WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: THE SHOOTIST
Blog David Morrell chose THE SHOOTIST (1976), a tale of the passing of the Old West that is also John Wayne’s final film for this session of Western Night. Wayne plays J. B. Books, an aging gunfighter in 1901. Told he has a cancer and with only a few weeks to live, he...WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: GUNFIGHT AT THE O.K. CORRAL
Blog For this Western Night session, I brought GUNFIGHT AT THE O.K. CORRAL (1957), directed by John Sturges (BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK) with a script by Leon Uris (BATTLE CRY). In this film, many of the facts surrounding the most famous gunfight of the Old West, as well as...WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: WALK LIKE A DRAGON
Blog In the past, Sheila Ellis has brought several unexpected films to Western Night. She did so again with WALK LIKE A DRAGON (1960), a cross-cultural triangle love story. A tough-as-nails freight company owner, picking up supplies in San Francisco in 1870, stops a young...WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: BUCK AND THE PREACHER
BlogFor this Movie Night session, Kirk Ellis chose BUCK AND THE PREACHER (1972), a lively blend of Western action and social commentary about…