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October 26th, 2012: My Darling Clementine (1946)

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Black and White, Drama, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Western Tagged 20th Century Fox, Alan Mowbray, Arizona, Cathy Downs, Cold War, dance, Darryl F. Zanuck, doctor, double cross, Grant Withers, graveyard, gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Ford, John Ireland, Linda Darnell, rustlers, showdown, surgery, Tim Holt, Tombstone, tuberculosis, U.S. Marshall, Victor Mature, Walter Brennan, Ward Bond, Wyatt Earp

May 26th, 2012: Stagecoach (1939)

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Cavalry, Chase, Drama, Event Film, Independent, Melodrama, Movie of the Day, Period Film, The Original, Western Tagged "Native American Face", alcoholic, Andy Devine, before they were famous, Best Art Direction Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Music, Best Picture Nominee, Best Supporting Actor, Claire Trevor, Confederate War Veteran, doctor, Donald Meek, fallen woman, falsely accused, John Carradine, John Ford, John Wayne, on the lam, prisoner, showdown, Southern gentleman, stagecoach, The Border, Thomas Mitchell, Tim Holt, Tom Tyler, U.S. Cavalry, United Artists, Walter Wanger Productions, Yakima Canutt

April 30th, 2012: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)

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Leave a comment Posted in Adventure, Epic, Event Film, Movie of the Day, P.O.W., Period Film, Road Trip, Sequel, Spaghetti Western, War Movies, Western Tagged Alberto Grimaldi, Aldo Sambrell, bounty hunters, bridge, buried treasure, Cannon, cemetery, Civil War, Clint Eastwood, Constantin Film Produktion, double cross, Drive-In, Eli Wallach, Ennio Morricone, explosives, gold, graveyard, grindhouse, gunfighter, hanging, homage, interrupted execution, Italy, Lee Van Cleef, Luigi Pistilli, Mario Brega, musical interlude, POW, POW camp, priest, prison, prison warden, Produzioni Europee Associati (PEA), Sergio Leone, shopkeeper, showdown, Spain, train, treasure, treasure hunt, United Artists, wanted poster, West Germany

April 23rd, 2012: Pale Rider (1985)

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Coming of Age, Ghost, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Remake, Western Tagged Billy Drago, Carrie Snodgress, Chris Penn, Clint Eastwood, evil businessman, giant, gold panners, gunfighter, John Russell, Michael Moriarty, mine, miners, preacher, Richard Dysart, Richard Kiel, showdown, small town, stealth remake, The Malpaso Company, town vs. rednecks

August 2nd, 2011: Quiet Cool

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Buddy Flick, Cops, Crime, Movie of the Day, So-Bad-It's-Good Tagged awful cover, California, Chris Mulkey, double cross, drug dealers, drugs, Fran Ryan, homoerotic subtext, James Remar, Jared Martin, marijuana, maverick cops, New Line Cinema, Nick Cassavetes, showdown, survivalist, twist

My Darling Clementine (1946)

Apr8 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Based on a Book, Black and White, Buddy Flick, Full Reviews, Reviews, Western Tagged 20th Century Fox, Alan Mowbray, Arizona, Cathy Downs, Cold War, dance, Darryl F. Zanuck, doctor, double cross, Grant Withers, graveyard, gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Ford, John Ireland, Linda Darnell, rustlers, showdown, surgery, Tim Holt, Tombstone, tuberculosis, U.S. Marshall, Victor Mature, Walter Brennan, Ward Bond, Wyatt Earp

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