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Kittridge is hired by the villans but turns to defend the rancher Saxon after learning the true situation. Kittrige wins Saxon's ranch with a cut of the cards but Saxon has other reasons for loosing the gamble. Telford and Lake try everything from bushwacking to setting a wildfire to stop the Saxon/Kittridge herd of cattle from reaching the railhead.
Release : | 1953 |
Rating : | 6.6 |
Studio : | Universal International Pictures, |
Crew : | Art Direction, Art Direction, |
Cast : | Audie Murphy Susan Cabot Paul Kelly Charles Drake Mary Castle |
Genre : | Western |
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Best movie of this year hands down!
Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.
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I didn't know much about this western before sitting down to watch it; to be honest I thought it might just be a half decent way to kill an hour and a half (including adverts). The opening was promising; two men, Reb Kittredge and Johnny Lake, ride into view followed by the pursuing cavalry, after giving them the slip they decide to go their separate ways; Johnny to go and find work on a sheep farm and Reb to seek employment as a hired gun for a man called Telford. Shortly after they split Reb is bushwhacked and has his horse shot from under him; his attacker flees but leaves two distinctive cartridges behind. Now horseless Reb starts walking towards town; luckily he is able to catch the passing stagecoach where he meets the beautiful Rita Saxon... unfortunately for him it is clear that she doesn't like him! It turns out Reb is being hired to help ensure that Rita's father, Dan Saxon, loses his ranch to Telford. It seems Telford is playing dirty from the start; telling Saxon that Reb is going to be gunning for him; he draws his gun on Saxon but rather than killing him Reb shoots it out of his hand. He then decides that Telford's offer isn't enough and before he can raise it he has a wager with Saxon; the result of which is that Reb now owns the ranch... but if he wants to keep it he will have to get the cattle from the ranch in Montana to Yellowstone; and Telford will do anything he can to stop him including hiring his old friend Johnny.This was a decent film; it is under eighty minutes long but that just means no time is wasted on unnecessary subplots and excessive dialogue. The action scenes were pretty exciting; especially the cattle stampede and when a wagon had to be driven down a particularly steep mountainside; of course there are a few good shoot-outs and everything works out for the best in the end. Audie Murphy was fine as Reb; he might not look that tough but he talked the talk and handled the action scenes in a way that makes the viewer believe in the character. Susan Cabot put in a feisty performance as the beautiful Rita and Jack Kelly was suitably treacherous as Reb's rival for Rita's affections. The locations are often important for a western and the scenery this was set in was suitably impressive with rugged terrain and snow-capped mountains in the background. Over all I'd recommend this to western fans of all ages as there is a good story, plenty of excitement and nothing to offend.
Hired gun Audie Murphy hits town to help bad guy Matt Telford (Donald Randolph) take over Dan Saxon's (Paul Kelly) spread. After winning Saxon's ranch and cattle in a game of chance, Audie declines Telford's offer and keeps the ranch for himself. Murphy then decides to drive his newly won cattle herd to the railhead to meet the note payment on the ranch, with the help of Saxon, his daughter (Susan Cabot), and their former wranglers. Forced to get a new rent-a-gun, Telford hires Murphy's old cohort Johnny Lake (Charles Drake) to stop Murphy from reaching the rail line.Although "Gunsmoke" is pretty much 1950's drive-in fare, this one has Audie Murphy in top form. Directed by Nathan Juran in just his second film, this movie moves along at a nice clip. A strong script that avoids a lot of clichés, makes the dialog far better than average for this type movie. Murphy and and the familiar face veteran cast all deliver good performances and turn a what might have been a pretty standard medium budget horse opera into one of Audie's best films. Watch for Jack Kelly in his pre-Maverick television series days as malcontent foreman Curly Mather.Entertaining Western. Definitely worth a watch.
I like the westerns Audie Murphy made before 1955. No matter how routine they might have been, they were colorful, entertaining, with a lot of action. Here he is Reb, a gunfighter, who seems to be a bad guy(like in most of Murphy's films). Susan Cabot as Rita is better than in any other film she made. Mary Castle is too stiff for the role she plays, which is what Marlene Dietrich was in "Destry Rides Again", she even sings "See What the Boys in the Back Room Will Have". Paul Kelly as Rita's father is an asset for any movie he is in. Charles Drake is Johnny Lake another gunfighter that is a friend of Reb, but then, suddenly they are on opposite sides. Reb has to deliver a cattle herd and he is going to have all the odds against him.
Good shoot-em-up with Murphy as Reb Kittredge, a gunhand in between jobs. He is offered a job to run a cattleman out of the country so the evil Matt Telford can control the entire valley. In an odd turn of events Kittredge comes into ownership of the disputed acreage and begins a hazardous journey to get the bovine to market before the mortgage to Telford comes due. Of course, Telford does everything in his power to ensure the drive is unsuccessful. A side plot along the way involves Kittredge as one corner of a love triangle, pitting him against a hot headed, back shooting polecat for the love of a beautiful woman: gotta have that thrown in, eh? Pretty standard stuff, but I enjoyed the production.