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The Hanging Tree *** (1959, Gary Cooper, Maria Schell, Karl Malden, Ben Piazza, George C Scott, Karl Swenson, Virginia Gregg, John Dierkes, King Donovan) – Classic Movie Review 6824

Director Delmer Daves’s 1959 Western stars Gary Cooper as ‘Doc’ Frail, a Montana small town doctor who saves local small-time thief Rune (Ben Piazza) from a mob who want to hang him, but he demands the kid becomes […]

Mar, 19

Last of the Comanches *** (1953, Broderick Crawford, Barbara Hale, Lloyd Bridges, Johnny Stewart) – Classic Movie Review 6690

Director André De Toth brings adroit, way more than merely just adequate handling to a standard, unsurprising US Cavalry versus the Indians tale about a group of stranded soldiers facing a remorseless Native American raid […]

Feb, 14

Riding Shotgun *** (1954, Randolph Scott, Wayne Morris, Joan Weldon) – Classic Movie Review 6600

Director André de Toth’s solid and sturdy enough run-of-the-range 1954 Western is based on the 1942 short story Riding Solo by Kenneth Taylor Perkins, and stars Randolph Scott, Wayne Morris and Joan Weldon. Scott plays Larry […]

Jan, 25

The Grey Fox **** (1982, Richard Farnsworth, Jackie Burroughs, Ken Pogue) – Classic Movie Review 6376

A commanding performance by Richard Farnsworth, the former ace stuntman turned distinguished star character actor, adds fire and feeling to director Philip Borsos’s 1982 Canadian film account of real-life Old West highwayman Bill Miner, who […]

Dec, 09

The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw **½ (1958, Kenneth More, Jayne Mansfield, Robert Morley) – Classic Movie Review 6348

Director Raoul Walsh’s 1958 British paella Western packs in a lot of easy-going silly comedy fun from Jayne Mansfield as the buxom, pistol-packing blonde Kate, and Kenneth More as Jonathan Tibbs, the pistol-maker from England […]

Dec, 03

The Tall T **** (1957, Randolph Scott, Richard Boone, Maureen O’Sullivan, Arthur Hunnicutt, Skip Homeier) – Classic Movie Review 5697

‘ Taut! Torrid! Tremendous! T Is for Terror!’ Director Budd Boetticher’s tense, punchy, excellent 1957 cult Western The Tall T has a satisfying load of fist-fighting action and a rousing finale as rancher Pat Brennan (Randolph […]

Jul, 02

Tall in the Saddle *** (1944, John Wayne, Ella Raines, Ward Bond, George ‘Gabby’ Hayes, Audrey Long) – Classic Movie Review 5343

John Wayne is on fine form and so is Ella Raines in director Edwin L Marin’s bouncy, well-written and entertaining compact little 1944 Western with a straightforward thriller plot about a murdered ranch owner, the […]

Apr, 25

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