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The Big Land [Stampeded] ** (1957, Alan Ladd, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O’Brien) – Classic Movie Review 12,246

‘The Big Land (1957) was the big gamble… They staked their gold, their women, and their lives!’ Director Gordon Douglas’s 1957 Western film The Big Land [Stampeded] stars Alan Ladd, Virginia Mayo and Edmond O’Brien. […]

Jul, 23

Man of Conquest *** (1939, Richard Dix, Joan Fontaine, Gail Patrick, Edward Ellis, Victor Jory, Robert Barrat, George Hayes, Ralph Morgan, Robert Armstrong, C Henry Gordon) – Classic Movie Review 12,034

In the 1931 Western film Cimarron, Richard Dix plays Yancey Cravat, who is based on real-life lawyer and gunfighter Temple Houston – the son of Sam Houston, whom Dix plays here in Man of Conquest […]

Mar, 29

Moon Over Miami *** (1941, Don Ameche, Betty Grable, Robert Cummings, Carole Landis) – Classic Movie Review 11,337

‘POOR GIRL’S PARADISE! Two sisters storm the Miami Millionaire Colony’ in Moon Over Miami (1941). Director Walter Lang’s 1941 Moon Over Miami stars Betty Grable, who clicks with the public as Kay Latimer, a Texas […]

Jun, 23

Arrowhead *** (1953, Charlton Heston, Jack Palance, Katy Jurado, Brian Keith) – Classic Movie Review 10,591

Forceful acting from Charlton Heston, as a dashing but racist US Cavalry Chief of Scouts called Ed Bannon, and Jack Palance, as Toriano, the Apache chief he clashes with, enlivens writer-director Charles Marquis Warren’s rugged, […]

Nov, 27

The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez ***½ (1982, Edward James Olmos, James Gammon, Tom Bower) – Classic Movie Review 10,292

Edward James Olmos stars as Mexican-American farmer Gregorio Cortez, who kills a sheriff, evades capture and becomes a folk hero, in Robert M Young’s impressive, stirring 1982 Western film The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez.  Director […]

Sep, 11

Texas *** (1941, William Holden, Glenn Ford, Claire Trevor) – Classic Movie Review 10,267

Director George Marshall’s 1941 Western film Texas stars William Holden, Glenn Ford and Claire Trevor, its action intercut with a love triangle romance. The almost unrecognisably young and handsome Holden and Ford make their mark […]

Sep, 05

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

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