THE GREATEST CAST EVER CORRALLED for a frontier drama like you've NEVER seen in all your born days!
The script is excellent, with some scenes of real tension and excellent dialogue. The early scenes with Stewart are superb. Interesting theme of a lawman eschewing violence. Stewart has the charm, intelligence and sensitivity, and also sufficient inner passion, mental steeliness, and physical potential to be entirely credible in the role.
The only bum notes are the comic interludes, like those in the early John Ford films, which seem rather dated, unlike the rest, which still seems quite modern in a way.
Donleavy is very good as the villain. Dietrich is very good too, though her musical performances are not to all tastes. In the past, I've really liked her, and found her very sexy, in other performances, but somehow her musical performances in this film didn't quite grab me.
- Rating: Full price
- When seen: 04 Jan 2011
- Where seen: Home, on iPad
- More information: IMDB | RottenTomatoes | Wikipedia
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Amendments: Added writer tags: "Max Brand, Felix Jackson, Henry Myers, Gertrude Purcell"; actor tags: "Mischa Auer, Charles Winninger, Brian Donlevy, Allen Jenkins". Removed link to Wikipedia-sourced image. Added ranking image.
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