Compelling tale of a cowboy , Randolph Scott , and his partner Noah Beery Jr
against John Carrol , and his hoodlums , as Andrew Duggan and Abel Fernandez . In the Old west there are always the men who live breathe violence and the women who hold their breath . A hard-bitten man called Allison (Randolph Scott) arrives in Sundown after a three year search for Tate Kimbrough (John Carroll) . It is Kimbrough's wedding day , as he marries to Lucy Summerton (Karen Steele) . As Allison is a two-fisted man who comes a looking for the hombre who caused the death his spouse . Allison makes it clear he blames him for the death of his wife and is out to murder him. He has face-to-face with the killers who had dishonored his wife , but the events get worse . As shoot-out in the church puts the wedding on hold and Allison and his colleague wind up hooked in the livery stable . But the reasons for his actions become increasingly unclear, while the lttle town begins wondering about the grip Kimbrough has over them. Big showdown coming up ! Somebody will die for this ! At last the search was over ... now he was face-to-face with the killers who had dishonored his wife !
Another of the nice Westerns Randolph Scott made with filmmaker Budd Boetticher regarding a rough confrontation with strong characterization. This is a tremendously exciting story of a drifter who seeks justice and revenge , though is rather hampared by its small-town setting . It begins as a sluggish , slow-moving Western but follows to surprise us with dark , complex characters and solid plot . Randolph Scott is magnificently grim in the lead , well accompanied by the sympathetic Noah Beery Jr . The simple tale is clever but almost rudimentary , though full of clichés , and including ordinary shooting confrontation . Suspense and tension builds over the time in which the starring await a response to their demands . The action is brutishly cruel as when the nasties shoot without remission . The highlights of the film are the facing off between Scott and his enemies and the climatic showdown on the ending . Phenomenal and great role for Randolph Scott as two-fisted guy , he's the whole show as a tough and revenger man only to have his vengeful ideals compromised by finding that his wife was worthless . He plays perfectly as stoic , craggy, and uncompromising figure . Finely supported by a top-notch support cast such as his trail-buddy played by Noah Beery , the powerful nasty John Carroll , John Archer , Andrew Duggan , James Westerfield, John Litel , Abel Fernandez , Ray Teal , Vaughn Taylor , Richard Deacon . And two gorgeous girls Keren Steele and Valerie French. Vivid and atmospheric musical score by Heinz Roemhelz and colorful cinematography by Burnett Guffey .
The motion picture was competently directed by Budd Boetticher in bleak style . Boetticher formed a production company called ¨Ranown¨ along with Harry Joe Brown and Randolph Scott and as usual writer Burt Kennedy. The first Harrry Brown-Boetticher-Scott movie was 1956's " Seven men from now" , following ¨Decision at sundown(57)¨, ¨Buchanan rides alone(58)¨,¨Westbound(59)¨ ,¨Ride lonesome(59) ,in the decades since, they have produced and directed one Western ¨Comanche Station(60)¨ . Boetticher was a great expert on Western genre and also on the bullfighting world as ¨Bullfighter and the lady¨, ¨The magnificent matador¨ and ¨Arruza¨ . Rating : Above average. Well worth seeing . Watchable results for this offbeat Western.
Another of the nice Westerns Randolph Scott made with filmmaker Budd Boetticher regarding a rough confrontation with strong characterization. This is a tremendously exciting story of a drifter who seeks justice and revenge , though is rather hampared by its small-town setting . It begins as a sluggish , slow-moving Western but follows to surprise us with dark , complex characters and solid plot . Randolph Scott is magnificently grim in the lead , well accompanied by the sympathetic Noah Beery Jr . The simple tale is clever but almost rudimentary , though full of clichés , and including ordinary shooting confrontation . Suspense and tension builds over the time in which the starring await a response to their demands . The action is brutishly cruel as when the nasties shoot without remission . The highlights of the film are the facing off between Scott and his enemies and the climatic showdown on the ending . Phenomenal and great role for Randolph Scott as two-fisted guy , he's the whole show as a tough and revenger man only to have his vengeful ideals compromised by finding that his wife was worthless . He plays perfectly as stoic , craggy, and uncompromising figure . Finely supported by a top-notch support cast such as his trail-buddy played by Noah Beery , the powerful nasty John Carroll , John Archer , Andrew Duggan , James Westerfield, John Litel , Abel Fernandez , Ray Teal , Vaughn Taylor , Richard Deacon . And two gorgeous girls Keren Steele and Valerie French. Vivid and atmospheric musical score by Heinz Roemhelz and colorful cinematography by Burnett Guffey .
The motion picture was competently directed by Budd Boetticher in bleak style . Boetticher formed a production company called ¨Ranown¨ along with Harry Joe Brown and Randolph Scott and as usual writer Burt Kennedy. The first Harrry Brown-Boetticher-Scott movie was 1956's " Seven men from now" , following ¨Decision at sundown(57)¨, ¨Buchanan rides alone(58)¨,¨Westbound(59)¨ ,¨Ride lonesome(59) ,in the decades since, they have produced and directed one Western ¨Comanche Station(60)¨ . Boetticher was a great expert on Western genre and also on the bullfighting world as ¨Bullfighter and the lady¨, ¨The magnificent matador¨ and ¨Arruza¨ . Rating : Above average. Well worth seeing . Watchable results for this offbeat Western.