WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: A BIG HAND FOR THE LITTLE LADY
For this Western Night viewing, Sheila Ellis chose A BIG HAND FOR THE LITTLE LADY (1966), a delightful and comedic look at avarice. Five wealthy, ardent gamblers gather in the back room of a saloon in Laredo, Texas, for their yearly high-stakes...
WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: THE LONELY MAN
For this Western Night session, David Morrell brought a film none of us had seen and that we all agreed was not good. THE LONELY MAN (1957), perhaps inspired by THE GUNFIGHTER a few years earlier, tells the story of Jacob Wade (Jack Palance), a...
Tribute to a truly gifted actor
Some years ago, Gene Hackman gave an interview in which he said it had been his dream to become an actor. As moviegoers, we had the pleasure of watching his dream come to fruition. He was in over 100 films. Dramas, thrillers, Westerns, comedies. He...
WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: BADLANDS OF DAKOTA
For this Western Night, Robert Nott choose BADLANDS OF DAKOTA (1941), and it’s a hoot! Set in Deadwood during its early gold rush days, two brothers, Jim and Bob Holliday (played by a young Robert Stack and a reliably gruff Broderick Crawford), are...
WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: WILD ROVERS
For our latest Western Night session, Kirk Ellis chose WILD ROVERS (1971), an enjoyable, almost gentle Western. Having worked the better part of his fifty years cowboying in Montana, Ross Bodine (William Holden) has a dream of living a good life...
WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: THE COMANCHEROS
As it was my turn to choose the movie for this latest gathering, I brought THE COMANCHEROS (1961), a big old fashioned action adventure. It’s the darndest plot. In 1843, Paul Regret (Stuart Whitman), a womanizing gambler wanted for murder after...
