WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: REBEL IN TOWN
For our latest viewing, Robert Nott chose REBEL IN TOWN (1956), an engaging B-Western I had not seen before. When three ex-Confederate brothers ride into a small town to water their horses, a little boy gets shot. It’s an unfortunate accident, but...
WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: BROKEN LANCE
It was David Morrell’s turn to choose the film and he selected BROKEN LANCE (1954). The story goes that movie producer Sol Siegal thought that the 1949 noir film, HOUSE OF STRANGERS, set in New York City about a wealthy but stern father with four...
WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: BADLANDS (***)
It was my turn for Western Night and I chose BADLANDS (1973). Written by Terrence Malick, it was the first film he produced and directed. (I’m not a fan of any of his other work, like THE THIN RED LINE or THE NEW WORLD.) Part contemporary Western...
WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: CEMETERY WITHOUT CROSSES (**)
For our latest gathering, Johnny D. Boggs brought CEMETERY WITHOUT CROSSES, an Italian-French production from 1969. We haven’t seen many foreign language Westerns, but Johnny has brought most of them. Director, co-writer and star Robert Hossein...
WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: WAR PAINT (**)
We’ve watched a number of B Westerns at our Western Night gatherings, many of them courtesy of Robert Nott who chose another one for our latest viewing called WAR PAINT (1953).
WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: HELLER IN PINK TIGHTS (**)
Not a typical Western, but a Western nonetheless, HELLER IN PINK TIGHTS (1960) was Sheila Ellis’s choice for our April Western Night session.
