This was a pretty good western for its time, Its not historically accurate, and not too serious, and I suppose a bit daft in parts, but its still a pretty good film.
Jack Buetel was excellent in the lead role, but Walter Huston was the class act as Doc Hollday, Thomas Mitchell was ok as Pat Garrett, if not a bit wooden, despite his rating as an actor he was a long way off Buetel and Huston. But the lame duck was Jane Russell, she was a combination of a "rabbit caught in the headlights" and "without a clue" , she was supposed to be one of Hollywood's top beauties and female stars, but she did not look that great to me (although she had a lovely pair of knockers) and her acting was well off, so I am unsure what all the fuss was about, however this was her first film and she was only 20 years old when making it, so a bit of a learning curve.
The film was made by Howard Hughes and Howard Hawks, a legendary combination, and despite its lack of accuracy and odd style, they still manage to pull of a good film, the combination of Buetel and Huston with the direction seemed to do the trick.
I see the average rating on here is 5.4 stars at the time I wrote this, I don't know why, maybe other raters did not get that the film was not made to be accurate, nor taken too seriously, I reckon it was about 7 stars, and despite my criticism it was interesting to see Jane Russell, although she failed to live up to expectation. And it was a pity that Jack Buetel was prevented from making more films by Howard Hughes, he could have been a Hollywood great. When he eventually got out of Howard Hughes grip, his rising star had fallen. Shame
All in all it was a good movie for a Sunday afternoon.
Jack Buetel was excellent in the lead role, but Walter Huston was the class act as Doc Hollday, Thomas Mitchell was ok as Pat Garrett, if not a bit wooden, despite his rating as an actor he was a long way off Buetel and Huston. But the lame duck was Jane Russell, she was a combination of a "rabbit caught in the headlights" and "without a clue" , she was supposed to be one of Hollywood's top beauties and female stars, but she did not look that great to me (although she had a lovely pair of knockers) and her acting was well off, so I am unsure what all the fuss was about, however this was her first film and she was only 20 years old when making it, so a bit of a learning curve.
The film was made by Howard Hughes and Howard Hawks, a legendary combination, and despite its lack of accuracy and odd style, they still manage to pull of a good film, the combination of Buetel and Huston with the direction seemed to do the trick.
I see the average rating on here is 5.4 stars at the time I wrote this, I don't know why, maybe other raters did not get that the film was not made to be accurate, nor taken too seriously, I reckon it was about 7 stars, and despite my criticism it was interesting to see Jane Russell, although she failed to live up to expectation. And it was a pity that Jack Buetel was prevented from making more films by Howard Hughes, he could have been a Hollywood great. When he eventually got out of Howard Hughes grip, his rising star had fallen. Shame
All in all it was a good movie for a Sunday afternoon.