NekoHomey Purely Joyful Movie!

Brightlyme i know i wasted 90 mins of my life.

CrawlerChunky In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Ortiz Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

Michael Morrison Superlative cast given great dialogue in good story and well directed and photographed in turn give us a thoroughly admirable and enjoyable movie.Despite my interest, I had never even heard of this excellent Audie Murphy movie until accidentally seeing the listing at YouTube.Murphy is backed by another Irishman, the veteran and extremely talented Paul Kelly. The leading lady, Susan Cabot, is someone of whom I knew nothing until reading the IMDb bio. Now I see that she had a very unhappy life, which ended young and tragically.The only complaint I have about "Gunsmoke" is that Susan Cabot, despite being beautiful and talented, was outrageously padded, apparently a frequent flaw in Hollywood pictures of this era. (Even pre Weinstein.)Other players, including veteran Western performer Hank Mann who figured merely in the background, and the great Edmund Cobb, with a memorable windy stagecoach driver part, merely made this "Gunsmoke" even better.Not knowing whom to credit for the excellent writing, that is, whether the dialogue is from the novel by Norman A. Fox or by the screenplay writer D.D. Beauchamp, I will merely again express my admiration.Director Nathan Juran helmed beautifully, with no obtrusive gimmickry and a seamless progression of the action.I highly recommend this "Gunsmoke," but if you look for it on YouTube, some knucklehead has it dated 1958 so hunt carefully. You'll be glad.

weezeralfalfa Superior Audie Murphy oater, although it incorporates one of the most widely used plots in westerns, in that a grasping cattle baron is trying to grab the last significant competing ranch in his area, by foul means. Additionally, two young women are featured. Susan Cabot, as Rita, is the daughter of ranch owner Dan Saxon(Paul Kelly). She is the girlfriend of ranch foreman Curly(Jack Kelly), until Audie shows up. Although her initial reaction to him is chilly, she eventually warms up. Mary Castle, as Cora, is a saloon entertainer, who sings a song every now and then, along with being the owner's moll. Her ex-boyfriend, Johnny Lake(Charles Drake), shows up eventually, and by the end of the film will repeat as her current boyfriend. Mary has quite a dynamic personality, and was often compared to Rita Hayworth in looks....Filming mostly took place in Big Bear Valley, CA.I'd like to summarize several key relationships: Reb(Audie) and Dan Saxon:Dan owns the biggest spread in the region, after Telford's. Reb originally came to this area at the invitation of Telford, to act as his gunslinger, especially in regard to Dan. However, Telford refused to pay Reb's initial price. Meanwhile, Dan was playing cards downstairs in the saloon. He offered Reb a gamble, high card winning. If Reb won, Dan would sign his ranch over to him. If Reb lost, he would work for Dan for an undetermined time period. Dan, a card sharp, fixes things so that Reb won. Why did he do this? He wanted to make sure that Telford and Reb wouldn't agree to a deal to spearhead an effort to delay getting Dan's cattle to market, so that he wouldn't meet the deadline for repaying a loan from Telford. Also, Dan had the impression that his daughter might eventually become Reb's wife. To show his gratitude, Reb hired Dan and daughter Rita.Reb and Johnny Lake: The film begins with Reb and Johnny hiding behind some bushes from a cavalry patrol. Seems they last were hired guns in the Johnson County WY cattle war. Now, they part ways. But they will meet again when cattle baron Telford wants a gunslinger comparable to Reb, who had rejected his offer. After rancher Dan signs over the deed to his ranch to Reb, Johnny takes the main responsibility in seeing that his cattle don't get to market in time to pay off the loan from Telford. First, he leads a nocturnal stampede of Reb's cattle. This sets Reb back a few days, but is insufficient by itself. Next, Johnny sets fire to the grass in a valley Reb's cattle have to go through. Turns out this is insufficient also, as Reb decides to try herding the cattle over a mountain. With great difficulty, he makes it. Johnny tried to stop him, but Reb came up with a plan to ambush Telford's men, and most were shot dead. They finally meet in Telford's saloon, where Johnny challenges Reb to a gun duel, which Reb rejects. However, Johnny shoots Telford when he tries to shoot Reb in the back. Johnny explains that Telford was trying to cheat him out of $2500. for killing Reb. After that, they are friends, again.

gordonl56 GUNSMOKE 1953 This is another Universal International production with up and coming western star, Audie Murphy. Murphy was a highly decorated World War Two soldier who became a Hollywood star of western and action films. This one has, Paul Kelly, Susan Cabot, Charlie Drake and Jack Kelly in support.Gunman for sale, Audie Murphy heads for Billings, Montana, to check out a job offer. Someone though does not want the man to accept the job. Murphy is ambushed outside town and his horse is killed. He hitches a ride on a passing stagecoach. Onboard he meets the gorgeous Susan Cabot. Cabot is the daughter of local rancher, Paul Kelly.Kelly is in a dispute with Donald Randolph, a shady businessman who is trying to buy up all the local ranches. Randolph holds the mortgage on Kelly's ranch which comes due in 30 days. Randolph wants to make sure Kelly does not get his cattle to the railhead in time. Then he can foreclose and grab the ranch. Randolph is the man who wants to hire Murphy.There is a minor dust up between Murphy and Kelly. Kelly assumes that Murphy is here to kill him. Murphy tells Kelly he has not decided who he is working for. Murphy takes a dislike to Randolph and rejects the man's offer. A drink in the bar and a cut of a deck of cards soon has Murphy winning Kelly's ranch. Murphy always wanted to own a spread.Needless to say the day to day running of said ranch is beyond his limited experience. He lets Kelly continue in charge of the ranch. Murphy now finds out that the ranch is broke, and that Randolph is out to grab it up. It also turns out that the ranch foreman, Jack Kelly is the man who took the pot shots at him outside town. Kelly had heard that a gunman was coming to town.The ranch hands are quickly put to work rounding up the cattle from the surrounding hills. Murphy intends to make sure they get to the buyer in time. He promises the hands double pay if they can get the deed done. Randolph is not happy to hear this, and hires a friend of Murphy's, Charles Drake. Drake's job is to delay Murphy and his crew from meeting their delivery time. Drake and Randolph's hired guns stage a midnight raid scattering the just gathered cattle.When this does not work, Drake and company start a massive grass fire. Murphy and his crew just barely save the herd by driving them over a river. Now the only way to get the herd to the railhead, is to drive them through a mountain pass.Complicating matters is that the cook, Jesse White, has run out of supplies. The town store refuses to give them credit on orders from Randolph. Murphy and Cabot pay a late night visit to the store and grab up the needed supplies. He tells the store owner that he will pay him back. Drake and his men get the drop on Murphy and give him a beating, busting up his gun hand. Drake though does not kill Murphy as they were pals at one time.Though somewhat worse for wear, Murphy continues the drive over the mountains. Jack Kelly has changed teams and is now working for Randolph. He has told Randolph that Murphy is pushing the herd night and day. Randolph is now getting real nervous that Murphy just might meet the delivery deadline. Randolph sends Drake and the other gunmen to make sure of the opposite result.Murphy and the ranch hands learn of the coming raid and set up an ambush. There is a brisk swapping of lead between the hired guns and the ranch hands. The gunmen are the losers in the exchange with only Drake escaping back to town.Needless to say our hero makes the deadline for the delivery of the beef. Once the paperwork is done, Murphy heads to Billings to settle Randolph's hash. When Randolph tries to back shoot Murphy, Drake steps up and drills the swine. Friends are friends again. Murphy and Miss Cabot are of course now an item.This is a lightweight duster that gets the job done in a quick 78 minutes.The director, Nathan Juran, was a two time nominated (The Razor's Edge, How Green My Valley) and one time Oscar winner for art direction. He made the jump to helmsman in 1952. He scored with a nice series of well-made b films such as, THE GOLDEN BLADE, HIGHWAY DRAGNET, DRUMS ACROSS THE RIVER, THE CROOKED WEB, GOOD DAY FOR A HANGING as well as the sci-fi films, 20 MILLION MILES TO EARTH and THE DEADLY MANTIS. His most famous film is 1958's THE 7TH VOYAGE OF SINBAD.

kfo9494 Audie Murphy plays Reb Kittredge in this 1953 classic western of good versus bad. When land-grabber Matt Telford wants to buy the entire valley there is one land owner that will not sell. So Telford sends for hired gunman, Reb Kittredge, to make sure that the hold-out, Dan Saxon, will not get his cattle to market to pay the mortgage on his farm- the farm that Telford wants to buy.But when Reb does not get the payment he was seeking, he then teams up with the Saxon and his beautiful daughter Rita (Susan Cabot) to make sure the cattle makes it to market. Reb and his team are going to meet obstacles along the way as Telford hires his own men to stop the cattle-drive.Even though Audie Murphy was not the most talented actor on the lot, the story plays out well. At the beginning of the movie it was difficult to see Murphy as the outlaw. But as usual the world returns to harmony as Murphy turns from the outlaw ways and embraces a family in need of his help.Not the most memorable western but one with many good lines and lots of action. A movie that a western lover will not quickly forget.