The Return of Josey Wales is a 1986 American Western film directed by and starring Michael Parks.
[4] The Eastwood film had been based on the author's 1973 novel The Rebel Outlaw: Josey Wales.
[4] Eastwood had planned to adapt The Vengeance Trail of Josey Wales himself as a sequel to his original film, but his project was eventually cancelled.
[5] Friends of veteran gunfighter Josey Wales are killed in Mexico by supporters of the executed Mexican Emperor Maximilian.
Another friend, Pablo, rides to the ranch where Josey, thought to be dead by the United States government after the events of The Outlaw Josey Wales, lives quietly with his wife Laura Lee, their baby son Jamie, her grandmother, and Lone Wolf and his wife and son.