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Vintage Burt Lancaster

Advantages: The more times you watch it the better it gets
Disadvantages: None

...almost all his movies. Valdez is Coming is the story of injustice and how Valdez tries to help the widow of the man he was forced to kill by the local landowner. Burt Lancaster plays the town constable (Bob Valdez) and as the name suggests he is a Mexican, who also fought for the US cavalry. Jon Cypher plays Frank Tanner (the Land Owner) who is responsible for an innocent man being gunned down by Valdez . Tanner has accused the man of murdering ...
...proves his innocence. But before Valdez can get hold of this evidence and display it to Tanner and the observing townspeople, Tanner's slimiest henchman R.L. Davis(Richard Jordan) interferes, and the resulting violence that breaks out includes Valdez being forced to kill the holed-up gunman who starts firing at him. Valdez goes to Tanner to ask for money for the widow as compensation and ofcourse is laughed at and made to look a fool. Valdez is ...

lona 07.05.2007 · Read full review
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DON'T CALL ME BAMBINO!

Advantages: Great slapstick comedy with the appeal of the Spaghetti westerns
Disadvantages: Dubbing

...was that these were comedies. They Call Me Trinity (1970) and Trinity is Still My Name (1974) were still recognisably spaghetti westerns but the violence was replaced by slapstick and the heroes were comedic parodies of the classic characters like 'The lone Gunslinger' or 'the man with no name'. When released these films were huge box office successes and broke many box office records worldwide. As previous spaghetti western these were made primarily ...
...Harriman. THE FILMS They Call Me Trinity (1970) Trinity a sort of hobo gunslinger turned bounty hunter rides into a small town only to find his brother Bambino as the sheriff. Of course his brother is not a real sheriff but an outlaw who broke the real sheriff's leg leaving him for dead and took over his identity in order to hide out from the law. He also has an eye of rustling the local landowner horse before he leaves and isn't keen on having ...

Mauri 06.10.2005 · Read full review
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East meets West....... and they actually get along

Advantages: Interesting plot, strong performances
Disadvantages: may be overlooked for more modern made westerns

East meets west in a spectacular clash of gunfire and steel. This movie stars Toshiro Mifune {Seven Samurai, Yojimbo} who once again plays the part of a samurai extremely well, and Charles Bronson {Once Upon a Time in the West, Magnificent Seven, and Death Wish 1-4} who is extremely well experienced in western movies. Cast: ~~~~ Charles Bronson, Toshiro Mifune, Alain Delon, Ursula Andress. Broson plays Link, who is a member of an outlaw gang led ...
...one of the train carriages there happens to be two Samurai's {One Mifune} guarding a treasure, a very ornate, jewel encrusted Katana {Samurai Sword}. This sword is to be a gift to the American president from the emperor of Japan. In the hold up, Mifune's fellow Samurai is killed attempting to protect the sword. However, after the robbery Link is double crossed by Gauche and his gang and left un-armed to the mercy of Kuroda, played by Mifune. Link ...

tayloa22 24.08.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Red Sun (DVD)

Never Mess with "The Duke's" Family

Advantages: Maureen O'Hara, Classic John Wayne Western, Exciting, Well Acted for the most part
Disadvantages: A bit more gory than most John Wayne Films, pretty typical John Wayne

...I will be reviewing. Big Jake, the film. ******************************** The Film: Big Jake Summary ******************************** A great deal of creativity and depth is not involved in this particular story. It is actually quite simple and straightforward. An outlaw gang lead by John Fain attacks the McCandles Ranch. They kill quite a few members of the hired help, shoot Jake McCandles youngest son Jeff, and kidnap his grandson Little Jake ...
...the kid and that’s where Big Jake comes in! While he and his wife Martha haven’t seen each other for 18 years (apparently they’re not on speaking terms) she knows he’s the man for the job, and the only one that can save their 8 year old grandson. Accompanying him are his other two sons James, who doesn’t much care for Big Jake, and Michael, as well as his old friend Sam Sharpnose and his ever faithful Dog. Everyone that Big Jake meets keeps saying ...

Rahielli 01.04.2005 · Read full review
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Some say he's dead...some say he never will be

Advantages: Great acting, scenery
Disadvantages: None I can think of

...shift boat. The man is Jeremiah Johnson (played b Robert Redford) He is an ex-soldier, he has arrived in Utah to fulfil his ambition of becoming a mountain man. Jeremiah asks the local shop owner where he can go to hunt. The man gives him directions and Jeremiah sets off into the snowy mountains. Jeremiah comes across an old man who hunts bears. He teaches Jeremiah new skills. He tells Jeremiah that the territory he is heading for is indian territory. ...
...The Crows, are killers. Jeremiah again sets off. Along his route he survives treacherous weather and the fear of the indians. He comes across a house where he finds a hysterical woman. Her husband and son have been killed and scalped by the Crows. Jeremiah helps the woman bury her family. He goes into her house to find a small boy cowering in the corner. The woman insists that Jeremiah take the boy with him on his travels. The boy does not speak ...

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