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Vigilante Force *** (1976, Kris Kristofferson, Jan-Michael Vincent, Victoria Principal, Bernadette Peters, Brad Dexter, Judson Prat) – Classic Movie Review 6740
The Seventies low-budget American satirical action film Vigilante Force (1976) is written and directed by George Armitage, who says producer Gene Corman came to him with just the title and he did the rest. ‘It was a good shoot, […]
Hellfighters ** (1968, John Wayne, Katharine Ross, Jim Hutton, Vera Miles, Bruce Cabot, Jay C Flippen) – Classic Movie Review 6731
Director Andrew V McLaglen’s indifferent 1969 movie Hellfighters stars John Wayne as ace oil rig fire fighter Chance Buckman, who fights oil fires instead of Indians, in this desperately routine, seemingly carelessly handled, macho adventure yarn […]
Comes a Horseman ***½ (1978, Jane Fonda, Jason Robards, James Caan, George Grizzard, Richard Farnsworth, Jim Davis, Mark Harmon) – Classic Movie Review 6379
Director Alan J Pakula’s 1978 modern-day 1940s-set Western is impressive and relishable, even if it is not entirely successful. Jane Fonda and James Caan play Ella Connors and ‘Buck’ Athearn, Montana ranch-owners who fight wicked […]
Terror in a Texas Town **** (1958, Sterling Hayden, Sebastian Cabot, Carol Kelly) – Classic Movie Review 5983
Director Joseph H Lewis’s 1958 cult Western is tense, moody and unusual, with an effective Gothic climax in which Sterling Hayden’s star character George Hansen faces the six-gun-toting bad guy with a whaling harpoon. The portly […]
West of Shanghai [The Warlord] *** (1937, Boris Karloff, Beverly Roberts, Ricardo Cortez, Gordon Oliver) – Classic Movie Review 5628
Director John Farrow’s short (64 minute) 1937 war adventure drama stars Boris Karloff who gives the impression he is hugely enjoying himself cast, as of course he could not be today, as a Chinese warlord, […]
‘Neath the Arizona Skies **½ (1934, John Wayne, Sheila Terry, Shirley Jean Rickert, George ‘Gabby’ Hayes, Yakima Canutt) – Classic Movie Review 5488
Director Harry L Fraser’s 1934 Monogram movie is another low-budget formula Western, with John Wayne as Chris Morrell, the protector of a little half-Indian girl called Nina (Shirley Jean Rickert), who is heiress to rich […]
Boom Town *** (1940, Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, Claudette Colbert, Hedy Lamarr) – Classic Movie Review 5473
The MGM studio sent in its big star guns for producer Sam Zimbalist’s rousing and entertaining 1940 romantic adventure tale of oil-drilling folk. Clark Gable and Spencer Tracy play Big John McMasters and Square John Sand, wildcatter brawling […]