Written by James M. Tate / 1/03/2021 / No comments / byron haskin , dean jagger , edmond o'brien , fifties , forrest tucker , paul fix , wallace ford , western
BYRON HASKIN DIRECTS A VENGEFUL EDMOND O'BRIEN IN 'WARPATH'
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Title: WARPATH Year: 1951 Rating: ***1/2 |
An epitome of a filler b-Western that still looks pretty grand with all the epic outdoor shots, specifically the Cavalry vs Indians, eventually led by none other than Custer, not a bad sort here, quickly seeing a problem with middle-aged (and pudgy for a leading man) former captain Edmond O'Brien as a private... but there is a reason...
Enter the Revenge aspect where O'Brien, after killing one of three split-up badmen who killed his "true love" years earlier, has trouble with big bullying Forrest Tucker...
First saving pretty ingenue Polly Bergen from the drunken sergeant's clutches, and then serving in Tucker's regiment of old-timers like Wallace Ford and Paul Fix. The problem is how soon things are figured out, and O'Brien isn't kept the dark longer longer for that particular vengeful element to blend more smoothly with the gun-blasting Indian fighting, seeming like another picture altogether. But still, director Byron Haskin moves the camera nicely, and he was one of the most "capable" directors around: one reason he never got the due he's worth.
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Polly Bergen's pretty and redheaded in WARPATH |
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Edmond O'Brien and Wallace Ford in WARPATH |
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A rousting Forrest Tucker and Edmond O'Brien in WARPATH with Paul Lees |
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