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How are standing John Wayne western highly recommend James Welch, Henderson Arkansas June 17, 2023
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Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars
06/18/23
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This was one of those B-movie Westerns John Wayne had to pay his dues, and learn his craft in, on his way to superstardom and becoming a household name. His acting chops, while coming along and becoming more multidimensional, are still developing, and he gets by more or less on his charisma and big smile. Joseph Kane provides decent, pedestrian direction--all of the exciting scenes are directed by Wayne's longtime associate, Yakima Canutt (the one who would later direct the outstanding chariot race in 'Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ'), and Vera Ralston is great as the loving wife who just seems to do the wrong thing at the worst possible time.
Ward Bond and Mike Mazurki are excellent as the bad guys, and Walter Brennan (as the most bipolar ship captain one will EVER find in cinema) and Nick Stewart (as his harped-on assistant) steal every scene they're in. Ona Munson even throws in an entertaining song-and-dance number, and provides an interesting love possibility for Wayne, if he wasn't such a one-woman guy.
This was released on Christmas Day in the States, and it's no lump of coal in one's stocking, but a small, likeable gift for fans of the genre. Worth a watch if you like Westerns, and a purchase and rewatch for Wayne enthusiasts.
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Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars
02/06/23
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Throw him out!
In Fargo North Dakota a railroad tycoon and a real-estate tycoon are about to bump heads over the land of the farmers. The real-estate tycoon believes his practices are best for the people and so do the people. A war ensues between the tycoons with the town's hopes and dreams caught in the middle.
"We thought we'd get together and count our guns..."
Joseph Kane, director of Laramie, Flame of Barbary Coast, Undersea Kingdom, Track of Thunder, Smoke in the Wind, The Search for the Evil One, and Country Boy, delivers Dakota. The storyline for this picture is fairly cliché and straightforward. The characters were interesting and fairly well written and the cast delivers okay performances. The cast includes John Wayne, Walter Brennan, Vera Ralston, Ward Bond, and Ona Munson.
"You're nothing but a no good woman!"
This was recommended to me by Verizon Fios so I decided to give it a viewing. This was fairly standard for the genre but I enjoyed how the two main characters played off each other and the ultimate outcome. This isn't a classic western, but it is worth viewing for fans of the genre.
"So you are the man who married my daughter..."
Grade: C+
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Rated 3 out of 5 stars
01/19/23
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This was one of those B-movie Westerns John Wayne had to pay his dues, and learn his craft in, on his way to superstardom and becoming a household name. His acting chops, while coming along and becoming more multidimensional, are still developing, and he gets by more or less on his charisma and big smile. Joseph Kane provides decent, pedestrian direction--all of the exciting scenes are directed by Wayne's longtime associate, Yakima Canutt (the one who would later direct the outstanding chariot race in 'Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ'), and Vera Ralston is great as the loving wife who just seems to do the wrong thing at the worst possible time.
Ward Bond and Mike Mazurki are excellent as the bad guys, and Walter Brennan (as the most bipolar ship captain one will EVER find in cinema) and Nick Stewart (as his harped-on assistant) steal every scene they're in. Ona Munson even throws in an entertaining song-and-dance number, and provides an interesting love possibility for Wayne, if he wasn't such a one-woman guy.
This was released on Christmas Day in the States, and it's no lump of coal in one's stocking, but a small, likeable gift for fans of the genre. Worth a watch if you like Westerns, and a purchase and rewatch for Wayne enthusiasts.
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Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars
02/24/23
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Flat and not very involving, mostly due to Vera Ralston. On the other hand, the Walter Brennan scenes are fairly amusing.
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Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars
01/26/23
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so John Wayne battles a guy over land basically because he's John Wayne, nothing terribly exciting but nothing wrong with it either
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Rated 3 out of 5 stars
02/23/23
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