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The Showdown *** (1950, Wild Bill Elliott, Walter Brennan, Marie Windsor) – Classic Movie Review 9,699

There is plenty of wild West power in Republic Pictures’ 1950 Western film The Showdown, a sturdy story of a former sheriff (Wild Bill Elliott), hunting his brother’s killer. There is plenty of wild Western […]

May, 01

Cast a Long Shadow ** (1959, Audie Murphy, Terry Moore, John Dehner) – Classic Movie Review 9,080

The sturdy 1959 Western film Cast a Long Shadow stars Audie Murphy as boozing, gambling Matt Brown, who drifts back to his one-time ranch and fuels the fights of yesteryear. Director Thomas Carr’s 1959 black […]

Nov, 19

Cattle Drive *** (1951, Joel McCrea, Dean Stockwell, Chill Wills, Leon Ames, Bob Steele) – Classic Movie Review 8399

Director Kurt Neumann’s 1951 Universal International Western movie Cattle Drive may not be outstanding, but it is well crafted, entirely amiable and appealingly acted – Joel McCrea and Dean Stockwell are excellent – with outstanding […]

Apr, 26

Man in the Saddle *** (1951, Randolph Scott, Alexander Knox, Joan Leslie, Ellen Drew, Richard Rober, John Russell) – Classic Movie Review 6,691

Andre de Toth’s gunsmoke-filled 1951 American Technicolor Western film Man in the Saddle stars Randolph Scott and is based on the 1938 novel by Ernest Haycox. Director Andre De Toth churns out another in his notable series of […]

Feb, 14

The Culpepper Cattle Co **** (1972, Gary Grimes, Billy Green Bush, Luke Askew, Bo Hopkins, Geoffrey Lewis) – Classic Movie Review 2547

Director Dick Richards’s rousing 1972 Western stars the 17-year-old Gary Grimes as young farm-hand cowboy Ben Mockridge who buys a $4 pistol and talks tough trail boss Frank Culpepper (Billy Green Bush) into hiring him […]

Jun, 01

City Slickers **** (1991, Billy Crystal, Jack Palance, Daniel Stern, Bruno Kirby) – Classic Movie Review 1725

Director Ron Underwood’s 1991 blockbuster comedy Western is great escapist fun and deservedly cleaned up at the box-office. Star Billy Crystal gives a sharp and confident comedy performance and penned the outline of the fresh-seeming […]

Oct, 01

Red River ***** (1948, John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Joanne Dru, Walter Brennan) – Classic Movie Review 275

Producer-director Howard Hawks’s mammoth epic 1948 classic Western gives John Wayne one of his best ever roles as Thomas ‘Tom’ Dunson, a tyrannical empire-building cattleman. He seems to relish kicking up the dust, playing opposite […]

Oct, 06

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