Lucky Luke: Ballad of the Daltons (1978) poster
1978 · western · comedy · comic-adaptation

Lucky Luke: Ballad of the Daltons

Directed by Morris, Pierre Watrin, René Goscinny, Henri Gruel1h 22m1978
  • cosy
  • kinetic
  • funny

The Dalton brothers are to receive their dead uncle's fortune if they eliminate the judge and jury responsible for his execution. And to accomplish this task, they must enlist the help of Lucky Luke.

Our read · Lucky Luke: Ballad of the Daltons (1978) reads as a cosy, breathless, inventive western · comedy · comic-adaptation entry — gentle in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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Daniel CeccaldiGeorges AtlasRoger CarelJacques BalutinXavier Depraz
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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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