Incannerax What a waste of my time!!!

SparkMore n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

Billie Morin This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

Bessie Smyth Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

Zettelhead This is probably Walsh's best movie ever, partly due to his wonderful guidance of the actors, partly due to the stunning screenplay full of excellent dialogs.The story get's a lot of power by neglecting nearly all western clichés: The "good" guy who we suppose to be innocent, is a bandit. He wants to change for good, but it just takes few moments and some money to get him back into the gang.When he seems to fall in love with the "good girl" we - and he - learn little by little, the girl he fell for is just a substitute for his dead fiancé.On the other hand the "good girl" (brunette) from the east (in other movies always protected by her father and finally taming the bad guy) is in the end just selling out while her father tries to convince her, the broken hero is the right man for her.The "bad girl" (blonde) on the other side is neither sloppy nor a fallen angel dreaming of house and home. She knows where she belongs to and finally makes her stand. And the hero picks not the good girl, but her, telling her "You are not aiming high".The criminal mastermind behind the hold-up is a likable, mortally ill old man, drinking himself to death while his job. And despite his obvious knowledge of human nature, he is deceived by one of his partners.One of the big traitors is a decent, nice old man, that fools the hero (and the audience) easily. And the "dumb" marshal turns out to be more witty than all others.Then there are the (real!) Indians with their chanting and rituals adding some dark, mysterious atmosphere to the story, always giving the hint: this land is old Indian land and the white people are just moving over its surface like ants without ever revealing its secrets.Finally the whole thing is finished with a brilliant musical score that is, like most of the other features of the movie, far ahead of its time!

DKosty123 This remake of Bogarts High Sierra is a good film vehicle. Raoul Walsh is getting more and more respect as a fine film maker years after his efforts. This is a very good film for its era.There are scenes where things get a little choppy but overall the acting by the cast including Henry Hull is very good. Spoiler The ending is much better than most films of the period as the film is willing to kill it's main start at the end of the movie.Rather than ruin it for a new viewer, I'd recommend viewing this film & I think viewers will be pleasantly surprised. The story works well & the film is overall much better than you'd expect. It centers around a train robber (Joel McRae) who breaks out of jail, finds out the love of his life has died, & then is enlisted in trying to make one more big score robbing a train.During this stretch he meets 2 women (Virginia Mayo & Dorothy Malone)who make him forget his dead lover, and who both make different plays for him. I think I will leave it at that & recommend highly this Warner Brothers film.

qedinternational-1 Walsh's reworking of his own High Sierra into western format works in every conceivable way. In the reweaving, he has created a western noir more lyrical and more resonant than his original gangster noir. The background is used magnificently, both in terms of the landscape and in terms of the native cultures. Morris Ankrum, best known as a judge in myriad Perry Mason episodes and a General in several science fiction cult classics, is a revelation as the Marshal hunting antihero McCrea down relentlessly. At first he seems easy to outwit, but turns out to be much more formidable. Henry Hull, Ian Wolfe, Jim Mitchell, John Archer, also give excellent supporting performances. But it is half-breed Virginia Mayo, tough as nails but as loyal a woman warrior as ever walked the Earth, who steals the film's acting honor's from her excellent co-star.

contractassassin I just got done viewing this excellent western drama - and truly it was a tear jerker in the very end.Not that I condone crime or to make heroes out of bank and train robbers.But to understand the character of a robber - you have to examine his childhood.But this movie was really great - in terms of the writing, the beautiful locations, and the terrific acting.I just hated to see the robber get killed in the end! I highly recommend this powerful movie to all classic movie buffs.