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Now part of a collection DVD.

posted 16 years ago by rtd3ws
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TCM has released this movie as part of a collection. Look for it in Amazon. I just bought it and they did a really great job of restoring the audio and the video. Don't expect a wide screen version though, since it was filmed in little better than a 4:3 aspect ratio. I grew up with this movie and my father almost landed a role in it (the man who rides up hurriedly into town) but he didn't like horses. The film is from a gentler time and most young people these days won't appreciate the lack of gratuitous sex, violence and vulgarity, will in fact most likely be bored by the movie since there are no law rockets or laser guns in it. There's violence in the movie, but it's part of the plot. Andy Devine is one of my all time favorites and seeing a very young Lloyd Bridges is cool. This is definitely a movie that most baby-boomers will like a lot.

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[–] brianwt 15 years ago

Yes, Bob Osborne discovered this film within the last year and has been singing its praises. I think that is why he is giving it that particular spot. He mentions that it made more money for Universal than almost any of its films before '46. Played way beyond its scheduled dates. Interesting sidebar: Susan Hayward wanted her husband, Jess Barker, to play the Brian Donlevy role. He probably would have been good. I saw him in "Reign of Terror" ("The Black Book") and he was terrific. But Wanger needed a bigger star and he got Donlevy. She was not happy but never forgot Walter Wanger and credited him with making her a star. She did two other films for him, and the last one won her an Oscar.

[–] catherine-815-995355 15 years ago

I agree with you and love the movie. However, as I majored in western literature, and specifically on Ernest HAYCOX's novels, I wish people would remember Ernest HAYCOX when they praise the movie. No offense meant to Mr Tourneur, who did a great job. But the novel has it all, the depth, the feelings and the violence. Please read the novel, if you haven't already. Nothing was invented in the movie, the writer did it all. I won't deny, though, it's one of the best adaptation of a western novel I've seen.