Kitsch — he and is kitsch 1865. The separatist war ended in favor of the center. But defeat did not eradicate the pride of the Southerners or their traditions. In the remote states of the Bible Belt, the old (rebel) administration still operates.
Temple Cordin is a large planter and part-time mayor of a small town in Texas. Of course, the proud former Confederate did not recognize the power of the “treaky Yankees.” Temple maintains his own army, heads the local town hall and personally administers justice to the apologists of the North. And all seems to be well with Temple, the only problem is the eldest son. Lon Cordin doesn’t share Temple’s separatist views, and he doesn’t want to be a resident of a resistance unit. Between the father and son growing conflict: verbal skirmishes smoothly flow into the fighting.
Like most Westerns of the 60s, Walking Heavy Steps lacks spectacle. A lot of low-content dialogue, but too few action episodes. And those that are not impressive: fights in the style of “swamp-hit-roll-around-table”, and shooting is too static.
This film can only appeal to fans of Westerns of the 60s. If you, the reader, when watching The Magnificent Seven (1960) or Major Dundee (1964) did not die of boredom, then Walking Heavy Steps is a movie for you.
6 out of 10
P.S. If anything, I'm not the hater of prehistoric Westerns. I liked Nevada Smith (1966). It's not my fault that most of the '60s action and adventurers are as depressing as the era they were filmed in.