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6.6/10 • 142

1959-02-011h 13m

Western

Scorching lead-hot action all the way!

On the way to pick up the bounty on a wanted murderer, a bounty hunter stops at a staging post where he is forced to continue his journey with two outlaws who want the murderer for their own reasons and a recently-widowed woman, with the murderer's brother and his men in hot pursuit.

Directors
Budd Boetticher
Writters
Burt Kennedy
Editors
Burt Kennedy, Jerome Thoms

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Randolph Scott

    Randolph Scott

    Ben Brigade

  2. Karen Steele

    Karen Steele

    Mrs. Carrie Lane

  3. Pernell Roberts

    Pernell Roberts

    Sam Boone

  4. James Best

    James Best

    Billy John

  5. Lee Van Cleef

    Lee Van Cleef

    Frank

  6. James Coburn

    James Coburn

    Whitt

  7. Bennie E. Dobbins

    Bennie E. Dobbins

    Outlaw (uncredited)

  8. Roy Jenson

    Roy Jenson

    Outlaw (uncredited)

  9. Dyke Johnson

    Dyke Johnson

    Outlaw (uncredited)

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talisencrw

Apr 29, 2016

9/10

In the past year or so, I've made a determined decision to get more accustomed to pre-1970's films from around the world, particularly genres I've previously given short change to, such as musicals, war films and westerns. I have to admit it's greatly enhanced my appreciation of cinema in general. It's amazing how great some of these films actually are. Since cinema is the greatest love of my life, I also collect books on film, trying to find out anything and everything I can. As the old Calvin Klein commercial goes, 'A man has many loves, but only one Obsession'. An unexpectedly great and relatively inexpensive find was 'The Editors of American Cowboy's The Top 100 Westerns of All Time,' from 2011. Looming at #52 was this, and its write-up sounded intriguing, so I've always kept my eyes open for it. Sure enough, last month I saw a Randolph Scott Westerns 6-pack for a very low price, and I pulled the trigger (pardon the pun). This was exceptional and clearly deserves its lofty status. There is so much action, intrigue and beauty jam-packed in Burt Kennedy's script for this 72 minutes. Every shot is finely composed and exquisitely filmed. I dare you to find a better supporting cast. Sure, the four-hour epics by the Sir David Leans and Victor Flemings out there are great, but I'd rather see a simple story, brilliantly told than the gluttonous two-to-three-hour pieces of self-important crap you find these days. Let that be my epitaph. I was so close to even giving this a perfect grade. It's honestly THAT good.

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Status
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Original Language
English
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Keywords
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