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SIERRA (Dir: Anthony E Green, 1950).
A Technicolor western drama from Universal. Based upon Stuart Hardy's 1937 novel The Mountains Are My Kingdom and previously filmed as Forbidden Valley (Wyndham Gittens, 1938).
Ring Hassard (Audie Murphy) and his father Jeff (Dean Jagger) have been holed up in the mountains for 15 years after Jeff was wrongly accused of murder. With the aid of lawyer Riley Martin (Wanda Hendrix) they attempt to clear his name, but most townsfolk would rather see Ring and Jeff hanged.
Read the full review on my blog JINGLE BONES MOVIE TIME! Link below.
KANSAS RAIDERS (Dir: Ray Enright, 1950).
A lively western adventure, set against the backdrop of the American Civil War.
This star vehicle for Universal contract player Audie Murphy, is a highly fictionalised account of the early career of the outlaw Jesse James. Here such historical figures as young Jesse (Audie Murphy) and his brother Frank (Richard Long) team up with Kit Dalton (Tony Curtis) and the Younger brothers under the tutelage of Confederate guerrilla Colonel William Quantrill (Brian Donlevy), in a kinda outlaw equivalent of Avenger Assemble (Josh Whedon, 2012).
Read the full review on my blog JINGLE BONES MOVIE TIME! Link below.
HELL BENT FOR LEATHER (Dir: George Sherman, 1960).
The Audie Murphy western wagon trundled on with Hell Bent For Leather. Yet, on this occasion the end product is a mite gritter than one would usually expect from a Murphy movie.
Wandering into homestead Sutterville after having his horse stolen, cattle man Clay Santell (Murphy) is mistaken by the townsfolk for a murderer known as Travers (Jan Merlin). He is pursued by a corrupt Marshall (Stephen McNally) who knows of his innocence but wants the glory of caching 'the killer'. Santell goes on the lam, taking with him hostage Janet Gifford (Felicia Farr), herself a town outcast due to the actions of her late father.
Read the full review on my blog JINGLE BONES MOVIE TIME! Link below.
