Ride the Pink Horse

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Chris C My favorite thing about the user reviews is the one that confidently states this was filmed in SoCal and looks nothing like Santa Fe, but conveniently falls to notice that the La Fonda hotel of the film's setting is actually (and was filmed at) the actual La Fonda hotel in actual Santa Fe New Mexico. You can't make this up. An excellent noir that deviates just enough from formula to stay interesting in every scene. While problematic elements exist, it's worth noting that the Hispanic characters are multidimensional and treated with respect by Montgomery as director (and star). Highly enjoyable. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/25/24 Full Review Audience Member The most dreadful thing I've ever seen. Photography was good and Fred Clark was good. It resembled a Luis Buñuel film but in a bad way. Some noir elements. Can someone explain what it was all about? Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review steve d The performances are better than the script. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Refreshing spin on the typical noir narrative where the runway man learns from the society he is trying to escape in. Most of the time, “Mexico” is someplace to disappear to in film noir, where characters can start over. Here “Mexico” helps the protagonist find friends, stability, and the identity he was supposedly running from. Absolutely beautiful film and highly recommended to any fan of noir! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/28/20 Full Review Audience Member About as bad as you can get. Cheaply done southern California shots to fake a New Mexican town (no town in New Mexico was like this in the late 1940s, certainly not Santa Fe, the city it was supposed to resemble), poor direction, and an aimless plot added to the quixotic acting by Montgomery, who apparently thought he was doing something novel. The only good character was Pancho, and he stood out because all the others were so bad. This movie does not fit into the film noir category, although it tries to do so. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Audience Member There's a lot to admire about this film noir. There's a scene where a character is being beaten by some henchmen and the camera captures it in the background as its focused on kids going round-and-round on a Merry-Go-Round. There's the opening tracking shot that left Martin Scorsese wondering how director Robert Montgomery was able to pull it off (mentioned in the Criterion DVD). There's Thomas Gomez's performance that earned him a Supporting Actor nomination, the first for a Hispanic actor. Was disappointed to hear that an Anglo was playing the role of Pila, but as the movie went on Wanda Hendrix's Pila cast a spell. What a wonderful character. She saved the soul of the protagonist and captured mine. Hendrix made that possible with her quietly effective performance. The end of the movie, when she holds court with her peers, is one of the finest "Hollywood" endings ever. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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