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List Price: $14.98 Our Price: $12.99 You Save: $1.99 Features • Color • DVD-Video • NTSC In Theaters : May, 1956 DVD Release : 23 May, 2006 |
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The Proud Ones description The main draw (and quick draw) of this 1956 Western is the marvelous presence of Robert Ryan in the lead role. This underappreciated actor plays a Kansas marshal with a history of perceived cowardice in his past. Everything comes to a head in a single week: a cattle drive ends in town, bringing shootin' and hollerin'; Ryan's nemesis, a casino-runner played by veteran bad guy Robert Middleton, arrives to soak the suckers; and young hotshot Jeffrey Hunter, whose father was killed by Ryan, arrives with revenge on his mind. Oh, and Ryan himself begins to suffer from blinding headaches. Despite the crowded plot, the results are Fifties Western boilerplate, with few distinguishing features beyond the cast. But the supporting ranks are crowded with essential horse-saga actors: Walter Brennan, Arthur O'Connell, Rodolfo Acosta, and of course the bearded, lizard-eyed Middleton. Virginia Mayo plays Ryan's hotel-keeper ladyfriend. Ace cinematographer Lucien Ballard gets a few good outdoor CinemaScope set-ups into the generally backlot feel of the thing. But the reason to see the film is lanky Robert Ryan, whose compelling mix of neurosis, gentleness, and fury is on full display here. --Robert Horton |
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| ♥♥♥♥♥ | Great Western, beautiful dvd, cheap price |
| This movie is awesome! The score and cinematography are also great. Robert Ryan is a very underrated actor. He should have been John Wayne's brother in "The Sons of Katie Elder". This is a good buy for people who enjoy old westerns from the 50's-70's. It's a solid, tight story and the print is one of the best I've ever seen. Fox did a great job with it. I had never seen it before but bought it because I'm a Robert Ryan fan and the positive reviews on Amazon. The reviews are great because I almost bought some movies then some people told me they weren't worth the money. This movie is worth it. If you like John Wayne-type westerns you'll like this. A great gift for a man in his mid-forties (or older) who grew up on movies like this. | |
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