Cees Alons
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Now Paramount have released The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, I was wondering whether we may expect the "other" Warlock, by Edward Dmytryk (1959).
It's an astonishingly intelligent film, proving the versatility and broad scope of the once so popular Western genre.
A strong cast (among others: Henry Fonda, Anthony Quinn, Richard Widmark, Dorothy Malone and, yes!, DeForest Kelly) in a film that pairs interesting psychological development with good old western action. A strong climax and a daring underlying theme (certainly for 1959): the psychology of affectionate bonding between men.
I own this film on VHS tape, and I think it deserves a DVD release. To the best of my knowledge, the rights are owned by Twentieth Century Fox.
It's one of those films I would order immediately when announced as a decent DVD version!
Cees
It's an astonishingly intelligent film, proving the versatility and broad scope of the once so popular Western genre.
A strong cast (among others: Henry Fonda, Anthony Quinn, Richard Widmark, Dorothy Malone and, yes!, DeForest Kelly) in a film that pairs interesting psychological development with good old western action. A strong climax and a daring underlying theme (certainly for 1959): the psychology of affectionate bonding between men.
I own this film on VHS tape, and I think it deserves a DVD release. To the best of my knowledge, the rights are owned by Twentieth Century Fox.
It's one of those films I would order immediately when announced as a decent DVD version!
Cees