THOMAS D. CLAGETT

WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: BULLET FOR A BADMAN

Western Night At The Movies

by Thomas Clagett | Jan 5, 2026 | Western Night At The Movies

Films that are flawed—not plain bad, but problematic—are welcomed at our Western Night sessions and, as it was his turn to choose, Robert Nott brought one called A BULLET FOR A BADMAN (1964). This B Western, directed by R. G. Springsteen who directed over 70 B movies...

WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: THE LAST SUNSET

Western Night At The Movies

by Thomas Clagett | Nov 24, 2025 | Western Night At The Movies

Compelling yet creepy is a phrase not often associated with Westerns, but we all agreed it fit THE LAST SUNSET (1961), Sheila Ellis’s choice for this session. It’s a tale of revenge wrapped in a soap opera of bent romances with a side of twisted creepiness. Still,...

WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: WINCHESTER ‘73

Western Night At The Movies

by Thomas Clagett | Oct 28, 2025 | Western Night At The Movies

Noir Westerns, dark, brooding stories featuring deeply flawed characters with something gnawing at their souls and set in the wide expanses and big skies of the Old West, began showing up in the late ‘40s and into the ‘50s. Films like THE OX-BOW INCIDENT, PURSUED,...

WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: BLINDMAN

Western Night At The Movies

by Thomas Clagett | Sep 17, 2025 | Western Night At The Movies

For this Western Night, Kirk Ellis chose BLINDMAN (1971), a spaghetti Western featuring a blind anti-hero. Sergio Leone introduced probably the most well-known Western anti-hero to American audiences with his Man with No Name movies in the mid-Sixties starring Clint...