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The 1971 Western drama film J W Coop is a triumph for co-writer-producer-director Cliff Robertson, who also stars as the rodeo cowboy J W Coop who rides back to confront his kinfolks after a decade behind bars, […]
‘And Mamie rocks ’em with 7 red-hot reckless tunes!’ Director Howard W Koch’s 1959 Born Reckless stars Mamie Van Doren, Jeff Richards, Arthur Hunnicutt, Carol Ohmart, and Tom Duggan. Hunnicutt and Duggan play Cool Man and […]
A remarkable, outstanding performance by Richard Widmark heads producer-director Stuart Millar’s elegant, attractively low-key, laid-back 1972 contemporary Western film When the Legends Die. Robert Dozier’s screenplay is based on the novel by Hal Boland about […]
Young John Wayne sits tall in the saddle in director Robert N Bradbury’s 1934 The Man from Utah, another average, low-budget Thirties Western from the Duke. In the story and screenplay by Lindsley Parsons, Wayne […]
Director Burt Kennedy’s 1965 The Rounders is an appealingly relaxed, humorous-toned Western with Glenn Ford and Henry Fonda both on excellent form as Ben and Howdy, a fairly dim-seeming pair of aging present-day bronco busters who […]
Director Norman Taurog’s 1936 black and white Paramount Pictures fun-filled musical Western Rhythm on the Range stars Bing Crosby and Frances Farmer, along with Bob Burns and Martha Raye. Based on a story by Mervin […]
A heart-breakingly warm, empathetic people drama, about a head injured young rodeo cowboy and his horses, about a battle against the odds. The Rider (2017) is an incredibly warm, empathetic people drama, about a boy […]