THOMAS D. CLAGETT

WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: A BIG HAND FOR THE LITTLE LADY

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by Thomas Clagett | Jun 10, 2025 | Blog, Western Night At The Movies

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 poker game. They...

WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: BADLANDS OF DAKOTA

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by Thomas Clagett | Jan 27, 2025 | Blog, Western Night At The Movies

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 in love with sweet...

WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: THE COMANCHEROS

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by Thomas Clagett | Nov 18, 2024 | Blog, Western Night At The Movies

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 killing the son of a...

WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: CANYON PASSAGE

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by Thomas Clagett | Sep 10, 2024 | Blog, Western Night At The Movies

For this Western Night gathering, Robert Nott brought CANYON PASSAGE (1946), a film both problematic and admirable. It’s about the various business owners in a small Oregon mining town in the 1850s and the difficulties they face. The thing is, it plays like a skewed...