The Shakiest Gun in the West Review

The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968)

Dir. Alan Rafkin

Starring: Don Knotts, Barbara Rhoades

Don Knotts stars as Jessie Heywood, who decides to relocate to the west to practice dentistry. Once there, he unwittingly gets used by Penelope “Bad Penny” Cushings (Barbara Rhoades), a bandit that is being used by the government to find some gun runners that have been selling weapons to some Indians.

2 Films by Monte Hellman: The Shooting / Ride in the Whirlwind Criterion Blu-ray Review

Dir. Monte Hellman

In The Shooting, a mysterious woman hires a bounty hunter to escort her through the desert, looking for a man. In Ride in the Whirlwind, a trio of farmhands are being hunted by vigilantes after being mistaken for part of a gang of outlaws.

Dead Man Review

Dir. Jim Jarmusch

Starring: Johnny Depp, Robert Mitchum, Gary Farmer

After arriving in the town of Machine and being denied a job he was promised, William Blake (Depp) meets a woman and is involved in a fatal shootinginvolving her ex lover. After leaving the town, he is joined by an Indian named Nobody (Farmer) and embarks on a journey to the west.

Two Rode Together

Two Rode Together (1961)

Dir. John Ford

Starring: James Stewart, Richard Widmark, Shirley Jones

Marshal Guthrie MacCabe is happy just staying in his town, profiting off the locals, until the army pressures him into helping to free some captives from the Comanche. Lieutenant Jim Gary is assigned the task of helping McCabe bargain with the Indians.

The Tall T Review

Dir. Budd Boetticher

Starring: Randolph Scott, Maureen O’Sullivan, Richard Boone

Patrick Brennan is a just a normal guy, who in the process of trying to get a bull, gets thrown into a hostage situation when Frank Usher (Richard Boone) kidnaps and attempts to ransom off the local copper baron’s daughter Doretta, (Maureen O’Sullivan) and her newly married weak willed husband Willard Mims (John Hubbard).

Revenge of the Virgins Review

Revenge of the Virgins (1959)

Dir. Peter Perry Jr.

This is the story of a group of white people who go to a remote area to pan for gold. Unfortunately the place that they are going is the home of a tribe of vengeful female Indians.

Quigley Down Under Review

Quigley Down Under (1990)

Dir. Simon Wincer

Starring: Tom Selleck, Alan Rickman, Laura San Giacomo

Matthew Quigley (Tom Selleck) arrives in Australia answering a wanted ad for long range sharpshooters.  After meeting an unstable American named Cora (Laura San Giacomo) and learning that the man hiring him, Elliot Marston (Alan Rickman) wants him to use his skills to kill the aborigines. This does not sit well with Quigley, who takes up the fight for the natives.