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The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean *** (1972, Paul Newman, Ava Gardner, Victoria Principal, Anthony Perkins, Frank Soto, Ned Beatty, Jacqueline Bisset, Tab Hunter, Roddy McDowall) – Classic Movie Review 8724

Star Paul Newman and director John Huston are in easy-going mood in the likeable 1972 movie The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean, an amusing if unfocused Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid-type Western […]

Jul, 17

Rough Night in Jericho ** (1967, Dean Martin, Jean Simmons, George Peppard, John McIntire, Slim Pickens, Don Galloway) – Classic Movie Review 7430

Despite an interesting set-up and the strong efforts of the very good cast, director Arnold Laven’s 1967 Rough Night in Jericho is a tediously unsurprising Western that recycles the tired old stereotypes yet again, with […]

Aug, 11

A Time for Dying *** (1969, Richard Lapp, Anne Randall, Victor Jory, Audie Murphy, Peter Brocco) – Classic Movie Review 7289

Writer-director Budd Boetticher’s 1969 Western A Time for Dying unites him with producer-star Audie Murphy, who returns to a role he had taken as far back as 1950 in Kansas Raiders, that of the outlaw […]

Jul, 14

The Bounty Hunter *** (1954, Randolph Scott, Dolores Dorn, Marie Windsor, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Keyes, Dub Taylor, Howard Petrie, Harry Antrim, Paul Picerni) – Classic Movie Review 6,594

The modestly effective 1954 mystery Western film The Bounty Hunter stars Randolph Scott as the black-clad bounty hunter Jim Kipp, who chases three train-robbing outlaws and their loot. It is said to be the first […]

Jan, 23

Warlock **** (1959, Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda, Anthony Quinn, Dorothy Malone, Dolores Michaels) – Classic Movie Review 6494

Producer-director Edward Dmytryk’s ambitious and gripping 1959 adult Western has a strong cast headed by Henry Fonda as a famous cultured gun-slinging killer called Clay Blaisedell, who is hired as lawman by the cowardly citizens […]

Dec, 30

The Cheyenne Social Club *** (1970, James Stewart, Henry Fonda, Shirley Jones, Sue Anne Langdon) – Classic Movie Review 3944

James Stewart and Henry Fonda star as ageing wandering cowboys who inherit a whorehouse – the Cheyenne Social Club of the title – run by its feisty madame, Jenny (Shirley Jones). Prim and proper John […]

Jun, 28

Hour of the Gun **** (1967, James Garner, Jason Robards, Robert Ryan) – Classic Movie Review 2082

Director John Sturges revisits the same material as his 1957 classic Western Gunfight at the OK Corral when he directs this more historically accurate, but comparatively little known 1967 sequel of sorts. This first-rate movie boasts outstanding performances […]

Jan, 17

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