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Monday, 11 March 2019

Two Rode Together (1961)



A corrupt marshal is pressured by his army friend into negotiating the release of white captives of the Comanches, but finds that their reintegration into society has its consequences.

Dark and quite misogynist Western clumsily tackles the issue of racism; Stewart and Widmark are worth the watch, though.

Halliwell (no star): "Substandard Ford, moderately good-looking but uninteresting of plot and dreary of development."

Maltin**1/2: "Fair Western..."


Saturday, 19 March 2016

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1944)


A boy prince, raised by forty thieves, takes revenge on the Mongol invaders who murdered his father and stole his kingdom.

Friday, 18 March 2016

The Ballad of Josie (1967)



A young woman stirs things up in a western town by raising sheep instead of cattle, and organizing the local women to demonstrate for women's suffrage.

Likable gender comedy typical for its star, this time staged as a Western, convinces thanks to Doris Day's professionalism; the male chauvinism presented, however, is hardly bearable by today's standards.

Halliwell (no star): "Tediously whimsical, unsuitably cast women's lib comedy with so few laughs that it may require to be taken seriously."

Maltin**1/2: "Uninspired Western spoof..."



Monday, 7 March 2016

Frontier Gal (1945)


Six years after his shotgun wedding to a saloonkeeper, an outlaw returns and finds he's a father.