WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: WILL PENNY
Western Night At The MoviesFor this Western Night Movie session, I chose WILL PENNY (1968) starring Charlton Heston in what he called one of his best films as well as his personal favorite.
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: CEMETERY WITHOUT CROSSES (**)
Western Night At The Movies 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 gets right to his grim...WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES DARK COMMAND (***)
Western Night At The MoviesIn spite of the pandemic lockdown, our Western Night at the Movies group still manages to watch a Western. Robert Nott and Kirk Ellis came up with the idea that we’d choose a film available online for free (and there’s a slew of them), watch it on our own and then we’d have a Zoom session online to discuss it.
As it was my turn to select the film, I was very pleased to find DARK COMMAND (1940) available. It stars John Wayne, Clair Trevor and Walter Pidgeon.
WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES THE GUNFIGHTER (*** ½)
Western Night At The MoviesGregory Peck plays outlaw Jimmy Ringo with a laconic stance that also conveys the weariness of carrying the weight of a reputation he desperately wanted in his youth but now realizes is nothing but a target for every quick-draw kid wanting to make a name for himself.