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Valdez is Coming

The Run Down.

They laughed at Roberto Valdez and then ignored him. But when a dark-skinned man was holed up in a shack with a gun, they sent the part-time town constable to deal with the problem—and made sure he had no choice but to gun the fugitive down. Trouble was, Valdez killed an innocent man. And when he asked for justice—and some money for the dead man's woman—they beat Valdez and tied him to a cross. They were still laughing when Valdez came back. And then they began to die . . .

Published: 1970

Publisher: Fawcett Publications

Genre: Western

Adaptation: Film (1971)

A Leonard novel that still holds up as one of his very best.

— Washington Post Book World

Find Tanner, El Segundo And The 16 Others. And Tell Them Valdez Is Coming

Valdez is Coming

Adapted for film in 1971
Starring Burt Lancaster — Directed by Edwin Sherin
Screenplay by Roland Kibbee & David Rayfiel