Quentin Tarantino Wasn't Impressed by This Forgotten Western Officially Streaming on Prime Video

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Published Oct 11, 2026, 4:20 AM EDT

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Quentin Tarantino's love for Westerns goes beyond his work as a filmmaker; he doesn't miss a chance to talk about the Westerns he loves and hates, even sharing ranked lists of his favorites for fans to discover. Being as outspoken as he is, Tarantino often makes uncensored remarks about even his contemporaries — Hollywood will never forget his unprompted attack on Paul Dano — but for the most part, his commentary remains focused on the films he was raised on. While his fans will likely be aware of his admiration for Sergio Leone and Sergio Corbucci, Tarantino has also spoken about some more obscure work. One such film was recently added to the Prime Video library for a broader audience to check out.

The movie in question was released theatrically in 1966 — incidentally, this was also the year of release of Tarantino's all-time favorite Western, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. It starred James Garner and Sidney Poitier and revolved around intersecting narrative threads that told familiar Western stories of revenge and forbidden love. The movie became notable for its raw depiction of violence and for borrowing the stylized trappings of spaghetti Westerns — neither was common in American movies of that era. While the film doesn't have an official Rotten Tomatoes score, the reviews at the time were decidedly mixed. The New York Times' review described the movie as "raw and ugly," while The New York Daily News' review called it a "better than the average disaster."

Here's Where You Can Watch the Spaghetti Western-Inspired Movie

We're talking about Duel at Diablo, directed by Ralph Nelson. The movie's themes of race relations and graphic violence, not to mention Poitier's starring role and the movie's spaghetti Western influences, perhaps rubbed off on Tarantino when he was conceiving his 2012 blockbuster Django Unchained. However, Tarantino doesn't seem to be the biggest fan of the movie, voicing his opinion about it via the character of Rick Dalton in the Once Upon a Time in Hollywood novel. The excerpt goes something like this: "The book is called Ride a Wild Bronc, and it's written by Marvin H. Albert, who wrote a pretty good book about the Apache Wars that Rick liked, called Apache Rising, which was turned into a pretty mediocre movie with James Garner and Sidney Poitier, titled Duel at Diablo." Dalton's fictional career, of course, would have overlapped with Garner's run as a Western TV star. Now's your chance to watch Duel at Diablo, which is streaming on Prime Video this month. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates, and gaze in awe at the film's stunning poster down below.