Cattle baron John Chisum joins forces with Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett to fight the Lincoln County Land War in the New Mexico Territory of 1878.
Chisum has generally received positive reviews.
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Chisum was released in 1970 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 67 reviews, giving Chisum (1970) an average rating of 69%.
Overall, film critics marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 87%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 80%.
With a score of 69%, Chisum is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1970, which stands at 60%.
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