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Actually saw the film many years ago. It keeps you on the edge and, something so lacking in films today...the whole family could watch it. It's also interesting to see Albuquerque as it was almost 60 years ago. Great film classic. To many of today's films aren't worth the time and effort it would take to burn them. The scene where he shoots the helicopter down would, today be made into a violent and bloody massacre scene and the pilots killed...he showed his humanity by not doing that and it seemed he really felt remorse for doing so. Kirk Douglas was a fine actor and Carroll O'Conner became a favorite in his different roles.
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One of my all-time favorite films. Great characters, good and bad. Nice to have it in a DVD format. All the better ! Mike Marlowe
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This is Kirk Douglas' favorite movie that he starred in. It is also his son Michael's favorite that his father did. It may not be his BEST, but you can tell it is his most personal. And that he made at the pinnacle of his acting powers makes this a great neo-western. A cowboy out of his time trying to hold onto the old values makes a striking commentary to the times (then and NOW, as it turns out). A changing of an era. Douglas is superb as the cowboy out of his time (his horse, Whiskey, as Douglas says in the extras, steals the show). The supporting cast is great, too. Gene Rowlands as his best friends wife and confident and Walter Matthau as the sheriff in pursuit of Douglas after he breaks out of jail. The black and white photography, film score and direction are dead on fantastic. And coming from an unchangable script by the great Dalton Trumbo, everything falls into perfect place. From the opening scenes of the aircraft flying overhead to the shattering and stunning final, all the planets aligned for the making of this movie. And coming now in Widescreen DVD treatment, this movie has been a long wait coming and worth every penny ! Also coming with bonus' 'Tribute with Douglas, his son Michael, Gena Rowlands and fan Steven Spielberg'. and Music for the movie, memorably scored by Jerry Goldsmith.Read full review
I like the idea that this movie was filmed in Albuquerque if you are a Kirk Douglas fan you will enjoy this movie.
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Great old movie. Kirk Douglas was wonderful in it. A movie I will always treasure!
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