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The Guns of Fort Petticoat *** (1957, Audie Murphy, Kathryn Grant, Hope Emerson) – Classic Movie Review 9712

Director George Marshall’s 1957 Western film The Guns of Fort Petticoat stars Audie Murphy as a Texan Union Army deserter, Lieutenant Frank Hewitt, who trains a band of homesteader wives at an old fort to defend […]

May, 04

Only the Valiant *** (1951, Gregory Peck, Ward Bond, Gig Young, Lon Chaney Jr, Barbara Payton, Neville Brand, Jeff Corey, Warner Anderson, Steve Brodie) – Classic Movie Review 6952

‘THEY WERE SIX AND THEY FOUGHT LIKE SIX HUNDRED!’ Director Gordon Douglas’s 1950 Western is based on the 1943 novel by Charles Marquis Warren and is basically a dirty-half-dozen, with plenty of manly appeal. Gregory Peck […]

Apr, 21

The Covered Wagon ***** (1923, Ernest Torrence, Tully Marshall, J Warren Kerrigan, Lois Wilson, Alan Hale Sr) – Classic Movie Review 6834

Producer-director James Cruze’s trail-blazing 1923 silent Western is faded but important historically and it still impresses. Cruze’s major movie is one of the first American epics and notable for elevating the Western from popular potboiler to important epic. […]

Mar, 20

The Law and Jake Wade *** (1958, Robert Taylor, Richard Widmark, Patricia Owens, Robert Middleton, Henry Silva) – Classic Movie Review 6255

The MGM studio employ their fading but still busy star Robert Taylor to strong effect in director John Sturges’s very good 1958 traditional Western The Law and Jake Wade. That is mainly a credit to […]

Nov, 15

River of No Return **** (1954, Robert Mitchum, Marilyn Monroe, Rory Calhoun, Tommy Rettig) – Classic Movie Review 2546

Otto Preminger’s popular and enjoyable 1954 classic Western film River of No Return has the huge advantage of starring Robert Mitchum and Marilyn Monroe, who strike quite a few sparks.  Director Otto Preminger’s popular and […]

May, 31

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