Rawhide (1938) Review

Rawhide (1938)

Dir. Ray Taylor

Starring Lou Gehrig, Smith Ballew, Evalyn Knapp

Baseball star Lou Gehrig (playing himself) quits the game to live a quiet life working on his sister’s (Knapp) ranch in a town called Rawhide. Once there he discovers a protection racket preying on the local population, and he teams with a lawyer (Ballew) to take them down.

Whispering Smith

Whispering Smith

Dir. James Neilson

Starring: Alan Ladd, Robert Preston, Brenda Marshall,  Donald Crisp

Luke "Whispering" Smith (Ladd) comes to town in order to investigate the large number of train wrecks that have been occurring in the area. After reuniting with old friend Murray Sinclair (Preston) and later learning that his friend is involved with Barney Rebstock (Crisp) the rancher that is suspected of causing the accidents, the stage is set of a final showdown between two old friends.

Night Passage

Night Passage (1957)

Dir. James Neilson

Starring: James Stewart, Audie Murphy, Dan Duryea

Disgraced ex-railroad employee Grant McLaine (Stewart) gets tasked by his former employer to deliver the company's payroll after a series of robberies committed by a gang led by Whitey Harbin (Duryea) and the Utica Kid (Murphy).

Texas Rangers

Texas Rangers

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Texas Rangers (2001)

Dir. Steve Miner

Starring: James Van Der Beek, Ashton Kutcher, Usher Raymond, Dylan McDermott, Tom Skerritt, Robert Patrick

A ragtag group of youngsters band together after the American Civil War to form the Texas Rangers, a group charged with the dangerous, ruthless duty of cleaning up the West.

Young Guns 2 Review

Young Guns II (1990)

Dir. Geoff Murphy

Starring: Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Philips, Christian Slater, William Petersen, James Coburn

The continuing adventures of Billy the Kid (Estevez) in the aftermath of the Lincoln County Wars, including his pursuit by former friend Pat Garrett (Petersen).

Young Guns review

Young Guns (1988)

Dir. Christopher Cain

Starring: Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Philips, Terence Stamp, Jack Palance

A retelling of the adventures of Billy the Kid (Estevez) during the Lincoln County War staring a bunch of up and coming pretty boy actors from the eighties.

Face to Face review

Face to Face AKA Faccia a Faccia (1967)

Dir. Sergio Sollima

Starring: Tomas Milian, Gian Maria Volonte, William Berger

Professor Brad Fletcher (Volonte) retires to the west due to health problems, and inadvertently joins the gang of outlaw Solomon Bennett (Milian), and quickly adapts to the harsh ways of the west while Bennett begins to change his ways.