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The Rounders *** (1965, Glenn Ford, Henry Fonda, Sue Ane Langdon, Chill Wills, Edgar Buchanan) – Classic Movie Review 7627

Director Burt Kennedy’s 1965 The Rounders is an appealingly relaxed, humorous-toned Western with Glenn Ford and Henry Fonda both on excellent form as Ben and Howdy, a fairly dim-seeming pair of aging present-day bronco busters who […]

Oct, 01

Go West *** (1940, Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, John Carroll, Diana Lewis) – Classic Movie Review 7574

The Marx Brothers go forth for director Edward Buzzell’s 1940 Go West, their fourth movie at MGM studios. Go West is a rickety cowboy comedy movie which sees their zaniness on remote control, but the […]

Sep, 14

The Cowboy and the Lady *** (1938, Gary Cooper, Merle Oberon, Patsy Kelly, Walter Brennan, Fuzzy Knight, Henry Kolker, Harry Davenport) – Classic Movie Review 7156

Merle Oberon stars as politician’s daughter Mary Smith, a scatty, lonely socialite who masquerades as a maid and falls for lean, outspoken rodeo rider Stretch (Gary Cooper), unaware of her identity, in director H C Potter’s light-hearted, featherweight […]

Jun, 12

Support Your Local Gunfighter *** (1971, James Garner, Suzanne Pleshette, Joan Blondell, Jack Elam, Chuck Connors, Harry Morgan, John Dehner, Henry Jones, Marie Windsor) – Classic Movie Review 6535

‘The story of a man who took the law into his own finger!’ James Garner’s smooth rogue conman hero Latigo Smith is mistaken for a well-known hired gunman when he stops off at a small […]

Jan, 08

Hearts of the West **** (1975, Jeff Bridges, Andy Griffith, Donald Pleasence, Blythe Danner, Alan Arkin) – Classic Movie Review 5393

Director Howard Zieff’s amusing, delightful and intelligent 1975 comedy explores the vanished world of cheap B-movie Hollywood Westerns with great with sympathy and charm, and a lovely warm-hearted sense of humour. The young Jeff Bridges […]

May, 05

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