Katherine Ross plays Etta Place, a wanted woman forced to spend a life hiding her true identity after the death of the Sundance Kid.
She’s spent the last year as Annie Martin, working as a clerk in a store, run by David Baker and his wife, in Arizona.
Baker’s real name is Dave Riley. He’s another former member of the Wild Bunch now trying to live a lawful life. That’s why he took Etta in.
One day, he spots two strangers in town, and he’s sure are lawmen. He warns Etta, who flees in the nick of time.
But he’s not so lucky and winds up thrown in jail for aiding a fugitive.
From that point on, Etta is determined to help the friend who helped her in her time of need.
She travels to Nogales, takes the name Bonnie Doris and rents a room in a boarding house run by another old friend, Lola Wilkins (Stella Stevens).
Dave Riley is being held in Nogales. Charlie Siringo, the man who’s been searching for Etta, is there too.
So is a train filled with guns and ammunition that Siringo’s supposed to get to government forces in Mexico.
Etta hatches a bold plan. Get an introduction to Pancho Villa with the help of Ben Latt, a former member of the Wild Bunch who now rides with the revolutionary leader.
Then help Villa steal that arms shipment in return for help freeing Dave Riley.
Katherine Ross as Etta Place, insisting on an introduction to Pancho Villa in Wanted The Sundance Woman (1976)
Hector Elizondo as Pancho Villa, agreeing not to shed blood for the time being in Wanted The Sundance Woman (1976)
Review:
The second of two 1970s TV movies based on what happened to Etta Place after the death of the Sundance Kid in Bolivia.
This is easily the better of the two and benefits from the presence of Ross in the role she played so memorably in 1969’s “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.”
It also benefits from a better and more action-packed plot than 1974’s Mrs. Sundance, which had former Bewitched star Elizabeth Montgomery in the lead role.
Stella Stevens gets a supporting role as the boarding house owner who just can’t resist helping Etta, even donning a mustache and bandit duds at one point.
There’s also a romantic subplot as Pancho, who considers himself irresistable to the ladies, tries to work his charm on Etta.
Both films feature a scene where Etta reminisces about her time with Sundance as strains of “Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head” play softly in the background.
Steve Forrest as Charlie Siringo, finding himself under Pancho Villa’s machete in Wanted The Sundance Woman (1976)
Redmond Gleeson as Ben Latt, Etta’s old friend who now rides with Pancho in Wanted The Sundance Woman (1976)
Directed by:
Lee Phillips
Cast:
Katherine Ross … Etta Place
Steve Forrest … Charlie Siringo
Stella Stevens … Lola Wilkins
Hector Elizondo … Pancho Villa
Michael Constantine … Dave Riley
Katherine Helmond … Mattie Riley
Warren Berlinger … Sheriff Alvin Lopenheimer
Hector Elias … Fierro
Redmond Gleeson … Ben Latt
Jorge Cervera Jr. … Maj. Vasquez
Runtime: 100 min.
Stella Stevens as Lola Wilkins, the old friend and boarding house owner who helps Etta in Wanted The Sundance Woman (1976)
Michael Constantine as Dave Riley, trying to convince Siringo he doesn’t know Etta in Wanted The Sundance Woman (1976)
Memorable line:
Townsman: “You really want to send that pretty girl to prison?”
Charlie Siringo: “Girl, dog, man or horse, a criminal is a criminal. It’s the law.”
Lola Watkins, teasing Etta when they’re reunited: “I used to hate you for being so beautiful, but then I figured that was disrespectful to the dead. Now that I know you’re alive, I hate you again.”
Lola Watkins, as Etta talks about her romance with Sundance: “If you don’t stop talking like that, I’m going to go out and lasso the first man I see. My luck, he’ll be the town bum.”
Etta Place: “Do you need guns and ammunition?”
Pancho Villa: “Of course. One does not fight a revolution with kisses.”
Charlie Siringo to Etta Place: “The only thing appealing about you is the vision of you in prison.”
Charlie Siringo: “He (Sundance) had to die sooner or later.”
Etta Place: “Later would have been better.”
Katherine Ross as Etta Place, coming face to face with Siringo for the first time in Wanted The Sundance Woman (1976)
Hector Elizaondo as Pancho Villa, obsessed with revolution and a lovely lady in Wanted The Sundance Woman (1976)
atherine Ross as Etta Place with Pancho Villa, after the attempted theft of an arms shipment in Wanted The Sundance Woman (1976)
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