Jericho

12/9/2024

**_Indie Western delivers with good story and characters_** A traveler in southwest Texas (Leon Coffee) finds a wounded man suffering amnesia (Mark Valley). Although polar opposites, they develop a friendship as it is discovered that the latter is extraordinarily skilled with handguns and his past is linked to a robbery in Jericho, which resulted in the death of the town’s sheriff. “Jericho” (2000-2001) is obviously low-budget but proficient enough to make it worthwhile if you give it a chance. It gets better as it proceeds with the compelling relationship between the two protagonists, decent Western action, and an unexpected revelation in the last act. Country star Mark Collie has a notable part as Johnny O while Buck Taylor from TV’s Gunsmoke appears as Pap. There is a glaring p