WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: BROKEN LANCE
Blog 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 sons–three of...WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: BADLANDS (***)
Blog 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 and part crime drama...WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: WARLOCK (** ½)
BlogFor our latest Western Night session, David Morrell brought a film that generated much discussion, mainly due to the fact that while we all found things to admire, we also agreed it was just a mess. (We enjoy discussing films, good and bad.)
WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: AT GUNPOINT (**)
BlogMore melodrama than drama, AT GUNPOINT features Fred MacMurray as Jack Wright, the owner of the general store in the town of Plainview, who’s never handled a gun before but his very lucky shot wounds a bank robber who’s then shot dead by a local rancher. The robber’s brother, Bob Dennis (Skip Homeier), vows cruel vengeance.