Showing posts with label 1959. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1959. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Ride Lonesome

Ride Lonesome (1959)
Dir. Budd Boetticher
Starring: Randolph Scott, Karen Steele, James Best, Pernell Roberts, James Coburn, Lee Van Cleef

Ben Brigade (Scott), a bounty hunter captures and escorts the outlaw Billy John (Best) to town to be hanged, but Billy John warns him that his brother Frank (Van Cleef) will be on his way to stop him. On their way  to Santa Cruz, he rescues a woman (Steele), and picks up a pair of gumen (Roberts and Coburn) who are more interested the the reward being offered for Billy John.


Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Westbound review


Westbound (1959)
Staring Randolph Scott, 
Virginia Mayo
Dir. Budd Boetticher

In 1864 Cavalry Captain John Hayes (Scott) is ordered to leave the war and become a civilian boss of the Overland Stage Line, running the lines that carry gold from California for the war effort. But once he arrives in town he encounters resistance from Southern sympathizers who are out to destory the line, led by Clay Putnam (Andrew Duggan), who was once friend to Hayes but is now married to his former love (Mayo).