I saw Nicholas Ray’s cult Western Johnny Guitar yesterday. Weird, definatly, but in a good way. Joan Crawford and McCambrige were superb throughout and it was certainly surprising to see such strong female characters in a 1950s Western. I really like the direction, photography and music, as well as Sterling Hayden (but then I do in most of his films!).
“Curse Of The Undead” (1959)
-Micheal Pate, Eric Fleming
Plot: IMDB
western with a twist: mysterious gunslinger-for-hire Drake Robey is really a vampire, and it’s up to Preacher Dan to save the town and girlfriend Dolores Carter.
Phantom’s Review: A Halloween staple for me. While this is definitely a “B” movie, I absolutely love this film. Very underrated in my opinion. I’m a devoted fan of both westerns and horror and whenever the two genres meet I’m interested, unfortunately most of the time when this happens, it’s pretty bad (remember “Billy The Kid Vs Dracula”) but this time they got it right. Western vets Eric Fleming and Micheal Pate do good jobs as the town preacher and the black clad mysterious gunslinger. Some spooky music and a lot familiar faces in the supporting cast make this a little gem
Dirty Dingus Magee.
Frank Sinatra plays a likeable rogue who is always after a quick buck, but with a not so good hairsyle though. Picks on the wrong guy in the shape of George Kennedy as he never gives up chasing Sinatra. Lightweight one from director Burt Kennedy. Best scenes were with a school teacher who has decided she wants a little male company. Jack Elam also pops up in a yet another memorable role.
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An American western, with some spaghetti western influences, starring Robert Mitchum, Angie Dickinson and a lot of ‘sons of’
Here’s my review:
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Tex and Lord of the Deep by Duccio Tessari
this movie has some problems in almost every aspect
action scenes are partly amazing and partly ridiculous - especially final showdown with indians, they always climb up on some rock and then Tex shoots them down like little suckers - not very innovative (and quite boring already in 60´s)
but some pyro work is pretty good and some shootouts from first half of the movie have almost corbucci quality
so, plenty of action in this one but also contains some lullaby stuff, which can surely put you in a sleep
another fault are characters - Tex and Kit (Berger) have no mystery around, no charisma
after Tex and Deep Lord showdown scene i just mumbled - that´s it? that´s all?
although some underground scenes towards the finale are great -
for instance when Tex and his indian friend are falling through a tunnel with deadly rolling boulders everywhere
oh man, and this movie certainly has a potential but didn´t live up to it
Watched The Moment to Kill again. One of those SWs that really deserves to be remastered! I have a feeling with a better quality picture it could make my alternate top 20. Hopefully one day well see it.
Watched Oggi a me… domani a te! from Cervi didn’t like it much, put some thoughs about it in the film topic
Bad lieutenant added two (Dutch language) Morris & Goscinny reviews to the Database, Les Dalton and Lucky Luke
An English version of the first review is now available:
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Big Jake - George Sherman 1971 co-directed by John Wayne
A bloody John Wayner which was actually much better than I remembered it. A pleasant watch, and Wayne looks younger than in all his other films between True Grit and The Shootist. 6/10
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i watched Mannaja, another twilight spaghie is erased from the list
ha, quite good, but something was definitely missing
probably this guy Maurizio Merli is not that type of my spaghetti hero, but he was ok
controversial topic - music - i must say i like it, i liked also similar music in Keoma
i was little dissapointed by axe action - well, hero throwing hatchets has much greater potential than i actually have seen in the movie
initial scene with Blade chasing Donald O´Brien is superb, also some other throughout the movie, but for instance, scene in a cave with Blade fighting badguys with hand-made hatchets had so much potential but i think it was somehow uninspired
another plus was foggy town and woods, but this is similar case - one can imagine better usage of that fog in the scenes - so not so good as it could be
I saw " More Dead Than Alive" (1968) with Clint Walker And Vincent Price. Walker plays a hired killer who gets put in jail and is released after 18 years and is a reformed character. he finds life in the west more modern now ( it’s set in 1891) and struggles to hold a job. A travelling show comes to town and the show owner ( Price) knows who Walker once was, and offers him a job as a sharpshooter, he turns the job down several times as he vowed never to use a gun again, but eventually takes the job. that’s where the trouble starts as there is a young hot headed sharpshooter who is also a psychotic killer also on the books. Not bad but uneven western that starts off with a scene similar to " True Grit" has a good action sequence during a jail break then settles down and then has an action finale again with an unexpected ending. T.v Star and giant of a man Clint Walker reminded me so much of Gregory Peck in this, not in looks but the way he delivered his lines. 7/10
I’ve just finished watching Sam Peckinpah’s Major Dundee. It’s a near-great Western, probably a classic if it had been released as Packinpah had intended, with excellent performences from Charlton Heston, Richard Harris and the supporting cast. 4/5.
“Quantez” (1957)
-Fred MacMurray, Dorthy Malone
Plot: Classicflix
John Coventry,and a gang of robbers trying to escape the law and cross the Mexican border… The outlaws manage to elude the law and navigate the rough terrain, but the flight comes to a dangerous halt in the mysterious abandoned town of Quantez.
Coventry and company are forced to stave off an Indian attack. As their enemies get closer, tempers flare, betrayals set in, and lines are drawn between the men.
Phantom’s Review: Very well acted character drama with an interesting concept. The only problem with this film is that it’s almost totally action less and when some action does happen (towards the end) it feels forced. Not a bad movie, just not all that great.
[quote=“ENNIOO, post:4999, topic:141”]Firecreek has been viewed.
Some men led by Henry Fonda ride into a sleepy town and cause trouble for the sheriff come farmer James Stewart.
Like the build up to this one and we meet some interesting characters along the way. Nothing much ever happened in the town till Henry Fonda and his men rode into town. Fonda is not a 100% bad guy and even admits the normal joe kind of life did not suit him. His men also expect certain things from him. Like the scene where the store keeper is telling Stewart the town is just a bunch of losers and there is no future in the town, and Stewart does not want to accept this.
The best western I have seen in a while, but may be to slow for some.[/quote]
Just saw it. I’m not really sure what McEveety and Clements (director/writer) were going-for here. Actually, I’d have been happy to see a movie built-around Elam and that chick who was bathing in the creek. Elam is more believable than Stewart and Fonda. The weirdest scene has the dead rapist tied-upright in a chair, at a bonfire-party in his honour… And somebody other than Fonda’s gang is singing some sinister square-dance lyrics. Bizarre. Stewart was way too predictably disappointing.
COPPER CANYON-1950 In Technicolor, with Ray Milland and the gorgeous Hedy Lamarr.
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It’s your typical B grade western, it’s corny at times but does have it’s moments. This is not a great western ,but a good one. I got this movie for $2 at a local vid store and mainly for HEDY LAMARR.
Django Against Sartana was viewed. Pretty much a yawn-fest, very formulaic and didn’t impress me much. Really nothing special here.
2.5 / 5
Cjamango
really hard to watch and crappy music also didn´t help
i can´t understand that Mulargia is responsible for this boredom if i compare it to El Puro, which he made only two years after
[quote=“tomas, post:9098, topic:141”]Cjamango
really hard to watch and crappy music also didn´t help
i can´t understand that Mulargia is responsible for this boredom if i compare it to El Puro, which he made only two years after[/quote]
Yes, the story is weak, and I don’t think that Mulargia wasn’t all too choosey in his screenplays, but the directing is pretty good in parts. Cjamango is quality-wise his second to last though.
In the end none of his other SWs is a match for El puro, but some others are quite interesting.
[quote=“Stanton, post:9099, topic:141”]Yes, the story is weak, and I don’t think that Mulargia wasn’t all too choosey in his screenplays, but the directing is pretty good in parts. Cjamango is quality-wise his second to last though.
In the end none of his other SWs is a match for El puro, but some others are quite interesting.[/quote]
i think besides Puro and Cjamango i only saw W Django, although only some last twenty minutes, it has some good action scenes
what are those other interesting titles? give me some hint 