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Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid ****½ (1973, James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, Richard Jaeckel, Bob Dylan, Katy Jurado, Chill Wills, Slim Pickens, Jason Robards Jnr, Jack Elam, John Beck) – Classic Movie Review 2480

Director Sam Peckinpah’s 1973 retelling of the legend of Sheriff Pat Garrett (James Coburn) hunting down of his former friend and travelling buddy, the infamous outlaw Billy the Kid (Kris Kristofferson) makes for a fascinating […]

May, 13

Vera Cruz ***** (1954, Gary Cooper, Burt Lancaster, Denise Darcel, Cesar Romero, George Macready, Ernest Borgnine, Jack Elam) – Classic Movie Review 2479

Director Robert Aldrich’s great 1954 Western features a standoff between great stars Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster, representing the faces of good and evil, well, sort of. Cooper plays nice former soldier and gentleman Benjamin Trane, while Lancaster […]

May, 13

Kiss Me Deadly **** (1955, Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker, Paul Stewart, Wesley Addy) – Classic Movie Review 2209

Producer-director Robert Aldrich’s 1955 film noir crime movie stars Ralph Meeker, who is on scalding form as Mickey Spillane’s private detective hero Mike Hammer. This first-rate Aldrich thriller is a hugely imaginative, ahead-of-its-time study in paranoia. […]

Feb, 23

The Man from Laramie **** (1955, James Stewart, Arthur Kennedy, Donald Crisp, Cathy O’Donnell, Alex Nicol) – Classic Movie Review 2050

Director Anthony Mann’s superb 1955 Western is the fifth and final fruit of his splendid collaboration with James Stewart. Stewart plays The Man from Laramie, Will Lockhart, the stranger who rides into town looking for […]

Jan, 04

The Far Country **** (1954, James Stewart, Ruth Roman, Corinne Calvet, Walter Brennan, John McIntire, Steve Brodie) – Classic Movie Review 2048

Director Anthony Mann’s sterling 1954 Western is one of the finest results of his fruitful five-movie collaboration with James Stewart, who stars as strong-minded, self-obsessed adventurer Jeff Webster. It is notable as one of the few Westerns, […]

Jan, 04

Kismet *** (1955, Howard Keel, Ann Blyth, Dolores Gray, Vic Damone) – Classic Movie Review 1837

  Director Vicente Minnelli’s 1955 MGM musical version of the hit show, based on the old Edward Knoblock (non-musical play Kismet and Aleksandr Borodin’s music, is kitsch and luridly colourful in odd Eastmancolor. Howard Keel […]

Nov, 12

Gunfight at the OK Corral ***** (1957, Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming, Jo Van Fleet, John Ireland) – Classic Movie Review 1393

In one of their finest Westerns, Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas star together as marshal Wyatt Earp and gunslinger Doc Holliday for director John Sturges’s 1957 classic Gunfight at the OK Corral. It certainly deserves […]

Jul, 04

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