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Two men who have been friends since childhood find themselves on opposite ends of the law.Two men who have been friends since childhood find themselves on opposite ends of the law.Two men who have been friends since childhood find themselves on opposite ends of the law.
Jackson D. Kane
- Clem
- (as Jackson Kane)
Victor Mohica
- Big Eye
- (as Vic Mohica)
Henry Allin
- Policeman
- (uncredited)
Richard Breeding
- Prisoner
- (uncredited)
Mickey Burleson
- Young Man
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaSeaton's final film and Martin's last western. The two had previously worked together on "Airport."
- GoofsBilly's extra gun at the gunfight at the creek starts off as a single-action blue steel Colt Bisley, recognizable for the distinctive shape of its grip frame, and turns into a nickel-plated double action revolver when he crawls out to the log.
- Quotes
Billy Massey: Art, I got to hand it to you. The whole thing went off as slick as spit on a round doorknob.
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Pretty As A Picture
Old friends and partners Rock Hudson and Dean Martin unwillingly collide when Martin is wanted for train robbery and Hudson is the sheriff who has to catch him, which he does when his wife, Susan Clark, stands between the two men.
George Seaton's first western and last movie is an oddly paced affair. Both men seem to be uncomfortable at all time, and Miss Clark very relaxed. I attribute this to the idea that it seems a more more calculated to show off Ernest Laszlo's stunning cinematography than a story film. True, westerns, the most conservative of movie genres, was always more about the camerawork and vistas of the old western than stories; western writer Frank Gruber said there were only seven plots for westerns, so what else was a western movie supposed to be about other than the pictures? Yet even the great color westerns of the 1950s always had an artificial look to them. Laszlo's camerawork is seemingly more casual and gorgeous for that.
The print and transfer I saw were both carefully done. That always helps.
George Seaton's first western and last movie is an oddly paced affair. Both men seem to be uncomfortable at all time, and Miss Clark very relaxed. I attribute this to the idea that it seems a more more calculated to show off Ernest Laszlo's stunning cinematography than a story film. True, westerns, the most conservative of movie genres, was always more about the camerawork and vistas of the old western than stories; western writer Frank Gruber said there were only seven plots for westerns, so what else was a western movie supposed to be about other than the pictures? Yet even the great color westerns of the 1950s always had an artificial look to them. Laszlo's camerawork is seemingly more casual and gorgeous for that.
The print and transfer I saw were both carefully done. That always helps.
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