HF Westerns

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Apache no match for Caine.

 

[carptrash]

Nope never seen that one but it says from the director of Django. I was not too impressed with that one. I see Klaus Kinski is in it. Didn't he play the hunchback in "For a Few Dollars More?

I have Kinski's autobiography around here somewhere but have not read it yet. I think it more or less starts with him as a 15 year old Hitler Youty in the Battle of Berlin, so he was the real thing. I won't define "thing."

 

[TallTallMan]

it's about a Confederate officer who refuses the defeat, and tries to rob money in order to raise an other army.

The Hellbenders - Wikipedia

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That seems to be a theme is Horse Operas! The Searchers also alludes to it.

 

[Library Lady]

If I didn't have to work Wednesday night or, alternatively, wasn't trapped in my home because there's snow up to "here" outside, this could be a fun evening out. Keep reading! There's lots of interesting information about the film.

How the West Was Won (1962) on the MEGA-Screen! – Park Ridge Classic Film

 

[carptrash]

In 1969 -post Italian wave- he played in "Death of a gunfigher", a kind of High Noon sheriff opposed to a whole city. Possibly realized by Don Siegel, but the director didn't assume the film I heard sometime. Not bad anyway.

I love "Yellow Sky" which also includes Harry Morgan, it is sort of a noir western, well worth whatever it takes to see it.

 

[TallTallMan]

Apache no match for Caine.

 

[TallTallMan]

I love "Yellow Sky" which also includes Harry Morgan, it is sort of a noir western, well worth whatever it takes to see it.

Ox-Bow and The Gunfighter are also noirs.

 

[carptrash]

If I didn't have to work Wednesday night or, alternatively, wasn't trapped in my home because there's snow up to "here" outside, this could be a fun evening out. Keep reading! There's lots of interesting information about the film.

Sorry to hear about the snow, it is more or less the same here in Arizona, in that it got into the 40s last night.

 

[MAJOR DUNDEE]

They show tonigh on french TV ("Arte", the culture and science channel, actually the only channel to show Westerns on prime time), "The 4 sons of Katie Elder", classic Duke, no surprises...

 

[MAJOR DUNDEE]

Ox-Bow and The Gunfighter are also noirs.

Absolutely , "Film Noir" genre spreads on Western too, a good example is the great "The outcast of Poker Flat", starring Dale Robertson among others.

The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1952 film) - Wikipedia

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[MAJOR DUNDEE]

I have Kinski's autobiography around here somewhere but have not read it yet. I think it more or less starts with him as a 15 year old Hitler Youty in the Battle of Berlin, so he was the real thing. I won't define "thing."

So was Hardy Kruger I guess, enlisted in WW2 as jungen something, he's mainly knowed in the US for his "Hatari" performance.

 

[carptrash]

So was Hardy Kruger I guess, enlisted in WW2 as jungen something, he's mainly knowed in the US for his "Hatari" performance.

Hah! You say "Hatari just because John Wayne was in it. Kruger's wikipedia article makes interesting reading and also lists 50 (Carpmath) other movies he was in, some fairly important.

Hardy Krüger - Wikipedia

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[MAJOR DUNDEE]

About "Red Sun"...very sympathethic film from the 70's, among others players, it star's Alain Delon, who plays an absolute bad guy...
When you see that film, you might think it's a pity that the late Jean-Paul Belmondo never was given the opportunity to play in a Western , by any chance, the Western comics character "Blueberry" was openly inspired from Belmondo's...they made in 2000 some an ugly version completely "moved" of the original spirit.

 

[Pollaco]

It would absolutely amaze you to see who all had a part in the cast of "How the West was Won". Many stars in there own right were cast as extras.I've seen Lee Van Cleef and John Carradine in small parts with little or no talking. Think how many I didn't see.

 

[MAJOR DUNDEE]

Lee Van Cleef and Walter Brennan, great bad guys, great "tavern/cavern" scene.

 

[damYankee]

Sorry to hear about the snow, it is more or less the same here in Arizona, in that it got into the 40s last night.

Oxbow Incident is a great movie, also notable as Fonda reported for duty with the US Navy after filming,
Fonda's career was going from strength to strength. He had worked with James Stewart to fundraise for Britain's defense. Yet, he was dissatisfied with the idea of acting while America went to war. He enlisted in the Navy during World War II, initially serving as a Quartermaster 3rd Class on the destroyer USS Satterlee. However, he later applied to become an officer and, thanks to his age, was commissioned as a Lieutenant Junior Grade in Air Combat Intelligence. Fonda proved worthy of his commission, and was awarded the Bronze Star Medal in 1945 for his untiring energy in repelling Japanese forces, helping to plan and execute air operations to neutralize hostile installations on nearby atolls and islands. Fonda contributed to the conditions which made possible the strategic bombings of the Japanese mainland by B-29 bombers, including the nuclear strikes on Hiroshima and Nagasaki which ended the war. After being discharged from active duty, Fonda served in the Naval Reserve.

here's a more lengthy write-up about his service;

Henry Fonda and the U.S. Navy

When New York Times

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[Kurtlg]

Jimmy Stewart flew 20 missions in Europe piloting a B-24 called Male Call. He was pulled from Frontline duty because it was claimed he was "flack happy" , which today would be called PTSD. He served in the Air Force into the 1970s. Several Hollywood actors served in combat during WW2 .

 

[GELongstreet]

... the Western comics character "Blueberry" was openly inspired from Belmondo's...they made in 2000 some an ugly version completely "moved" of the original spirit.

A great comic series. Many of them, including some of those set in the ACW when Blueberry served in the Union Army, were available in my local library when I was a kid and young teen, and I loved them. And pretty straight forward, no clue what made them do that weird movie.

 

[damYankee]

Jimmy Stewart flew 20 missions in Europe piloting a B-24 called Male Call. He was pulled from Frontline duty because it was claimed he was "flack happy" , which today would be called PTSD. He served in the Air Force into the 1970s. Several Hollywood actors served in combat during WW2 .

His Hollywood friends and his family said he wasn't the same after the war, he was such a professional, they say he became more dedicated to his art, but also continued his service in the Air Force reserves.

 

[TallTallMan]

Lee Van Cleef and Walter Brennan, great bad guys, great "tavern/cavern" scene.


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I don't even remember that scene. I think my mind might explode. They are the baddest muthas on Earth.