Friday, 3 September 2021

One-Eyed Jacks (1961)


 

After robbing a Mexican bank, Dad Longworth takes the loot and leaves his partner Rio to be captured but Rio escapes and searches for Dad in California. 

Superior Western offers a psychologically complex revenge story with great performances and beautiful cinematography,  but is not always coherent in its characterizations, and the romance is not quite convincing.

Halliwell  (no star): "Grossly self-indulgent Western controlled (unwisely) by its star, full of solemn pauses and bouts of violence." 

Maltin***: "Fascinating but flawed psychological Western...Visually striking, and a rich character study, but overlong."



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