Boy, they just don't stop talking in Firecreek. Jimmy Steewart, Henry Fonda, Dean Jagger -- they give so many speeches, you'd think they were running for political office.
This is a dumb western. And that's hard to accomplish given the westerns don't have to be all that bright to begin with. They're stories about dusty cornpone types who say little and think less, most trying to figure out why they wanted to farm in the desert or how they're going to make a living without doing something terrible to the Native Americans. They ride horses. They pick their teeth. You can smell them even on the screen.
The story is basically High Noon if it had been composed by a thousand monkeys banging on typewriters. Oh, monkeys that like speeches. By the time you get to the shootout at the end, you'll wonder where you found the stamina.
The only interesting character gets hanged because Jimmy Stewart can't figure out he'd better take him with him on an emergency call.
Let me repeat: This is a dumb western that takes it's get-along-little-dogies time to get to the final scene. If you want to be spared the agony, just tune in at the last 10 minutes or so. It's still not very satisfying, but it will be merciful not to have to watch the rest.
This is a dumb western. And that's hard to accomplish given the westerns don't have to be all that bright to begin with. They're stories about dusty cornpone types who say little and think less, most trying to figure out why they wanted to farm in the desert or how they're going to make a living without doing something terrible to the Native Americans. They ride horses. They pick their teeth. You can smell them even on the screen.
The story is basically High Noon if it had been composed by a thousand monkeys banging on typewriters. Oh, monkeys that like speeches. By the time you get to the shootout at the end, you'll wonder where you found the stamina.
The only interesting character gets hanged because Jimmy Stewart can't figure out he'd better take him with him on an emergency call.
Let me repeat: This is a dumb western that takes it's get-along-little-dogies time to get to the final scene. If you want to be spared the agony, just tune in at the last 10 minutes or so. It's still not very satisfying, but it will be merciful not to have to watch the rest.