Hannie Caulder is a western released back during the early-seventies that stars Raquel Welch as the title character who seeks revenge after her husband is brutally murdered and she is savagely gang-raped by three ruthless brothers (the lead brother played by Ernest Borgnine). Hannie seeks the help of an aging gunfighter she meets up with played by Robert Culp who reluctantly agrees to teach her how to properly shoot a gun while, at the same time, he tries to discourage her from her vengeance quest. Then, when one of the brothers ends up killing Robert's character whom Hannie has grown attached, Caulder unleashes holy hell on the three brothers until (spoiler alert!) they're all gunned down one-by-one by her, the last one being killed is Ernest Borgnine's character. Hannie Caulder isn't your cookie-cutter Western (John Wayne, are you listening?) and also shows that Raquel Welch is not so underrated an actress as some critics have accused her of being. The best line in the movie comes from Raquel as, after she collects the bounty on one of the brothers she's just gunned down, she starts to walk away when the sheriff says to her, "You're a hard woman, Hannie Caulder." Then Raquel stops and turns back to the sheriff and says, "There are no hard women, sheriff. Just weak men!" You go, girl!
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