Well, they dont know that i didnt have any set to work with. Together with an old indian fighter and a gambler, they help a rancher. An aging gunfighters chance meeting with an old friend, an alcoholic sheriff, convinces him to lend his hand to local farmers ongoing battle with an evil land baron. It was directed by eric bibo bergeron and don paul. Will finn and david silverman directed additional sequences. As relaxed as the movie is, hawks and wayne and company are in good spirits, with plenty of broad humour and easy.
Links go to the internet movie database laserdisc database buy posters from buy posters from moviegoods buy this soundtrack from. But i really thought howard hawks created an arguably better version of rio bravo by doing two key things. For much of the movie, mitchums character is in various states of extreme whiskey intoxication slurring his speech, getting into fights, stumbling over his feet and his words, and passing out. One is using two leads who had great mature chemistry together, john wayne and robert mitchum. Tucked between 1959s masterpiece rio bravo and his final, hugely underrated film rio lobo, this 1967 howard hawks movie is more of a true western than. Written by leigh brackett and loosely based on the novel the stars in their courses by harry brown, the film is about a gunfighter who comes to the aid of an old frienda drunken sheriff struggling to defend a rancher and his family against another rancher trying to. The first of howard hawkss two variations on his own rio bravo finds mitchum playing a harddrinking sheriff who teams up with an old friend hired gun john wayne to protect a wealthy rancher ed asner and his family from the threatening advances of another ranchers fearsome gang. Thankfully the expectation that comes with such a teaming is well and truly met. Together with an old indian fighter and a gambler, they help a rancher and. Staring john wayne, robert mitchum, michelle carey and arthur hunnicutt. An eye for an eye 1966 robert lansing, patrick wayne, slim pickens.
The first of howard hawkss two variations on his own rio bravo finds robert mitchum playing a harddrinking sheriff who teams up with an old friend hired gun john wayne to protect a wealthy rancher ed asner and his family from the threatening advances of another ranchers fearsome gang. Usa 29 june 1967 new york city, new york australia 30 june. Together with an old indian fighter and a gambler, they help a rancher and his family fight a rival rancher that is trying to steal their water. Journey to shiloh 1968 james caan, michael sarrazin, brenda scott. The script was cowritten by him, leo filler, and amatsia hiuni, based on the play by yigal mosenzon. Hour of the gun 1967 james garner, jason robards feature action, western. Also known as aka 24 release dates usa 7 june 1967 denver, colorado denmark 12 june 1967. In june 1975 it was expanded with the addition of a second screen. En this service does not allow download watch movies online, only offers information about movies around the world text and poster for tv and internet users. Having struck pay dirt with his 1958 western rio bravo, howard hawks more or less remade the picture twice in the 1960s. Along with young mississippi, handy with a knife and now armed with a diabolical shotgun, cole returns to help.
The screenplay was written by leigh brackett and based on the novel the stars in their courses by harry brown. The film was shot in technicolor and ran 126 minutes. With john wayne, robert mitchum, james caan, charlene holt. For the best experience please update your browser.
Holt was born on april 28, 1928, in snyder, texas, to malcolm c. Quell and co 1982 red river 1948 action, adventure, drama, romance john wayne, montgomery clift fort apache movie 1948 john wayne, henry fonda. Howard hawks john wayne, robert mitchum, james caan, charlene. Much to their surprise, the map does lead the pair to the mythical city, where the startled inhabitants promptly. But what an entertaining film a colorful, raucous, actionpacked, oldtimey watch. The film stars kevin kline, kenneth branagh, rosie perez, armand assante, and edward james olmos. Verna charlene stavely, professionally known as charlene holt, was an american actress known for her supporting roles in television and film. Spain 12 june 1967 san sebastian film festival france 28 june 1967. The movie is obviously derivative of director howard hawks previous western with john wayne, rio bravo 1959, and its treatment of violence is lightweight, lacking the gravity of hawks austere and often grave red river 1948. The story has such a beautiful flow and pace, with characters that you are glued to. What happened was that the fantastic screenwriter and creator of eric john stark, interplanetary swashbuckler. A rancher named bart jason hires cole as a way to gain an upper hand in a range war he wages against the mcdonald family.
Hired gunman cole thornton turns down a job with bart jason as it would mean having to fight an old sheriff friend. Together with an old indian fighter and a gambler, they help a rancher and his family fight a. Some months later he finds out the lawman is on the bottle and a top gunfighter is heading his way to help jason. Cole thornton, a gunfighter for hire, joins forces with an old friend, sheriff j. Gone with the west 1975 full length western, james caan, sammy davis jr. But, to me, the plots meanderings meant more opportunity to explore the characters, to allow us more time to know them during the minutiae of their everyday livin.
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