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The Oklahoma Kid *** (1939, James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, Rosemary Lane) – Classic Movie Review 3665

Director Lloyd Bacon’s 1939 Western features players boldly cast but all too evidently off their usual underworld patch. James Cagney is the notorious ‘good’ outlaw, Jim Kincaid, aka The Oklahoma Kid, who seeks to avenge […]

May, 06

Jane Got a Gun **½ (2016, Natalie Portman, Joel Edgerton, Ewan McGregor, Noah Emmerich, Rodrigo Santoro, Boyd Holbrook, Sam Quinn) – Movie Review

Natalie Portman stars as Jane Hammond, who desperately asks her ex-lover Dan Frost (Joel Edgerton) for help in order to save her outlaw husband Bill ‘Ham’ (Noah Emmerich) from an evil gang out to kill him. But Frost is eaten up […]

Apr, 21

The Story of Robin Hood and his Merrie Men **** (1952, Richard Todd, Joan Rice, Peter Finch, James Hayter, Martita Hunt, James Robertson Justice) – Classic Movie Review 3474

Director Ken Annakin’s lusty, richly enjoyable 1952 British Disney live-action version of the classic tale highlights reliably engaging turns from a splendid ensemble headed by Richard Todd as the outlaw Robin Hood, Joan Rice as […]

Mar, 14

The Long Riders **** (1980, Stacy Keach, James Keach, David Carradine, Keith Carradine, Robert Carradine, Dennis Quaid, Randy Quaid) – Classic Movie Review 3406

Director Walter Hill’s thrilling 1980 film version of the well-known, much told story of the Jesse James outlaw gang of bank robbers starts with the useful gimmick of four sets of actual brothers in the star parts […]

Feb, 24

Western Union **** (1941, Randolph Scott, Robert Young, Dean Jagger, Virginia Gilmore, Slim Summerville, John Carradine, Chill Wills) – Movie Review 2808

The ideally cast Randolph Scott stars in a cheering performance as cowboy hero Vance Shaw in director Fritz Lang’s top-notch 1941 Western film Western Union, loosely based on the Zane Grey novel, with a grade-A 20th […]

Aug, 12

High Plains Drifter **** (1973, Clint Eastwood, Verna Bloom, Marianna Hill) – Classic Movie Review 2530

Director-star Clint Eastwood’s surreal and brooding 1973 revenge Western High Plains Drifter is rich and strange, and proves one of his finest films. It is his first Western as director and second film as director […]

May, 27

The Proposition **** (2005, Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone, Emily Watson, John Hurt, Danny Huston, David Wenham) – Classic Movie Review 2398

This chillingly tough and highly distinguished 2005 Australian Western is directed by John Hillcoat and written by screenwriter and musician Nick Cave. It stars Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone, Emily Watson, John Hurt, Danny Huston, Noah […]

Apr, 17

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