Blu-ray Review Lawman Blu-ray Review (1 Viewer)

[Richard Gallagher]

Richard Gallagher

Lawman Blu-ray Review

Lawman is an intelligent and violent adult western that features outstanding performances by Burt Lancaster and Robert Ryan. It has been brought to Blu-ray by Twilight Time with a very nice transfer from MGM.

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[Steve...O]

Thanks, Rich. Another nice offering from TT. Great lead actors and a western make for an unbeatable combination.

 

[Ryan Barrett]

There actually is some distortion to the score towards the end of the film, but it may be inherent to the source...I honestly do not remember whether or not the DVD also had the same issue. I think the film looks very good - it's a great motion picture -the teaming of Burt Lancaster, Lee Jay Cobb, Michael Winner and that wonderful score by Jerry Fielding really separate the film from other westerns. If I have one caveat - I believe that the German version of the film (and the bluray released there) do run longer than the cut we got here.

 

[Dan McW]

Yes, Ryan, this is the American version of the film that has been released on VHS and DVD before by MGM/UA, although I don't think the previous DVD was properly letterboxed. The European version, which I believe aired on one of the Showtime channels in the 1990s, contains a Sheree North nude scene (she is covered up in the American version). One of the older user reviews buried on either Amazon or IMDb seems to imply that the scenes of birds feeding on dead animals are more graphic in the European version, although those scenes seem pretty graphic to me in the American version.

 

[Randy Korstick]

Another great performance by the very underrated Robert Ryan. He almost steals this movie from Lancaster.

 

[Keith Cobby]

I have really tried to like this over the years. Decent script and good performances let down by Michael Winner's clunky direction. Every time I think about putting it on I run The Professionals instead. Now there is a film that needs a UHD release.

 

[Robert Crawford]

I have really tried to like this over the years. Decent script and good performances let down by Michael Winner's clunky direction. Every time I think about putting it on I run The Professionals instead. Now there is a film that needs a UHD release.

I like the way you're talking there.

 

[Ryan Barrett]

How nice would that be! - I'd also add Sam Peckinpah's THE WILD BUNCH...both films I'd kill to see a UHD of