Holt was born on april 28, 1928, in snyder, texas, to malcolm c. With john wayne, robert mitchum, james caan, charlene holt. Verna charlene stavely, professionally known as charlene holt, was an american actress known for her supporting roles in television and film. An aging gunfighters chance meeting with an old friend, an alcoholic sheriff, convinces him to lend his hand to local farmers ongoing battle with an evil land baron. But what an entertaining film a colorful, raucous, actionpacked, oldtimey watch.
But, to me, the plots meanderings meant more opportunity to explore the characters, to allow us more time to know them during the minutiae of their everyday livin. Together with an old indian fighter and a gambler, they help a rancher and his family fight a rival rancher that is trying to steal their water. Links go to the internet movie database laserdisc database buy posters from buy posters from moviegoods buy this soundtrack from. For much of the movie, mitchums character is in various states of extreme whiskey intoxication slurring his speech, getting into fights, stumbling over his feet and his. Along with young mississippi, handy with a knife and now armed with a diabolical shotgun, cole returns to help. An eye for an eye 1966 robert lansing, patrick wayne, slim pickens. One is using two leads who had great mature chemistry together, john wayne and robert mitchum. Well, they dont know that i didnt have any set to work with. Also known as aka 24 release dates usa 7 june 1967 denver, colorado denmark 12 june 1967. Tucked between 1959s masterpiece rio bravo and his final, hugely underrated film rio lobo, this 1967 howard hawks movie is more of a true western than. Gone with the west 1975 full length western, james caan, sammy davis jr. Together with an old indian fighter and a gambler, they help a rancher. What happened was that the fantastic screenwriter and creator of eric john stark, interplanetary swashbuckler.
The first of howard hawkss two variations on his own rio bravo finds robert mitchum playing a harddrinking sheriff who teams up with an old friend hired gun john wayne to protect a wealthy rancher ed asner and his family from the threatening advances of another ranchers fearsome gang. Rio lobo 1970 john wayne, jorge rivero, jennifer oneill trailer adventure, western, romance the adventures of dollie 1908 a connecticut yankee in king arthurs court. I hate to use an overused word, or to seem over the top here. After she graduated from high school in hagerman, new mexico, she attended mcmurry university in. The script was cowritten by him, leo filler, and amatsia hiuni, based on the play by yigal mosenzon. Some months later he finds out the lawman is on the bottle and a top gunfighter is heading his way to help jason. Journey to shiloh 1968 james caan, michael sarrazin, brenda scott. Quell and co 1982 red river 1948 action, adventure, drama, romance john wayne, montgomery clift fort apache movie 1948 john wayne, henry fonda. The first of howard hawkss two variations on his own rio bravo finds mitchum playing a harddrinking sheriff who teams up with an old friend hired gun john wayne to protect a wealthy rancher ed asner and his family from the threatening advances of another ranchers fearsome gang.
The story has such a beautiful flow and pace, with characters that you are glued to. Cole thornton, a gunfighter for hire, joins forces with an old friend, sheriff j. Having struck pay dirt with his 1958 western rio bravo, howard hawks more or less remade the picture twice in the 1960s. Spain 12 june 1967 san sebastian film festival france 28 june 1967. Hired gunman cole thornton turns down a job with bart jason as it would mean having to fight an old sheriff friend. Dec 18, 2015 an eye for an eye 1966 robert lansing, patrick wayne, slim pickens. For the best experience please update your browser. The film stars kevin kline, kenneth branagh, rosie perez, armand assante, and edward james olmos. But i really thought howard hawks created an arguably better version of rio bravo by doing two key things. Howard hawks john wayne, robert mitchum, james caan, charlene. A rancher named bart jason hires cole as a way to gain an upper hand in a range war he wages against the mcdonald family. The movie is obviously derivative of director howard hawks previous western with john wayne, rio bravo 1959, and its treatment of violence is lightweight, lacking the gravity of hawks austere and often grave red river 1948.
The film was shot in technicolor and ran 126 minutes. The screenplay was written by leigh brackett and based on the novel the stars in their courses by harry brown. Staring john wayne, robert mitchum, michelle carey and arthur hunnicutt. In june 1975 it was expanded with the addition of a second screen. Together with an old indian fighter and a gambler, they help a rancher and his family fight a. For much of the movie, mitchums character is in various states of extreme whiskey intoxication slurring his speech, getting into fights, stumbling over his feet and his words, and passing out. It was directed by eric bibo bergeron and don paul. Written by leigh brackett and loosely based on the novel the stars in their courses by harry brown, the film is about a gunfighter who comes to the aid of an old frienda drunken sheriff struggling to defend a rancher and his family against another rancher trying to. Hour of the gun 1967 james garner, jason robards feature action, western. Will finn and david silverman directed additional sequences. Much to their surprise, the map does lead the pair to the mythical city, where the startled inhabitants promptly. En this service does not allow download watch movies online, only offers information about movies around the world text and poster for tv and internet users.
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