Western Movie Reviews
Cast:Joel McCrea as Judge Richard ThorneMiroslava as Amy Lee BannermanKevin McCarthy as Tom BannermanJohn McIntire as Col. Buck BannermanNancy Gates as Caroline Webb Rated: PG Duration: 66 Minutes Directed by: Jacques TourneurProduced by: Robert GoldsteinScreenplay by: Herb Meadow / Don MartinPhotographed … Read more
Cast:Jeff Bridges as Jake RumseyBarry Brown as Drew DixonJim Davis as MarshalDavid Huddleston as Big Joe Rated: PG Duration: 93 Minutes Directed by: Robert BentonProduced by: Stanley R. JaffeScreenplay by: David NewmanPhotographed by: Gordon WillisMusic by: Harvey Schmidt One of … Read more
Having previously highlighted some of the Westerns I saw as a child in the 1950s I figured it was time to revisit those halcyon days and take a look at some of the other cowboy movies from that era. There’s … Read more
Psycho Cowboys Part I We’re all familiar with the usual suspects when it comes to back-shooting murderin’ dry-gulch killers such as Lee Marvin and Bruce Dern as featured in the Westerns of John Wayne. I thought maybe we’d wander off … Read more
Having spent numerous hours watching all of the films featured in this three-part article on a series of seven movies known as the ‘Ranown’ cycle, I’ve decided to reference a well-informed essay by film critic Richard T. Jameson in the … Read more
The Best Western Movies Of The 1950s Part 2 Here are 5 more of my favourite cowboy western movies from the 1950s. Part 1 can be found here. The Last Wagon (1956) Handsomely filmed in Cinemascope, this is another Delmer … Read more
As a kid growing up in the 1950s, I only saw two John Wayne westerns in the cinema – The Searchers and Rio Bravo – which I’d say is a pretty good starting point when it comes to sampling the … Read more