Made in black and white at a time when most westerns, even such lowbudget productions as budd boettichers ranown movies starring randolph scott, were in color. Shootout at medicine bend 1957 shootout at medicine. This evening was the final night of the ucla festival of preservation, and we had a marvelous time seeing a beautifully restored 35millimeter print of cecil b. Merchant priscilla angie dickinson has doubts about the backstory of her employee devlin randolph scott who, though posing a quaker, is on a revenge mission with fellow veterans maitland james garner and clegg gordon jones, in shootout at medicine bend, 1957. Overview of shootout at medicine bend, 1957, directed by richard l. How to plan an effective shooting schedule new york film. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. In medicine bend, a crooked businessman has the town mayor and sheriff in his. This ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the united states and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. Star kevin costner directed the film in alberta, canada, after.
Randolph scott and angie dickinson in shootout at medicine bend 1957 dani. Beauchamp, james craig, james garner, angie dickinson, gordon jones, trevor bardette, don beddoe, myron healey, robert warwick, ann doran, nancy kulp, marjorie bennett, richard whorf, roy webb, carl e. In her six decade career, dickinson has appeared in more than 50 films. Bare had gotten his start helming the studios joe mcdoakes comedy shorts in the 1940s. The problems are hard to argue against, peck is not adept at playing a vengeful bastard in his later years, the villains are of the near cackling pantomime kind, and a number of cheap money saving tactics are employed by an. Directed by richard bare, it stands as garners only 50s western and a rather oddball entry in scotts final decade as a western star.
Shootout at medicine bend 1957 randolph scotts last ten films, all westerns, were made between 19561962. They also seem to work their way out themselves as sometimes i will feel a tickle in my nose and find a sliver on the inside wall of my nose. Shootout at medicine bend is a 1957 dramatic western written by john tucker battle and d. She was previously married to hal needham, david janssen, buddy greco and donalde crayne. Shootout at medicine bend 1957 with randolph scott and newcomer james garner. Or they protest, i dont have time to plan everything in advance. The film was actually shot in 1955, but wasnt released until 1957, and it was the last of the warner releases for scott. Buck devlin, whose brother was killed, musters out of the service with pals john. I liked the film for the fact it has an unusual villain in the form of a merchant. Army assigns an engineer, john nelson, to the tracks to see the project to completion.
Possibly it was shootout at medicine bend that made boetticher so concerned. To the modern viewer, the attraction is the cast, with randolph scott in his prime, james garner in an early movie role about the time he was. Much of this is strangely watchable, but as a western shootout at medicine bend can never make up its mind whether to play it straight or for comedy. Shootout at medicine bend is a 1957 randolph scott western that is plain terrible.
Boetticher later said that he offered to direct scotts last warner brothers film, westbound 1959, for free simply because he didnt trust the studio not to foul up the randolph scott character he and scott had been crafting in their columbia films. Shootout at medicine bend manufactured on demand, mono. Shootout at medicine bend, dvd, manufactured on demand, mono sound, westerns, 888574085209. Slated for completion in february, this will be a great set, and at the. This was the first film that lex barker appeared in after completing a series of 5. Given that it can quite literally make or break a production, the value of a good shooting schedule cannot be understated. Shootout at medicine bend 1957 movies, tv, celebs, and more.
Shootout at medicine bend is a 1957 english film stars randolph scott, richard l. As he sees it the indians were just doing their thing, but he wants to find out who sold his brother and the other settlers of the community theyre building the. Dani crayne was born on december 25, 1934 in minneapolis, minnesota, usa as darlyne danielle goldman. Laura over at lauras miscellaneous musings wrote a nice post on it over the weekend, pointing out one of the few things i remember about it. Shootout at medicine bend 1957 soundtracks on imdb. Meanwhile, those partisan to the north step up progress. Cast and crew credits for shootout at medicine bend, 1957, directed by richard l. Overboard tv movie 1978angie dickinson, cliff robertson, acajou. As i watched this excellent film at the hammer museums billy wilder theater, i reflected that as much as i appreciate the access we have to see countless movies at home, there is simply nothing quite like the. Scott and boetticher would team up six more times before scott ended his career on another high note, with sam peckinpah. Nelson does not realize, though, that he has just stepped into a microcosm of the brewing battle that will ultimately pit brother against brother.
A shootout often, but not necessarily, pits law enforcement against criminal elements. In shootout at medicine bend randolph scott is cast as a recently mustered out army captain who arrives just in time to atop an indian raid, but too late to save his brother. Yanks are building the santa fe railroad and one of the brothers joins them. Bare and starring randolph scott, james craig and angie dickinson. I love shootout at medicine bend and consider it one of scotts best films.
Shootout at medicine bend 1957 cast and crew moviefone. There is no real shoot out in this movie, just a movie with a disjointed script and a. Scott once starred in a movie of that titlehigh wide and handsome 1937. The film was actually shot in 1955, but wasnt released until 1957, and it was the last of the warner releases for scott the best of those was probably colt. The first of these, seven men from now 1956, was one of the finest of his career, and the first that he made with director budd boetticher and writer burt kennedy. Shoot out is not a great film, well actually the location work is certainly great, but it is a very rich and warm western. When the mens clothes are stolen, local quakers offer to cover their embarrassment with plain garb. Shootout at medicine bend 1957 richard bare, richard. The title lives up to its name, there is a dandy shootout. Determined widows also often insist on achieving their dead husbands dream.
I started noticing one day while putting on makeup that the pressing of an eyeliner or lipliner causes these slivers to sometimes shoot out, as if they are under pressure. As part of an allday tribute to james garner on monday, july 28 at 8am et, tcm is running a hardtofind randolph scott western, shootout at medicine bend 1957. See the full list of shootout at medicine bend cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of shootout at medicine bend with exclusive news, pictures, videos and more at. Shootout at medicine bendrandolph scott, james garner, angie dickinson, james craig, gordon jones, dani crayne 1957. I havent seen shootout at medicine bend 1957 in ages, but i remember it being a pretty goofy excuse for a randolph scott movie. If their husband was a warrior and he fell in battle they might even take up his sword and become an action girl or lady of war and continue his fight compare house wife and determined homesteaders wife, which is what they were likely to be before being widowed. I walked down to the river, and i had to ride back to new york in a bus with a delegation of schoolteachers coming back from a weekend in the mountains chatterchatter blahblah, and me swearing for all the time and the money id wasted, and telling myself, i wanted to go west and here ive been all day and into the night going up and down, north and. Unlike most of scotts black and white films, shootout at medicine bend was not color tinted. The wellpaced direction and scotts performance are the film s highlights.
It was the final film that scott made with warner bros james garner, who had a small role, said it was always fun working with dick bare, and randy scott was an old pro, but the movie isnt worth a damn. I suspect the main reason for warner releasing shootout at medicine bend is the early appearance of james garner before maverick fame. I just recently completed watching all of the first full timmy martin season of lassie. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Daryn hinton and her father ed hinton acting together as their real life roles of father and daughter. Ben wheatleys followup to highrise is a bostonset 70s shootout feature starring brie larson, arnie hammer, cillian murphy, jack raynor and sharlto copley and unfolding solely in a. Shootout at medicine bend 1957 movie clip hold the. Randolph scott has been in a lot of films, so people often debate each. Thus disguised as devout quakers, the exsoldiers arrive in nearby medicine bend, determined to find the thieves who pilfered their pants and also free the townsfolk from the grasp of a corrupt businessman. She is an actress, known for the story of mankind 1957, the unguarded moment 1956 and aint misbehavin 1955. Use your repeater carbine and shoot at any outlaw that gets too close. Shoot out at medicine bend starring randolph scott and james garner gunfight 5min clip.
Shootout at medicine bend is a 1957 western film directed by richard l. If you want to save ammo, you can shoot out their horses to leave them incapacitated so you dont waste bullets trying to kill each one. Its also noteworthy as one of angie dickinsons first films. Shootout at medicine bend 1957 50 westerns from the 50s. Shootout at medicine bend is a 1957 western film directed by. But im not working on a multimillion dollar shoot, many students of filmmaking cry. Shootout at medicine bend warner archive randolph scott, known as the stoic cowboy from such films as ride the high country and seven men from now, brings his dry humor and flair for the absurd to the film, as he alternates between a quaker and gunslinger outfit he masquerades as a robber to turn the tables on the bad guys while trying to bring the culprits to justice. With no choice but to start over, britt accepts a position to help build theyankeefunded santa fe railroad, where the straightshooting exconfederate takes on superstitious indians, crooked gamblers, vengeful war widows, and most dangerous of all, his three brothers, vicious yankee haters wholl stop at nothing to prevent the completion of. The other three still hold their hatred of the north and join up with those trying to stop the railroads completion.
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