Written by James M. Tate / 3/05/2016 / No comments / carroll baker , epic , george peppard , james stewart , sixties , western
HOW THE WEST WAS WON AWFUL FILM
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They had everything from a big cast, big sets, big country, big directors, and yet, no plot or purpose! |
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Released: 1962 |
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In one scene, Reynolds’ determined showgirl, contrasting colorfully on the hard, dusty road, breaks into a musical number to a group of disheveled cowboys… And during the third act, after two boring Overture Theme breaks, we finally wind up with the film’s buried lead, George Peppard as the deceased Stewart and an aged-in-bad-makeup Baker’s idealistic son (befitting the budding 1960's "New Heroes With More Message Than Muscles"), fighting a nefarious railway boss, Richard Widmark, for support of the double-crossed Indians… And if the entire film centered on Peppard’s more-focused dilemma following an underwhelming Civil War sequence, it would have made a lot more sense in this overlong and embarrassingly unwatchable vehicle. And John Wayne fans beware, his cameo is an important as a tree in a children’s play, or a Roman guard in... well that's another story.
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