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Thanks for reminding me about COWBOY.
Unfortunately, Sony / Columbia released it pan & scan when it should be widescreen. It makes no sense to ruin an important western like that. Instead of buying the DVD I recorded TCM's widescreen broadcast on a DVD-R. That will teach 'em.
What was the pornographic half, do you mind my asking?
Delmer Daves made several solid westerns, beginning with BROKEN ARROW (1950), a vivid Technicolor western that completely screws up history but still tells the classic story of indian agent Tom Jeffords and the Apache chief Cochise. Bad history, great cinema. It's available on region 2 and maybe someone who reads here can tell us if it's worth buying.
Another Delmer Daves western, THE LAST WAGON (1956) is coming out from Fox on May 23rd.
I could never get into DESTRY RIDES AGAIN.
I've never liked it, and I don't know why.
Maybe it has to do with believabiltiy or with Marlene Dietrich. Her films for von Sternberg are so stunning, when I see her do the saloon singer for someone else, it seems like less, a trivialization.
What about ADVANCE TO THE REAR (1960-) with John Dehner wasn't that another George Marshall western comedy? And didn't it also inspire the TV series F Troop (which I hated with a vegeance).