Written by James M. Tate / 3/23/2022 / No comments / edgar buchanan , forties , glenn ford , leslie nielsen , mickey shaughnessy , pernell roberts , shirley maclaine , warner archives , western , william bowers
GLENN FORD IN GEORGE MARSHALL'S WESTERN 'THE SHEEPMAN'
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| Title: THE SHEEPMAN Year: 1958 Rating: **** |
George Marshall's THE SHEEPMAN could have been a genuine satire, deliberately playing upon Western tropes as "stranger in town" Glenn Ford knows there's always the expository-spouting "cracker barrel philosopher" (Edgar Buchanan); the brawling bully everyone fears (Mickey Shaughnessy); and Leslie Neilsen as the powerful yet sophisticated villain, an old acquaintance of Ford's Jason Sweet about to marry local tomboy Shirley MacClaine.
Co-written by William Bowers, THE SHEEPMAN resembles his later SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SHERIFF with a resilient sharpshooter who, no matter what's thrown at him, from fists to bullets, deals with cowboys protecting their cattle with the prospect of sheep...
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| Shirley MaClaine and Glenn Ford in THE SHEEPMAN |
The only real flaw is both THE SHEEPMAN movie and character doesn't always take itself/himself completely serious. Then again, like James Garner in SHERIFF, it's practically an unflappable superhero Western flick, so why worry?
That's left to everyone he's conning or, in headstrong-stubborn MacClaine's case, romancing... And yet, even for a picture that toys with so many purposeful clichés (including a finale HIGH NOON style showdown with future BONANZA brother Pernell Roberts), it's never too predictable.
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| Leslie Nielsen and Glenn Ford in THE SHEEPMAN |
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| Glenn Ford in THE SHEEPMAN |
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| Edgar Buchanan and Glenn Ford in THE SHEEPMAN |
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| Shirley MaClaine in THE SHEEPMAN |
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| Shirley MaClaine and Glenn Ford in THE SHEEPMAN |
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| The Sheepman Warner Archive Blue Cover |
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| Pernell Roberts in THE SHEEPMAN |
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| Pernell Roberts in THE SHEEPMAN with Glenn Ford |
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| Glenn Ford in THE SHEEPMAN |
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| Pernell Roberts in THE SHEEPMAN |
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