Good movie but grossly overrated

A brilliant film that helped define a genre

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

WINNETOU: THE LAST SHOT is another bright and breezy German western based on the books by Karl May. It's one of the later episodes in the series but the pace shows no sign of flagging and there's still plenty of well-shot action and energy to see it through. Stewart Granger doesn't appear, but former Tarzan actor Lex Barker fits the role of Old Shatterhand like a glove and is suitably square-jawed, while Pierre Bruce is an inimitable Winnetou. The story is about the usual attempted land grab, with a twist that sees Winnetou himself framed for murder.

"Winnetou - 3. Teil" or "Winnetou: The Last Shot" is, as the title already gives away, the third chapter from the Winnetou franchise and it had its 50th anniversary last year. As such, it is a German language movie that was produced by West Germany, Italy and Yugoslavia, like some of the other installments. The director is Harald Reinl, not yet an Oscar nominee at this point, but easily among Germany's most successful filmmaker. The ending in this film may be among the most emotional moments from the franchise, but the really sad thing is that the rest of the film, which means everything that happens in the 75 minutes before, does not work in a way that lets the ending appear really heartfelt and authentic. The stories and characters are as generic as in the previous (and later films) and Brice is once again very forgettable as the title character. I wish they could have cast somebody else. The talent is not there in terms of Brice, just the looks, and this description also fits this film (and the franchise in general). It is all about the costumes, landscapes and sets where the action takes place. But the actual plot and story fall very short just like the acting and writing in these films in general. They have not aged well at all by today's standards and compared to some other western films from back in the day, especially American ones. I do not recommend "Winnetou III". Not at all.

First time I've seen this film. I grew up on westerns and have been a life-long fan of these films. The list of TERRIBLE includes dialogue, acting, music, and story. I was watching this film just to be watching something. I quickly took notice when the horses were falling into camouflaged trenches, some with wagons following them in. In 1965 this should not have happened! It shook me to a scream. The film is over 48 years old but where was the safety for the animals? I'd burn every copy of this film. I'm still upset over those scenes. It was obvious most of those horses suffered severe injury or death. I will mark the director, actors, anyone involved with this so-called western off my list of "to watch" films and move them to my "do not bother" list. Unbelievable!!!!

This very romantic western-movie made nearly every woman cry, who saw the dying. But with fun (Ralf Wolter at his best) and well invented turns, the plot becomes not predictable. Here Pierre Brice and Lex Barker are positioned in a better way than in Winnetou 2; possible reason the director Reinl. After all one of the best Winnetous and with very good Music (Martin Boettcher).