Tuesday, June 12, 2012

1957 - DECISION AT SUNDOWN, Randolph Scott rides yet again


The second film in the Boetticher/Scott western series.  Randolph Scott is a cowboy on a mission of vengeance to kill the man who drove his wife to suicide etc.


The best of the Budd Boetticher westerns were shot on location, Decision at Sundown is strictly a filmed on the back lot thing with Scott trapped in a livery stable for a good piece of film.   For a western this looks pretty claustrophobic.

The cast is mostly a collection of "B" movie or character actors.  They look about as creaky as the plot.  The dialog is from the school of western cliches.

Disappointing.

77 minutes.

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