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Cast & crew
James GarnerSheriff Frank Nichols
Margot KidderRuth
Neva PattersonMa Ketcham
John BeckKetcham
Stuart MargolinMitch
Ray PourchotPorkyLuis DelgadoTownsmanSteve ChambersTownsmanChester GrimesTownsmanJohn HardingSalterJames Lee ReevesFearless
Barbara CollentineCharlotte
M. Emmet WalshGabe McCutcheon
Richard BullThatcher
Stefan GieraschDoc Bernstein
William ChristopherNilesJames BeachBob Sanders
Paul HamptonJohnson
Wayne HeffleyCavalry Major
William PatersonPerkins
Buck KartalianSamuelE.A. SirianniGillman
Alice GhostleyBertha
Charles McGrawHansen
Val AveryJasper
John QuadeScully One
Robert GistGulleyJack GarnerVan Vechten
Rayford BarnesAxel
John CrawfordMarshall
Ted GehringHenryJoe BrownMinisterJoanie LarsonChoir Mistress
Chuck HicksSteve
E.J. AndréEd HargutDick RyalCustomer
Richard StahlDocChuy FrancoAlfredo
Florence LakeMrs. PrineJerry HarperA Bettor
Harry HarveyIrate Citizen
Harvey ParryBrawler
Tom SkerrittCharley Doyle
Alan OppenheimerAverrel
Ricardo MontalbanColonel Diego Alcazar
Joyce Van PattenArletta McGreevy
Ralph WaiteSam Burton
Ray DantonJuan
Steve ForrestSam Yeager
Kristoffer TaboriFrankie
Catlin AdamsMabel Zimmerman
Michael TolanFlying Fox
Med FloryCyrus
Jack ElamMarcus A.F. Baxter
Strother MartinZachariah
Anthony ZerbeQuinn
Paul WinfieldEddie Joe
Bo HopkinsKansas
Allyn Ann McLerieMaggie
Noam PitlikJack Stone
Lou WagnerMcKeever
Ray YoungErnest Hagenstad
John RubinsteinFred Buckerman
Gene EvansDurand
Gerald S. O'LoughlinRoarke
Don KeeferBurt LincolnJesse VintCharlie Springer
Roy JensonBull
James GreeneLou Feeny
Clifford DavidBillings
Armand AlzamoraRaoul
Dabbs GreerHarrigan
Marge RedmondJuanita
H.B. HaggertyGentleman George
Kelly ThordsenJacob Klaus
Warren VandersPel De Carlo
Barry CahillLogan
Jennifer GanGloriaGale DixonLucinda
Walter BurkeHartford
Susan TyrrellCaralee
William BramleyHemmings
Michael BaseleonWilly BrownfurBill VintSpringer Brother
John DaheimRailroad DetectiveRay ReinhardtDuffield
Fran RyanMinnie Dowd
Jonathan GoldsmithRalph
Ramon BieriCutler
Marc LawrenceProuty
Eric LaneuvilleStove Boy
Ed FlandersHarlan B. Flanders
Liam DunnFingers
Karl LukasHarry CarmichaelIler RasmussenHector Klaus
Alan VintSpringer Brother
Henry BeckmanMurphy
Don Pedro ColleyJoe Cramm
Judson PrattTrencher
Richard YniguezCasadoTracy BogartSusan
Vincent Van PattenGrover
Edward FaulknerRandall
Eve BruceHazelJames DarisCurtiss
Jay VarelaSin LinguaOrwin C. HarveyRayDrew MichaelsCitizen
Britt LeachClerk
Robert F. SimonSlade
Hoke HowellErnie
Jerry SummersFred
Harry HickoxCommanding Officer - Sam
Lou FrizzellWarden
Dort ClarkSheriff
Russ McCubbinDonniePriscilla GarciaJuanitaMarie GahvaMaria
Charles DierkopNose
Lillian BronsonOld Lady
Owen BushConductorJoe BillingsThe Stranger
Rance HowardDeputy
Scatman CrothersJack
Sandy Brown WyethAlice
Eddie QuillanAgent
Poupée BocarCarmen
Ralph MontgomerySalesman JohnsonClaudio MartínezJuantioAna Maria MajalcaMariaEdith LeslieBartenderJohn Morgan EvansActor
Jester HairstonMelville
Dennis RobertsonKenneth
Frederic DownsSam
Paul BrinegarGaffer
Nora MarloweMrs. Goudge
Regis CordicTyler
Douglas DirksonAide to Cutler
Napoleon WhitingPreacherDuncan McLeodScrody
Vernon WeddleReporterRobert GibbonsDentist
Olan SouleMr. Goudge
Charles KnappTurpin
Harvey JohnsonSamuel BookmanHenry AllinDoctorDana DerfusBlacksmith
Frank BonnerGruber
John J. FoxMan In Bar
Ralph JamesKitchen BossToby AndersonAdjutant
Gregg PalmerBurtJohn RaynerTedescoPatrick CampbellTipsy TowneHoward DaytonMan In BarBennie E. DobbinsBenDon NewcombeGeorge Henry
Kay E. KuterJensen
Herman PoppeGeorgeBarry O'HaraBartenderSam JavisMan In Bar
Art PassarellaUmpire
Larry GelmanCronieJohn BunzelMelvinKenny EndosoJuanSid KaneSenior CitizenJohn TaylorHarleighRichard 'Dub' WrightJo BobRaphael LopezChief
Moosie DrierBrotherSarah FankbonerFanDanny SandsTownsman (uncredited)George TracyTownsman (uncredited)
Carol HenryTownsman (uncredited)
Gloria DixonTownswoman (uncredited)Bob FolkersonTownsman (uncredited)John MarlinTownsman (uncredited)
Max WagnerTownsman (uncredited)John QuijadaTownsman (uncredited)Chalky WilliamsTownsman (uncredited)
Michael JeffersTownsman (uncredited)Jack BerleTownsman (uncredited)
Joe PineTownsman (uncredited)Victor RomitoTownsman (uncredited)Jaye DurkusActor (uncredited)
Joe PhillipsTownsman (uncredited)Daniel NunezTownsman (uncredited)Mel GoldTownsman (uncredited)Tex LambertGuard (uncredited)
Fred FisherTownsman (uncredited)
Bob HarksAide (uncredited)
Chester HayesTownsman (uncredited)
Martin StraderTownsman (uncredited)
Clark RossBartender (uncredited)Ross DollarhideTownsman (uncredited)
Stephen BurnetteCowhand (uncredited)
Regis PartonBrawler (uncredited)
Rod McGaughyTownsman (uncredited)Eddie GarrettTownsman (uncredited)Loren BrownTownsman (uncredited)Charles FogelTownsman (uncredited)
Don AndersonMurphy (uncredited)
Al SilvaniTownsman (uncredited)
Fred CarsonFred (uncredited)
Jesse WayneScully Two (uncredited)Sally YarnellTownswoman (uncredited)Boyd 'Red' MorganBrawler (uncredited)
Forest BurnsCowhand (uncredited)Jimmie BoothTownsman (uncredited)
John HudkinsGuard (uncredited)Lars HensenTownsman (uncredited)Sid TroyTownsman (uncredited)Chick SheridanShotgun Rider (uncredited)Mabel SmaneyTownswoman (uncredited)Edward Coch Jr.Revolutionary (uncredited)Jack WilliamsTownsman (uncredited)George GoldenRobbins (uncredited)Denny ArnoldActor (uncredited)Margaret BaconPassenger (uncredited)George WashburnTownsman (uncredited)Mario ArteagaRevolutionary (uncredited)Patricia MarloweTownswoman (uncredited)Bart GreeneTownsman (uncredited)
Richard FarnsworthTrooper (uncredited)Benjie BancroftTownsman (uncredited)
Al BainTownsman (uncredited)
H.W. GimTownsman (uncredited)
Ron NymanDeputy (uncredited)
Nick BorganiTownsman (uncredited)Raven Grey EagleTrooper (uncredited)
Jerry BrownTownsman (uncredited)
Ken DuMainTownsman (uncredited)Walter SmithTownsman (uncredited)
Ted ChristyTownsman (uncredited)Peter EastmanTownsman (uncredited)Bobby GilbertTownsman (uncredited)Chester JonesMourner (uncredited)
Johnny KernTownsman (uncredited)Gary BohnGas Station Owner (uncredited)Ralph GambinaCornerman (uncredited)
Kevin G. TraceyTownsman (uncredited)Al BeaudineTownsman (uncredited)Frank GreenTownsman (uncredited)
Vic ChristyTownsman (uncredited)