Westerns > 1960 Westerns

John Wayne Does Comedy!

Advantages: Good story, good acting, some good funny bots
Disadvantages: John Wayne!

John Wayne and Comedy are not 2 words which I would have associated together but in this film he has actually tried to play a comedy role. I hate to admit it but he actually did a decent job!. Sam, John Wayne and George, Stewart Granger, are best friends who have struck it rich n the gold mines in Alaska. The men return to their town millionaires and now George thinks that it is time to go and fetch his sweetheart Jennie who is waiting for him is ...
...is needed to stay at the mines but when Sam arrives in Seattle he finds that in the 3 years Jennie has been waiting for George she has already married someone else. Sam makes a hard decision as he meets a French lady in a dancing club and decides that he will take her as a replacement bride for George. Will George like his new lady or will Sam become too close to her on their long journey back to Alaska? The storyline to this film really is very ...

sewbizzie 24.08.2009 · Read full review
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Review of North To Alaska (DVD)

An Iconic Goodies v Baddies Classic Western

Advantages: A Very Rare Superstar Packed Acting Cast
Disadvantages: It Is Not Excatly Thought Provoking

...music as it is for the film itself. The main theme is definitely one of the, if not the, greatest film themes of all time and was composed by Elmer Bernstein. It is a remake of the 1954 film Seven Samurai. The cast is very impressive but in my opinion the screenplay is not strong enough for them to fully use their undoubted great acting skills. The main cast is: Yul Brynner Eli Wallach Steve McQueen Charles Bronson Robert Vaughn James Coburn Horst ...
...by Calvera (Eli Wallach). The bandits regularly raid the defenceless village stealing its food and wears. If you think of the TV series The "A" Team you'll have some idea of the general idea of the plot. Its goodies defending the weak from baddies primarily out of sympathy and for very little pay. Chris initially refuses the "gig" because he is a semi retired gunslinger but eventually he agrees to help and goes about rounding up the other 6 men many ...

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Review of The Magnificent Seven (DVD)

North To Alaska

Advantages: Two big starts doing comedy
Disadvantages: Can be slow in some places

I saw the last 20 minutes of this comedy when it was on TV. I went out and bought the DVD as I have never seen this the whole way through. Glad I did. When watching this film through from start to finish you do get a sense of awe in respects of the production values and the big sets that were used in production. Scenes like the boarding of the ship, the logger contest and the town street scenes all have dozens of extras to fill the screen. Something ...
...computer as a cost saving. The plot is that Stewart Granger plays George Pratt and John Wayne plays Sam McCord with Fabian playing George's brother Billy. Grainger and Wayne are partners, totally 50/50 on everything. They own a mine in Alaska and have hit the big time with the gold rush happening around the turn of the century. As McCord is off to Seattle to source mining machinery and George asks Sam to bring back the love of his life, Jenny who ...

Timbo3107 08.01.2007 · Read full review
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Review of North To Alaska (DVD)

Very Enjoyable Film

Advantages: Excellent Film, Entertaining, Brilliant
Disadvantages: None

...is a classic epic of the men who died protecting Texas from Santa Anna's Mexican Army and is well worth viewing for the excellent story and filming. The story follows the time when there was a dispute with Mexico as to whether Texas should be part of it or become an independent state or part of the US of A. The story is about a group of men led by Col Travis (part of the official Texas army) Col Jim Bowie (of the Texas Irregular Fighters) and Col ...
...at an old fort called THE ALAMO in order to give General Sam Housten time to raise an Army to fight Santa Anna. The overall story is that the Mexican Army arrives and attacks THE ALAMO and in the end kills all the soldiers at the fort. REVIEW: If you like Westerns then I would definetely recommend this film. John Wayne is his usual excellent self as Davy Crockett, with Richard Widmark as the legendary Jim Bowie as well as many other old stars ...

jpegington 06.09.2005 · Read full review
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Review of The Alamo (DVD)

A Decent Western!

Advantages: Good acting, great music, No John Wayne!
Disadvantages: Still a western!

...of sitting there flicking through the TV channels trying to find something decent to watch as he was driving me mad. To my horror this is the film which he chose. The film is about a Mexican town which is under threat from a man called Calvera, played by Eli Wallach, and his gang. They have said that they will be coming to take all of the harvest and money from the town. The towns people discuss whether they should fight the gang or move away to ...
...different town where some of the people are trying to get an Indian buried but a lot of the men of the town are against this so 2 strangers come together and ride the hurse to the grave yard and bury the Indian themselves. The one man is called Chris Adams and he strikes up a sort of friendship with the other man. The three men from the threatened village turn up and meet Chris Adams, played by Brynner, and ask him if he will get them some guns but ...

sewbizzie 01.04.2009 · Read full review
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Review of The Magnificent Seven (Ultimate Edition) (DVD)