I thought this b&w Western with Gregory Peck as a somewhat weary gunfighter, and found myself admiring it a lot.
It has the usual irritations that come from movies with a tight budget, clothing all new and uncreased, a general sense that everyone had had a shower only an hour before, and a set that looked the image of a backlot in LA.
That apart, I would not have criticised Peck except that I read a good review which correctly pointed out that he played the same nice guy in all his movies.
The plot was well above the average movie with these looks, and I didn't feel too disturbed by Peck's interpretation.
I found that the ending was well worth waiting for with it's moral tale, sensitively handled.
(This has been followed by numerous movies which dealing with this topic,even this plot, which for the most part were flops)
> It has the usual irritations that come from movies with
> a tight budget, clothing all new and uncreased, a general
> sense that everyone had had a shower only an hour before,
> and a set that looked the image of a backlot in LA.
> That apart, I would not have criticised Peck except that I
> read a good review which correctly pointed out that he
> played the same nice guy in all his movies.
> The plot was well above the average movie with these looks,
> and I didn't feel too disturbed by Peck's interpretation.
> I found that the ending was well worth waiting for with it's
> moral tale, sensitively handled.
> (This has been followed by numerous movies which dealing
> with this topic,even this plot, which for the most part were flops)
> Stone me.
I remember _The Gunfighter_ as being one of the more intelligent westerns of the fifties. The Peck character Jimmy Ringo is an obvious reference to the real life western character Johnny Ringo a rather mysterious bad man of the old West.
On Wed, 14 Nov 2012 15:25:55 -0800 (PST), dm1657...@gmail.com wrote:
>On Wednesday, November 14, 2012 2:09:16 PM UTC-5, Stone me wrote:
>> http://tinyurl.com/dxeskoa
>> I thought this b&w Western with Gregory Peck as
>> a somewhat weary gunfighter, and found myself
>> admiring it a lot.
>> It has the usual irritations that come from movies with
>> a tight budget, clothing all new and uncreased, a general
>> sense that everyone had had a shower only an hour before,
>> and a set that looked the image of a backlot in LA.
>> That apart, I would not have criticised Peck except that I
>> read a good review which correctly pointed out that he
>> played the same nice guy in all his movies.
>> The plot was well above the average movie with these looks,
>> and I didn't feel too disturbed by Peck's interpretation.
>> I found that the ending was well worth waiting for with it's
>> moral tale, sensitively handled.
>> (This has been followed by numerous movies which dealing
>> with this topic,even this plot, which for the most part were flops)
>> Stone me.
>I remember _The Gunfighter_ as being one of the more intelligent westerns of the fifties. The Peck character Jimmy Ringo is an obvious reference to the real life western character Johnny Ringo a rather mysterious bad man of the old West.
> >> I thought this b&w Western with Gregory Peck as
> >> a somewhat weary gunfighter, and found myself
> >> admiring it a lot.
> >> It has the usual irritations that come from movies with
> >> a tight budget, clothing all new and uncreased, a general
> >> sense that everyone had had a shower only an hour before,
> >> and a set that looked the image of a backlot in LA.
> >> That apart, I would not have criticised Peck except that I
> >> read a good review which correctly pointed out that he
> >> played the same nice guy in all his movies.
> >> The plot was well above the average movie with these looks,
> >> and I didn't feel too disturbed by Peck's interpretation.
> >> I found that the ending was well worth waiting for with it's
> >> moral tale, sensitively handled.
> >> (This has been followed by numerous movies which dealing
> >> with this topic,even this plot, which for the most part were flops)
> >> Stone me.
> >I remember _The Gunfighter_ as being one of the more intelligent westerns of the fifties. The Peck character Jimmy Ringo is an obvious reference to the real life western character Johnny Ringo a rather mysterious bad man of the old West.
On 2012-11-14, Stone me <m...@hollywood.com> wrote:
> I thought this b&w Western with Gregory Peck as > a somewhat weary gunfighter, and found myself > admiring it a lot.
Definitely one of Peck's better movies. My favorite Peck western has
always been The Big Country, despite him playing his usual good guy
schtick. My all time fave Peck flick is The Boys From Brazil. He
gets seriously evil in that one. "Shut up you ugly bitch!".
I like seeing the perennial good guys getting seriously pissed,
occasionally. I'm real tired of Jimmie Stewart's good guy goofiness,
so it's a real pleasure to watch him go postal on Dan Duryea in
Winchester 73. "Eat wood, Dan ...ggrrrr..!!".
>> I thought this b&w Western with Gregory Peck as
>> a somewhat weary gunfighter, and found myself
>> admiring it a lot.
>> It has the usual irritations that come from movies with
>> a tight budget, clothing all new and uncreased, a general
>> sense that everyone had had a shower only an hour before,
>> and a set that looked the image of a backlot in LA.
>> That apart, I would not have criticised Peck except that I
>> read a good review which correctly pointed out that he
>> played the same nice guy in all his movies.
>> The plot was well above the average movie with these looks,
>> and I didn't feel too disturbed by Peck's interpretation.
>> I found that the ending was well worth waiting for with it's
>> moral tale, sensitively handled.
>> (This has been followed by numerous movies which dealing
>> with this topic,even this plot, which for the most part were flops)
> I remember _The Gunfighter_ as being one of the more intelligent westerns > of the fifties. The Peck character Jimmy Ringo is an obvious reference to > the real life western character Johnny Ringo a rather mysterious bad man > of the old West.
> I thought this b&w Western with Gregory Peck as
> a somewhat weary gunfighter, and found myself
> admiring it a lot.
> It has the usual irritations that come from movies with
> a tight budget, clothing all new and uncreased, a general
> sense that everyone had had a shower only an hour before,
> and a set that looked the image of a backlot in LA.
> That apart, I would not have criticised Peck except that I
> read a good review which correctly pointed out that he
> played the same nice guy in all his movies.
> The plot was well above the average movie with these looks,
> and I didn't feel too disturbed by Peck's interpretation.
> I found that the ending was well worth waiting for with it's
> moral tale, sensitively handled.
> (This has been followed by numerous movies which dealing
> with this topic,even this plot, which for the most part were flops)
One of my memories of the film is Millard Mitchell's performance as
the sheriff, particularly when he kicks forty shades of shit out of
the young punk and sends him on his way. Must have been pretty violent
scene for its day.
> I like seeing the perennial good guys getting seriously pissed,
> occasionally. I'm real tired of Jimmie Stewart's good guy goofiness,
> so it's a real pleasure to watch him go postal on Dan Duryea in
> Winchester 73. "Eat wood, Dan ...ggrrrr..!!".
Wouldn't say he was much of a good guy in some of those 50s Anthony Mann westerns. Selfish loner in "The Far Country", bitter and self-centred bounty hunter in "The Naked Spur"
> Wouldn't say he was much of a good guy in some of those 50s Anthony Mann > westerns. Selfish loner in "The Far Country", bitter and self-centred > bounty hunter in "The Naked Spur"
Yes, those were Jimmie faves of mine. Likewise Bend in the River,
another Mann/Stewart effort. But none of those had ol' Jimmy bare his
fangs like '73. ;)
