Starring: Charles Bronson, Henry Fonda
Directed by: Sergio Leone
Plot: Epic story of a mysterious stranger with a harmonica who joins forces with a notorious desperado to protect a beautiful widow from a ruthless assassin working for the railroad.
But is it any good?
As with High Noon, I wasn’t expecting to enjoy Once upon a time… but I […]
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt
Directed by: John Huston
Plot: Three down-and-out men tackle a mountain in Mexico in search of gold, battling opportunists, bandits - and each other - to get rich.
But is it any good?
Luckily this is one of the films on my list that turns out to be a, erm, treasure. Never […]
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Starring: Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Lloyd Bridges
Directed by: Fred Zinnemann
Plot: Marshal Will Kane has just gotten hitched and is hanging up his silver star to leave town when he hears that a former nemesis called Frank Miller, who he had arrested five years earlier, has been released from jail and is heading into town […]
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Starring: Toshiro Mifune
Directed by: Akira Kurosawa (Seven Samurai)
Plot: A drifting Samurai warrior arrives in a new town in 1860 and pits the two criminal gangs against each other, moving from one side to the other depending on who’s offering the best sake.
But is it any good?
Put it this way: Yojimbo was later remade as […]
