"Wild Times" (1980) TV mini-series

Note Générale:

6,5/10   

Réalisateur:

Richard Compton

Scénaristes:

Don Balluck (teleplay)
Brian Garfield (novel)

Date de sortie:

24 janvier 1980 (USA)

Genre:

Western

Accroche:

A blood and thunder extravaganza [Video] [Australia]

Intrigue:

A sharpshooting saddle tramp with a price on his head falls for the daughter of a wealthy ranch owner...

Plot Keywords:

Wild West Show | Saddle Tramp | Shooting Contest | Contest | Ranch

Avis des utilisateurs:

If you like westerns this is a great one

Ensemble

Sam Elliott	...	Hugh Cardiff
Ben Johnson	...	Doc Bogardus
Bruce Boxleitner	...	Vern Tyree
Penny Peyser	...	Libby Tyree
Timothy Scott	...	Caleb Rice
Cameron Mitchell	...	Harry Dreier
Gene Evans	...	Cletus Hatch
Harry Carey Jr.	...	Fitz Bragg
Leif Erickson	...	John Tyree
L.Q. Jones	...	Wild Bill Hickok
Buck Taylor	...	Joe McBride
Pat Hingle	...	Bob Halburton
Geno Silva	...	Ibran
R.L. Tolbert	...	Freight Driver
Ben Zeller	...	1st Judge

Durée:

195 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Son:

Mono

Classification:

Iceland:12

Lieux de tournage:

Bonanza Creek Ranch - 15 Bonanza Creek Lane, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

Société:

Metromedia Productions

Anecdotes:

The Ben Johnson character "Doc Bogardus" is a combination of two professional exhibition shooters who carried on a rivalry from 1877 - 1883. William Frank "Doc" Carver (1840-1927) and Capt. Adam Henry Bogardus (1833-1913). The rivalry ended in 1883 when Carver out shot Bogardus in 19 of the 25 sponsored contests between them.

Guillemet:

[Hugh, Doc and Caleb are spinning yarns for Bob Halburton, a writer of western dime novels]
Hugh Cardiff: Bob, I recall the time that me and Caleb here was carryin' dispatches for an...
Doc Bogardus: That was, ah, Phil Sheridan, I recall.
Hugh Cardiff: Yeah, General Phil Sheridan. We was crossin' through some hostile Indian country and we got jumped by a band of forty Cheyenne.
Caleb Rice: And thirty Arapaho and two Ute.
Hugh Cardiff: And old Caleb here, he took care of thirteen of them Cheyenne with those two pistols you see hanging right there in that belt. And understand, Bob, he only fired twelve shots - now one of 'em went through two of those Indians and killed 'em both.
[...]

If you like westerns this is a great one

This is the basic western of man meets girl, looses girl.

The cast is second to none. Mini Series on TV Sam Elliott plays Hugh Cardiff an ex-Buffalo hunter. With his shooting skills he starts the following the shooting competitions.

At the shooting competitions he meets Ben Johnson and Timothy Scott, the 3 become good friends.

The threesome get into trouble and help each other out.

For a historical flare, the threesome even meet Wild Bill Hickok and go into business together.

While long for a movie, if you like to just sit down and watch one for a couple/three nights this one is a great one.