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The Showdown *** (1950, Bill Elliott, Walter Brennan, Marie Windsor) – Classic Movie Review 9699

There is plenty of wild Western ‘man’s gotta do’ power in this sturdy story of a former sheriff, Shadrach Jones (Bill [William] Elliott), hunting his brother’s killer, who hoves up in a dodgy gambling saloon, in […]

May, 01

Cast a Long Shadow ** (1959, Audie Murphy, Terry Moore, John Dehner) – Classic Movie Review 9,080

The sturdy 1959 Western film Cast a Long Shadow stars Audie Murphy as boozing, gambling Matt Brown, who drifts back to his one-time ranch and fuels the fights of yesteryear. Director Thomas Carr’s 1959 black […]

Nov, 19

Cattle Drive *** (1951, Joel McCrea, Dean Stockwell, Chill Wills, Leon Ames, Bob Steele) – Classic Movie Review 8399

Director Kurt Neumann’s 1951 Universal International Western movie Cattle Drive may not be outstanding, but it is well crafted, entirely amiable and appealingly acted – Joel McCrea and Dean Stockwell are excellent – with outstanding […]

Apr, 26

Man in the Saddle *** (1951, Randolph Scott, Alexander Knox, Joan Leslie, Ellen Drew, Richard Rober, John Russell) – Classic Movie Review 6691

Director André De Toth churns out another in his notable series of Randolph Scott Western in 1951, and it is hardly a surprise that there is a lot of gunsmoke and death on the range. […]

Feb, 14

The Culpepper Cattle Co **** (1972, Gary Grimes, Billy Green Bush, Luke Askew, Bo Hopkins, Geoffrey Lewis) – Classic Movie Review 2547

Director Dick Richards’s rousing 1972 Western stars the 17-year-old Gary Grimes as young farm-hand cowboy Ben Mockridge who buys a $4 pistol and talks tough trail boss Frank Culpepper (Billy Green Bush) into hiring him […]

Jun, 01

City Slickers **** (1991, Billy Crystal, Jack Palance, Daniel Stern, Bruno Kirby) – Classic Movie Review 1725

Director Ron Underwood’s 1991 blockbuster comedy Western is great escapist fun and deservedly cleaned up at the box-office. Star Billy Crystal gives a sharp and confident comedy performance and penned the outline of the fresh-seeming […]

Oct, 01

Red River ***** (1948, John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Joanne Dru, Walter Brennan) – Classic Movie Review 275

Producer-director Howard Hawks’s mammoth epic 1948 classic Western gives John Wayne one of his best ever roles as Thomas ‘Tom’ Dunson, a tyrannical empire-building cattleman. He seems to relish kicking up the dust, playing opposite […]

Oct, 06

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