
Wuchak
Bucolic Western with Clint Walker tangling with a satanic bruin
A man & his loved ones (Clint Walker, Martha Hyer, Don Haggerty, etc.) take over an inherited ranch in Wyoming, but are beset by a rogue grizzly, a mogul who wants the land (Keenan Wynn), his troublemaking sons (Ron Ely and Sammy Jackson) and a mysterious man from the past (Leo Gordon).
The Night of the Grizzly (1966) was reworked from an unused script of Walkers successful Western series Cheyenne with some fans of that show viewing it as the unofficial epilogue since Clints character often spoke of getting a ranch.
The tone is reminiscent of Shane, which also featured Ellen Corby and Nancy Kulp, but this is less cinematic, no doubt due to the lesser budget a...