tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post5297035607614357847..comments2024-03-28T18:21:09.285-05:00Comments on Rough Edges: Overlooked Movies: Ambush at Tomahawk Gap (1953)James Reasonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-29756830510890736012017-08-06T11:12:07.059-05:002017-08-06T11:12:07.059-05:00Try Rough Night in Jericho and Five Card Stud.
Tiz...Try Rough Night in Jericho and Five Card Stud.<br />Tiziano AgnelliAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-11452955849165303992017-07-15T08:15:58.751-05:002017-07-15T08:15:58.751-05:00THE BRAVADOS
WARLOCK
THE FASTEST GUN ALIVE
"H...THE BRAVADOS<br />WARLOCK<br />THE FASTEST GUN ALIVE<br />"Have Gun - Will Travel" TV show<br /><br />Good 70s Westerns for people who don't like 70s Westerns:<br /><br />RETURN OF A MAN CALLED HORS<br />MY NAME IS NOBODY (produced/partially directed by Leoene)<br />Dunstinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08234169004961702332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-57272153335854728072017-07-09T00:04:14.395-05:002017-07-09T00:04:14.395-05:00The Big Gundown is my third favorite Spaghetti Wes...The Big Gundown is my third favorite Spaghetti Western after Once Upon a Time in the West and The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly. It's terrific, and I'm glad you dig it.S. Craig Zahlerhttp://scraigzahler.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-29034623465104824932017-07-07T12:27:33.586-05:002017-07-07T12:27:33.586-05:00Appreciate all the attention and input.
What most ...Appreciate all the attention and input.<br />What most interests me is finding lesser known, lower budget and lower profile gems.<br />Shorter, tighter, terser, and tougher, with sharp dialogue and hardboiled conflict.<br /><br />After blundering into a few (like Ambush at Tomahawk Gap) I'm convinced that there have to be more out there. So I'll keep reading reviews and watching obscure old western movies.<br /><br />James: I haven't seen Six Black Horses, but it doesn't look to have had a US release in any home video format. I'll get it one way or another.<br /><br />Fred: Been meaning to catch Pursued for a long time. You just made me buy it. <br /><br />Craig: Hat's off to your inclusion of The Big Gundown, one of the very few Spaghetti Westerns that can stand beside the Leone films. Even fans of Spaghettis seem to overlook it. <br /><br />JohnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-78270816736778469652017-07-06T23:31:18.509-05:002017-07-06T23:31:18.509-05:00This depends on how you define hard-boiled, but I&...This depends on how you define hard-boiled, but I'll echo some westerns mentioned (and am agreed on Stewart & Mann / Scott & Boetticher) and add a couple more tough westerns:<br /><br />Man of the West<br />The Tall T<br />The Big Gundown<br />Face to Face<br />Seven Men from Now<br />Ride Lonesome<br />The Man from Laramie<br />The Gunfighter<br />The Jack Bull (TV)<br />Stranger on the Run (TV)<br />3:10 to Yuma (original)<br />Winchester '73<br />The Naked Spur<br />Companeros<br />Death Rides a Horse<br /><br />And as a New Yorker, I can proudly state that I have seen every one of the theatrical movies projected on the big screen at revival houses, most with restored 35mm prints...S. Craig Zahlerhttp://scraigzahler.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-41890642532125526092017-07-06T18:02:55.185-05:002017-07-06T18:02:55.185-05:00Yeah, those Stewart/Mann movies are great. I'v...Yeah, those Stewart/Mann movies are great. I've watched them all again in the past year or so, and they really hold up.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-50400874494351934772017-07-06T17:40:46.383-05:002017-07-06T17:40:46.383-05:00You're missing out 3 other Jimmy Stewart/Antho...You're missing out 3 other Jimmy Stewart/Anthony Mann westerns: Naked spur; Bend in the river; and The far country. All excellent!michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07631731846526639966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-24444813958848296292017-07-04T18:45:01.367-05:002017-07-04T18:45:01.367-05:00BLOOD ON THE MOON is really good. Based on the nov...BLOOD ON THE MOON is really good. Based on the novel GUNMAN'S CHANCE by Luke Short.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-62017116338707166142017-07-04T18:33:47.610-05:002017-07-04T18:33:47.610-05:00Many to choose from.
DAY OF THE OUTLAW
VERA CRUZ
...Many to choose from.<br /><br />DAY OF THE OUTLAW<br />VERA CRUZ<br />BLOOD ON THE MOON<br />PURSUED<br />MAN OF THE WEST<br />LAW AND ORDER (the 1932 version, with Walter Huston and Harry Carey Sr. as thinly disguised Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday)<br /><br />The bleakest, hardest boiled Euro-Western that I know is CEMETERY WITHOUT CROSSES, starring and directed by Robert Hussein. There's a watchable print, free, on You Tube.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15734382593394412267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-66036523563318743982017-07-04T14:04:14.009-05:002017-07-04T14:04:14.009-05:00Have you seen SIX BLACK HORSES with Audie Murphy a...Have you seen SIX BLACK HORSES with Audie Murphy and Dan Duryea? It's another Burt Kennedy-scripted film. Been a long time since I saw it, but I remember liking it a lot.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-68360706347825734082017-07-04T13:57:38.215-05:002017-07-04T13:57:38.215-05:00A friend of mine was telling me about FORT DOBBS n...A friend of mine was telling me about FORT DOBBS not long ago. That's one I've never seen. Haven't seen the two Spaghetti Westerns you mention, either. I'll have to look for those. I know I've seen RIDE THE MAN DOWN and CORONER CREEK on TV many years ago but don't remember anything about them. Not ROUGHSHOD, though, don't recall ever hearing of it. GUN THE MAN DOWN is pretty good. I posted about it a few years ago: https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2011/06/tuesdays-overlooked-movies-gun-man-down.htmlJames Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-73743922076800466552017-07-04T13:42:51.874-05:002017-07-04T13:42:51.874-05:00Thanks, gentlemen.
Here are some of the westerns I...Thanks, gentlemen.<br />Here are some of the westerns I've seen that seem to best embody the hardboiled tone I seek. <br /><br />The Law and Jake Wade<br />The Tall T<br />Seven Men From Now<br />Ride Lonesome<br />Commanche Station<br />Winchester '73<br />The Man from Laramie<br />Panhandle<br />Hellgate<br />Fort Dobbs<br />Ambush at Tomahawk Gap<br /><br />And here's a couple bonus Spaghetti westerns that I feel achieve the same effects, but may test some viewer's tolerance for non-American western fare.<br /><br />I Want Him Dead<br />Johnny Yuma<br /><br />And here are three westerns that I've been hunting, since I suspect they'll deliver the goods. The last two are fiendishly hard to find in any home-viewing format.<br /><br />Roughshod<br />Ride the Man Down<br />Coroner Creek<br /><br />Again, if anybody has any lean, fast, taut western films they'd like to suggest, I'm all ears.<br />Thanks,<br />John<br /> <br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-20358384381462122192017-07-04T13:11:54.617-05:002017-07-04T13:11:54.617-05:00The Randolph Scott films directed by Budd Boettich...The Randolph Scott films directed by Budd Boetticher definitely seem hardboiled to me. So does RIDE THE HIGH COUNTRY. And sticking with Randolph Scott, one from the late Forties directed by John Sturges and written by Alan LeMay, THE WALKING HILLS. It's a contemporary Western that's always reminded me of the Bob Zane stories by Erle Stanley Gardner collected in WHISPERING SANDS and PAYDIRT.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-73138683605813209982017-07-04T13:03:33.650-05:002017-07-04T13:03:33.650-05:00Any western with Robert Duvall in it usually comes...Any western with Robert Duvall in it usually comes across as tough and hard boiled, especially the great mini series, LONESOME DOVE. Some of the Randolph Scott films in the fifties are tough. Same with Clint Eastwood in the Italian westerns.<br /><br />Unfortunately many westerns have characters that are just too clean cut, too good looking, too closely shaven and nice. And forget about the pretty girls that cowboys are always stumbling over. These faults are especially noticeable in the TV series from the fifties and sixties.Walker Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16089880902426182100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-6332587370969875352017-07-04T10:00:12.900-05:002017-07-04T10:00:12.900-05:00This is one of the few movies I've found that ...This is one of the few movies I've found that really delivers that tough, terse style found in the best hardboiled western novels. <br />I keep looking, reading reviews and watching old westerns with the right kind of reputation, but, surprisingly, not many deliver. <br /><br />Anybody care to recommend some lean hardboiled western movies?<br /><br />John Hocking<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-19616526136863107502017-07-04T06:52:43.013-05:002017-07-04T06:52:43.013-05:00I saw this a couple years ago and gave it a high r...I saw this a couple years ago and gave it a high rating. I thought it was excellent and tough according to my notes.Walker Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16089880902426182100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-34871945631524096792017-07-04T06:20:34.553-05:002017-07-04T06:20:34.553-05:00I saw this a long time ago and really enjoyed it. ...I saw this a long time ago and really enjoyed it. I'm going to have to look for it again.Peter Brandvoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12008419428583093754noreply@blogger.com