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Bronson did his fair share.
Two more from my DVD stock-pile :
CHATO'S LAND
He gets a chance to get his shirt off and play an Apache getting his own back from a group of rough cowboys who killed his wife, and using his skill out in the New Mexico desert. OK, its a Michael Winner special* but non the worse for it.
The guy who gets a rattler thrown at his head always makes me shudder.
An improbable plot but....
CB plays an outlaw who joins a Samurai charged with delivering a gift sword to a US statesman. Its stolen on the way and its a matter of honour to get the gift back.
Alain Delon is a double-crossing partner, Toshiro Mifune is the samurai and Usula Andress provides the glamour.
Two more from my DVD stock-pile :
CHATO'S LAND
He gets a chance to get his shirt off and play an Apache getting his own back from a group of rough cowboys who killed his wife, and using his skill out in the New Mexico desert. OK, its a Michael Winner special* but non the worse for it.
The guy who gets a rattler thrown at his head always makes me shudder.
- probably during his Death Wish period.
An improbable plot but....
CB plays an outlaw who joins a Samurai charged with delivering a gift sword to a US statesman. Its stolen on the way and its a matter of honour to get the gift back.
Alain Delon is a double-crossing partner, Toshiro Mifune is the samurai and Usula Andress provides the glamour.
Edited by BryanC on Sunday 28th February 11:44
Johnspex said:
50 yards is MILES in revolver terms. If you can hit something ACCURATELY with a revolver quickly at anything over 10 yards you're doing brilliantly.
There are people who do it. There is an old fella who can ride his horse and shoot watermelons and all sorts at 20-50 yards. He was on Discovery/History or whatever. Really impressive,Oh, I like so many but perhaps the original True Grit....
One to avoid is a Sergio Leone spaghetti guff fest called Duck You Suckers.
Absolutely appalling, on every level. James Coburn's terrible and variable Irish accent, poor model train crashes and a bloody annoying musical soundtrack with perpetual "Shom Shom" vocalising throughout.
Gruesome.
Absolutely appalling, on every level. James Coburn's terrible and variable Irish accent, poor model train crashes and a bloody annoying musical soundtrack with perpetual "Shom Shom" vocalising throughout.
Gruesome.
Good shout earlier for The Shootist. Not the best western but so appealing for other reasons = Wayne's last film when he'd already lost one lung and the other wasn't working too well, and his speech patterns are even more prolonged. George C. Scott was pencilled in for the part but withdrew and Wayne was a shoe-in. James Stewart allegedly asked for a cameo role in what he knew would be Wayne's last film. and whoever dreamed up the idea of the opening montage of The Duke's older film roles was a genius and deserves some sort of Oscar for that.
A fitting tribute to his career.
A fitting tribute to his career.
Lotusgone said:
Quigley is a great film, but set in Australia, may not qualify. Unless we are talking Western Australia.
The PropositionThe Nightingale
Both set in Australia...both pretty bleak as I remember.
Watched the Sister Brothers recently, that was good...some authentic reloading of cap and ball revolvers by taking the gun apart and putting a new cylinder in (quicker than actually reloading)
Currently watching the Hell on wheels series, that seems to get the early revolvers right as well...running out of bullets is a major problem that the old westerns often didn't have.
motorizer said:
The Proposition
The Nightingale
Both set in Australia...both pretty bleak as I remember.
Watched the Sister Brothers recently, that was good...some authentic reloading of cap and ball revolvers by taking the gun apart and putting a new cylinder in (quicker than actually reloading)
Currently watching the Hell on wheels series, that seems to get the early revolvers right as well...running out of bullets is a major problem that the old westerns often didn't have.
The Proposition was a superb film as I recall The Nightingale
Both set in Australia...both pretty bleak as I remember.
Watched the Sister Brothers recently, that was good...some authentic reloading of cap and ball revolvers by taking the gun apart and putting a new cylinder in (quicker than actually reloading)
Currently watching the Hell on wheels series, that seems to get the early revolvers right as well...running out of bullets is a major problem that the old westerns often didn't have.
Soldier Blue.
The wife's Cherokee, and only later in life did I learnt about the true horrors of the European invasion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tEkuLm3SOo
The wife's Cherokee, and only later in life did I learnt about the true horrors of the European invasion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tEkuLm3SOo
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