

The Outlaw Josey Wales
...an army of one.
After avenging his family's brutal murder, Wales is pursued by a pack of soldiers. He prefers to travel alone, but ragtag outcasts are drawn to him - and Wales can't bring himself to leave them unprotected.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $3.7M
- Box office
- $31.8M
- Language
- Spanish
- showdown
- loss of loved one
- texas
- settler
- native american
- revenge
- gun battle
- surrender
- indian attack
- massacre survivor
- comanche
- american civil war
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United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereSun Valley Center for the Arts Conference, Ketchum26 Jun 1976
- TheatricalPGLos Angeles, California14 Jul 1976
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical157 Aug 1976
CanadaCA
- Theatrical30 Jun 1976
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical1513 Sept 1976
FranceFR
- TheatricalU30 Sept 1976
- TVCanal+ Grand Écran27 Dec 2025
GermanyDE
- Theatrical125 Nov 1976
GreeceGR
- Theatrical164 Nov 1976
IrelandIE
- Theatrical1810 Sept 1976
ItalyIT
- Theatrical10 Sept 1976
JapanJP
- Theatrical7 Aug 1976
NetherlandsNL
- Physical12DVD13 Jun 2001
- TV12V821 Jun 2002
PortugalPT
- TheatricalM/12Barcelos28 Jan 1978
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The Outlaw Josey Wales was released on 30 June 1976.
Audience reviews
4- J10/10
John Chard
8/4/2018
I guess we all died a little in that damned war. The Outlaw Josey Wales is directed by Clint Eastwood, who also stars as Wales, and is adapted by Sonia Chernus & Phil Kaufman from the novel "The Rebel Outlaw: Josey Wales" written by Forrest Carter. Joining Eastwood in the cast are Chief Dan George, Sondra Locke, Bill McKinney, John Vernon & Paula Trueman. Music is by Jerry Fielding and Bruce Surtees photographs on…
- W9/10
Wuchak
6/28/2020
**_One of the Great Westerns_** The Civil War is over and the remaining rebels in Missouri are encouraged to turn over their weapons and pledge loyalty to the Union, but Josey Wales (Clint Eastwood) hold out and thus a generous reward is put on his head. Josey heads to West Texas and maybe Mexico to find sanctuary, but will he make it alive? The cast includes the likes of Bill McKinney, John Vernon, Sondra Locke, …
- R8/10
r96sk
1/28/2022
A little overlong, though <em>'The Outlaw Josey Wales'</em> is an entertaining watch - with cool action sequences and a pleasing ending. You have a strong performance from Clint Eastwood and good support showings from the likes of Chief Dan George and John Vernon. The plot is interesting and the road-esque nature of it keeps it moving well. I do think they could've trimmed the run time slightly, while Eastwood's c…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
12/31/2025
Believe it or not, this is a western film starring a Clint Eastwood who actually has some dialogue! He’s the eponymous farmer who has so far avoided the worst of the American Civil War only for his family to be brutally slaughtered by some marauding Yankees. Determined on retribution, he joins up with vigilante "Fletcher” (John Vernon) and his gang but yet more betrayal sees him on his own, traversing the country loo…
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