Having grown up in the 1950s when Westerns were all the rage, it's rare nowadays that I can stomach to watch one. Once in a while. If it's different. And that's what makes this Western watchable. It's different enough to hold your interest.
First of all -- Jack Lemmon as a cowboy? Well, yes, because here he plays a tenderfoot that isn't quite as tender as he first appears to be.
Second -- how often do you see Glenn Ford play, essentially, the bad guy? He's not a true villain here, but it's not easy to like his character in this film. I'm a little surprised he took the role.
One thing that doesn't quite work is Dick York as a cowboy. And Brian Donlevy has a realtively minor role here...quite a step down from his second-tier status earlier in his career.
I can't say, but I felt maybe this film gave a little better idea of what a cattle drive was really like in that era.
The one failure of the film, at least from my perspective, is the very ending. Not what I wanted to see, and not a very rewarding ending. Nevertheless, it's interesting to see the range of films that director Delmer Daves made is his career, from "Cowboy" in 1958 to "Parrish" in 1961.
Worth a look see.
First of all -- Jack Lemmon as a cowboy? Well, yes, because here he plays a tenderfoot that isn't quite as tender as he first appears to be.
Second -- how often do you see Glenn Ford play, essentially, the bad guy? He's not a true villain here, but it's not easy to like his character in this film. I'm a little surprised he took the role.
One thing that doesn't quite work is Dick York as a cowboy. And Brian Donlevy has a realtively minor role here...quite a step down from his second-tier status earlier in his career.
I can't say, but I felt maybe this film gave a little better idea of what a cattle drive was really like in that era.
The one failure of the film, at least from my perspective, is the very ending. Not what I wanted to see, and not a very rewarding ending. Nevertheless, it's interesting to see the range of films that director Delmer Daves made is his career, from "Cowboy" in 1958 to "Parrish" in 1961.
Worth a look see.