 In Harm's Way—good film—tells several stories at once. By using that technique, it increases watching interest. It's good to see Kirk Douglas play with John Wayne again (The War Wagon). Watch for Stanley Holloway (My Fair Lady). It relies on an all star cast with some cameo appearances. The film has suggestive themes. Storyline  Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe? Yes. Overall, this is a long watch that can be broken into two evenings; it earns its watch. Video Critique Available Here: Ben Meyers |
Hatari!—one of John Wayne’s better works—features a great deal of African scenery and wildlife. It has a little romance thrown in at all the right places and has an interest factor of how wild animals were caught before using tranquilizing guns. Watch for Bruce Cabot and Red Buttons as well as lesser-known cast members that create a good team. Thank you to Director Howard Hawks for making a film worth watching.
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A team of workers who legally supply animals to zoos and animal parks have a series of adventures and misadventures while capturing wild animals.
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Thank you to Director Howard Hawks for directing effort. Thank you to Producer Howard Hawks for making the film possible. Cast includes: John Wayne, Hardy Krüger, Elsa Martinelli, Red Buttons, Gerard Blain, Bruce Cabot, Michèle Girardon, Valentin Devargas, Eduardo Franz, Queenie Leonard, Jon Chevron, Sam Harris, Cathy Lewis,
Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?
Yes. The movie earns its watch with its simple, but solid, story set in Africa.
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Red River can be a little campy, archaic, and weak in presentation at times. But there is an art in the movie that cannot be denied…almost like a Picasso painting where everything does not fit together perfectly but overall is likable in its uniqueness. John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, and Walter Brennan capture a certain spirit of the age that refreshingly does not apologize for its goals and how it gets those goals accomplished. Directors Howard Hawks and Arthur Rosson establish the movement of the movie. The movie could be almost called a cult classic. The film has a good, light conclusion. It is worth an afternoon watch…maybe a couple of afternoons because it is over a 2-hour entertainment piece.
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A man starts up a new Texas cattle ranch and moves the marketable cattle along the Chisholm Trail.
Additional
Thanks
Thank you to Director Howard Hawks for directing effort. Thank you to Producer Howard Hawks for making the film possible. Cast includes: John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Joanne Dru, Walter Brennan, Coleen Grey, Harry Carey, John Ireland, Noah Beery Jr. Harry Carey Jr. Chief Yowlackie, Paul Fix, Hank Worden, Mickey Kuhn, and Ray Hyke.
Yes. The movie shows its age both in scripting and presentation. It’s an interesting study in vintage film-ology and is a good picture to use if studying Walter Brennan, the Chisholm Trail, or John Wayne films.
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The Green Berets
endeavor to survive an assignment in Vietnam with regular raids on their base
hindering their ability to survive.
Additional
Thanks
Thank you to Directors John Wayne and Ray Kellogg for
directing effort. Thank you to Producer Michael Wayne for making the film
possible. Cast includes: John Wayne, David Janssen, Jim Hutton, Aldo Ray,
Raymond St. Jacques, Bruce Cabot, Patrick Wayne, Luke Askew, and George Takei.
Yes. This movie is more
than worthy and tells a great Vietnam War story. The acting is good to great and
the presentation is very good.
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Friends strike it rich in the Alaskan wilderness. One friend travels to Seattle to get a wife for the other friend.
Additional Thanks
Thank you to Director Henry Hathaway for directing effort. Thank you to Producers Henry Hathaway, John Lee Martin, and Charles Feldman for making the film possible. Cast includes: John Wayne, Stewart Granger, Capucine, Ernie Kovacs, and Fabian.
No. This film is predictable and is one of John Wayne’s lesser performances. Better John Wayne westerns include: The Shootist or The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.
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Rooster Cogburn needs to retrieve a load of nitroglycerin from thieves.
Additional Thanks
Thank you to Director Stuart Millar for directing efforts. Thank you to Producer Hal Wallis for making the film possible. Cast includes: John Wayne, Katharine Hepburn, Anthony Zerbe, Richard Jordan, John McIntire, Paul Koslo, Jack Colvin, Jon Lormer, Richard Romancito, Lane Smith, Warren Vanders, Strother Martin and Tommy Lee.
Yes. This is a perfect film for John Wayne fans that compares favorably with True Grit in quality and workmanship. Thank you to all involved in making it a creditable movie to watch.
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A rancher, after release from prison, desires return of his property.
Additional Thanks
Thank you to Director Burt Kennedy for making the film possible. Thank you to Producer Marvin Schwartz for making the film possible. Cast includes: John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Howard Keel, Robert Walker Jr., Bruce Cabot, Keenan Wynn, and Joanna Barnes.
Yes. Despite its age, this movie is more than worth watching. It has lost none of its entertainment value through the years.
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