''The Return of Josey Wales'' is a 1986 American Western film directed by and starring

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It is a sequel to

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's 1976 film '' The Outlaw Josey Wales'' and was adapted from ''The Vengeance Trail of Josey Wales'', the 1976 second novel featuring the Josey Wales character, by Asa Earl Carter. The novel was published under Carter's

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, Forrest Carter, which he used to present a false persona involving a claim of

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ancestry. The Eastwood film had been based on the author's 1973

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'' The Rebel Outlaw: Josey Wales''.The New York Times
/ref> Eastwood had planned to adapt ''The Vengeance Trail of Josey Wales'' himself as a sequel to his original film, but his project was eventually cancelled.

Synopsis

Friends of veteran gunfighter Josey Wales are killed in

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by supporters of the executed Mexican Emperor Maximilian. Another friend, Pablo, rides to the ranch where Josey, thought to be dead by the United States government after events in The Outlaw Josey Wales, lives quietly with his wife Laura Lee, their baby son Jamie, her grandmother, and Lone Wolf and his wife and son. After learning of his friends' deaths, Wales travels to Mexico to confront a corrupt lawman and get another friend out of jail.

Cast

as Josey Wales *

Rafael Campos Rafael Campos (13 May 1936 – 9 July 1985) was an actor from the Dominican Republic whose credits include ''Blackboard Jungle'' (1955), '' Dino'' (1957), ''The Light in the Forest'' (1958), ''Slumber Party '57'' (1976), ''The Astro-Zombies'' (19 ...

as Chato * Everett Sifuentes as Capt. Jesus Escabedo * Suzie Humphreys as Rose * John Galt as Kelly * Charles McCoy as Charlie * Joe Kurtzo as Nacole * Paco Vela as Paco * Bob Magruder as Tenspot * Benita Faulkner as Enloe

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* (given a "one-star" rating of 4.2 out of 10 based on 168 user responses as of January 2022) * (with no recorded ratings as of January 2022) 1986 films 1986 directorial debut films 1986 Western (genre) films American sequel films American Western (genre) films Films based on works by Forrest Carter Films based on American novels 1980s English-language films 1980s American films {{1980s-US-film-stub