Written by James M. Tate / 3/20/2022 / No comments / biopic , fifties , james arness , james stewart , jean hagen , melodrama , paul stewart , prison , warner archives , wendell corey
JAMES STEWART WITH JEAN HAGEN IN 'CARBINE WILLIAMS'
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| Title: CARBINE WILLIAMS Year: 1952 Rating: ***1/2 |
Famously likeable James Stewart did his share of dramatic roles, although most were of simple, everyday fellas, so in CARBINE WILLIAMS he plays a determined, insanely stubborn white trash loser...
Although he starts out nice enough in a frame story about the titular gun-maker whose backstory begins with a perfect marriage contrasting a secret, very illegal and dangerous moonshine gig...
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| Stewarts James and Paul ride the prison train in CARBINE WILLIAMS |
But CARBINE is mostly a hard-line prison flick, initially of the chain-gang nature, and Stewart does a pretty good job as a convict who refuses to give in, even to logic when there's a nice-enough warden (Wendell Corey) on the last stretch...
As Stewart remains a sullen wishbone between token rebel Paul Stewart, always planning an escape, while avoiding perfectly-patient wife Jean Hagen in a nifty biopic with a little more run-time than the usual programmer.
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| James Stewart and Jean Hagen in CARBINE WILLIAMS |
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| James Stewart and Jean Hagen in CARBINE WILLIAMS |
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| James Stewart and James Arness (younger brother, cameo) in CARBINE WILLIAMS |
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| James Stewart and Paul Stewart in CARBINE WILLIAMS |
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| James Stewart and Jean Hagen in CARBINE WILLIAMS |
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| James Stewart and Wendell Corey in CARBINE WILLIAMS |
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