Written by James M. Tate / 8/10/2018 / No comments / ann richards , forties , gabby hayes , lawrence tierney , randolph scott , steve brodie , warner archives , western
RANDOLPH SCOTT & LAWRENCE TIERNEY IN 'BADMAN'S TERRITORY'
Lawrence Tierney gets scant screen-time, but looks cool YEAR: 1946 |
Thus Randolph Scott and tacked-on younger brother fit like loose, leafy gloves, and it takes a while to figure out why these seemingly stalwart heroes are hanging out with The James and Dalton Gangs, which adds to the overall uneven cadence that only sporadically attempts the kind of swift action the Western genre relies on. Leaving one desperate hope in our man Lawrence Tierney who plays, of all people, Jesse James himself; ironic since he'd become famous as another folk-hero outlaw in DILLINGER three years earlier (his moll Anne Jeffreys appears in the BADMAN'S sequel)...
Warner Archive Blue MOVIE SCORE: **1/2 |
On the other hand, and the brighter side, in this first review (second for August) written since losing two pints of blood at the hospital, there's a few neat gunfights and one quick horse race, both filmed pretty well. In fact the best direction occurs during the first act as the camera sweeps across Main Street — the townspeople flowing along to witness our somewhat benign hero face-off with a half-ass, politically-motivated heavy that adds more cushion to what should have been a bed of bloody nails. The BADMAN'S talgine should be: Here Slept Jesse James... And Quite Peacefully.
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