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cue up Budd Boetticher's, "The Tall T." Boetticher assembled a fantastic cast to support his usual star, the reed-thin, taciturn, and leather-skinned Randolph Scott. Are there two better film villains than Richard Boone and Henry Silva? Or a more fetching woman in distress than could be played by Maureen O' Sullivan? And the story! Elmore Leonard, no less, wrote the source material.
An aging cowboy, after a lifetime of cow-punching, finally gets a small spread but, attempting to get ahead faster, makes a bad bet, losing his horse in the process. As he is walking back to his place, he hitches a ride on a stagecoach containing a newly-wed couple. Almost immediately, a gang of vicious murderers led by Boone seizes the coach and realize one traveler could make them all rich.
Sure, this has the glorious cinematography one would expect from an on-location Western of this era, and it has the involving plot and tension of the best films of this genre. What elevates it from good to excellent, however, is the interaction between the two talented leads, Scott and Boone. Each sees in the other the road not taken and a certain respect develops between them, even though both know sudden death lies directly ahead for both.
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Topic - Any Western fans? Well, podnuh, you better get over to the bunkhouse and - tinear 09:55:31 01/29/10 (18)
- Dang! Two recommendations from you @ the top of my ToView list in 12 hours. THANKS!...N/T - musetap 10:48:05 01/29/10 (0)
- Two extremes: The Wild Bunch & Silverado! One gritty and realistic, the other romanticized; both are excellent. - Audiophilander 10:41:56 01/29/10 (16)
- Too often, Eastwood's films are one-dimensional. And the shooter - tinear 11:09:57 01/29/10 (15)
- Westerns to cinema are like hot dogs to dining - Victor Khomenko 11:50:14 01/29/10 (14)
- "...who would want to spoil his hot dog with some fancy gourmet sauce..." - True, no Grey Poupon, ... - Audiophilander 09:50:40 02/01/10 (0)
- Shane on you! - abel mccain 17:21:38 01/29/10 (0)
- A tad condescending, I'd argue. Westerns, noir, war films and - tinear 14:10:11 01/29/10 (8)
- Is pro wrestling art? - Victor Khomenko 14:31:50 01/29/10 (7)
- Let me get this straight: you're comparing professional grappling - tinear 14:34:56 01/29/10 (6)
- Must be some of them... you know... armchair-critics. - Victor Khomenko 16:01:25 01/29/10 (5)
- Do you really think depicting modern man in a corporate world - tinear 20:07:07 01/29/10 (4)
- I really wonder what on Earth caused THAT comment? - Victor Khomenko 20:16:38 01/29/10 (3)
- The danger of violent death from Indians, roving - tinear 07:54:15 01/30/10 (2)
- You made a silly comment about corporate suits - Victor Khomenko 08:33:58 01/30/10 (1)
- Your comment was Western's "simple primitives." Do you think the two - tinear 18:25:23 01/30/10 (0)
- RE: Westerns to cinema are like hot dogs to dining - Tom Brennan 12:21:05 01/29/10 (2)
- Can I bring Patrick? - Victor Khomenko 12:28:00 01/29/10 (1)
- Bring Patrick (and his wine) - go and rent Jarmusch's "Dead Man"... - abel mccain 08:48:18 02/07/10 (0)
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