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Face to Face [Faccia a Faccia] **** (1967, Gian Maria Volontè, Tomas Milian, William Berger) – Classic Movie Review 10,895

Director Sergio Sollima’s 1967 Italian film Face to Face [Faccia a Faccia] stars Gian Maria Volontè, Tomas Milian and William Berger. The BBC’s Moviedrome show rescued this extremely interesting Sixties widescreen spaghetti Western from its […]

Feb, 08

Journey to Shiloh *** (1968, James Caan, Michael Sarrazin, Brenda Scott, Don Stroud, Paul Petersen, Michael Burns, Jan-Michael Vincent, Harrison Ford) – Classic Movie Review 8615

Journey to Shiloh was made by Universal Pictures, looking for Sixties youth appeal, but they threw it away as a support feature in May 1968. Yet, with its iconic actors, it retains its appeal, and […]

Jun, 20

Dark Command *** (1940, John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Walter Pidgeon, Roy Rogers) – Classic Movie Review 5519

A year after they starred together in Stagecoach, John Wayne and Claire Trevor are paired again for director Raoul Walsh’s 1940 Republic Western. Walter Pidgeon also stars as Will Cantrell who changes his profession from […]

May, 29

Horizons West **** (1952, Robert Ryan, Rock Hudson, James Arness, Julie Adams, Raymond Burr, John McIntire, Dennis Weaver) – Classic Movie Review 5397

‘Buckle up for LAWLESS RUTHLESS DEFIANCE!’ Director Budd Boetticher’s 1952 Western movie Horizons West is a superior item, with both story-telling and film-making on a high level. Robert Ryan and Rock Hudson star as Texan […]

May, 05

Rio Lobo *** (1970, John Wayne, Jorge Rivero, Jennifer O’Neill, Victor French, Christopher Mitchum, Mike Henry, Jim Davis, Bill Williams, David Huddleston) – Classic Movie Review 3171

‘Give ‘Em Hell, John.’ Director Howard Hawks’s appealing, easy-going late-entry 1970 Western stars John Wayne as Colonel Cord McNally, the ageing Union officer who teams up with former Confederates in pursuit of a bootlegger, the traitor […]

Dec, 19

The Searchers ***** (1956, John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Natalie Wood, Ward Bond) – Classic Movie Review 349

With a fine screenplay by Frank S Nugent based on the factually based novel by Alan Le May, this 1956 all-time great John Ford movie The Searchers is simply one of the best Westerns ever. […]

Nov, 02

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