Western Movies

[J Harker]

Originally Posted by Inspector Abberline

I knew that the Twilight Zone had done some western themed episodes,there seems to be at least 12 episodes that fit the bill.

• Mr. Denton on Doomsday (Season 1, Episode 3)
• Execution (Season 1, Episode 26)
• Dust (Season 2, Episode 12)
• A Hundred Yards Over the Rim (Season 2, Episode 23)
• The Passerby (Season 3, Episode 4)
• The Grave (Season 3, Episode 7)
• Still Valley (Season 3, Episode 11)
• Showdown with Rance McGrew (Season 3, Episode 20)
• The 7th Is Made Up of Phantoms (Season 5, Episode 10)
• An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (Season 5, Episode 22)
• Mr. Garrity and the Graves (Season 5, Episode 32)
• Come Wander with Me (Season 5, Episode 34)

100 Yards Over the Rim is an excellent one.

[Inspector Abberline]

[Inspector Abberline]

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The Bounty Killer (1965)

After being on the receiving end of some hard knocks, mild mannered Willie Duggan decides the way to make some quick money and provide for his new love is to become a bounty hunter.

The Bounty Killer is a genuinely surprising film. Playing out quite differently to other films of the period. Dan Duryea is excellent in what is essentially a character study of how a man's personality changes through the terrible business of killing. Duryea isn't someone i'd normally associate with nice roles as Duggan is in the film's first few acts but he carries it off with charm and ease as he falls in love with saloon singer Audrey Dalton. His transformation from character actor to leading man, effortless. His metamorphosis into a sawn off shotgun wielding killing machine is shocking to witness.

The film isn't perfect though. In truth Duryea is, at 55, too old for the role and especially as a lover for Dalton who was 26 years his junior and the final scene is predictable and you'll see it coming (perhaps not who though) a good ten minutes before it happens.

Oh, finally. Look out for Larry 'Buster' Crabbe, from the old Universal Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers serials.

On the whole, The Bounty Killer is an excellent western that i really enjoyed.

'Nice' Dan charms Audrey Dalton.

[Demoncrat]

Right
Inspector Ron Dakin
You've tipped the balance.
TWB it is this weekend.

Beggin' yr pardon ...but due to this thread ... have dug out Joe Kidd ... Jeremiah Johnson ... HPD ... Red River..... and will add to this the moderns Jane Got A Gun, Forsaken and probably Bone Tomahawk agin.

[Inspector Abberline]

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Nice post, Inspector. I really need to buy this film.

[Inspector Abberline]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Nice post, Inspector. I really need to buy this film.

Yeah its a brilliant,if some what down beat...the dvd went oop a while ago,so of course the price jumped,but its about 9 squid now (other fish based currency is available).

[Demoncrat]

I'll second that. Well worth the wait etc ...enjoy!!

[Prince_Vajda]

The Great Silence is excellent. One of the finest western films, despite (or because of) the odd snowy setting.

I rate it highly. As a matter of fact, it is a personal favourite - especially because of its downbeat mood.