Once Duryea Stops Laughing Like a Loon in the First Act, Things Settle Down into a Believable Pairing of a Good-Bad Guy Team-Up Fighting Corruption in the Old West.
The Underrated Audie Murphy Never Received the Attention or Accolades He Deserved, Serving Up a Variety of Watchable Fun Movies, Mostly Westerns, in the 50's and 60's.
Critics may have Ignored Murph and His Films but Audiences were More than Kind.
Most of His Movies Made Money and a Couple were Outright Blockbusters like "The Red Badge of Courage" (1951) and "To Hell and Back" (1955).
He Made a Great Western with Budd Botticher "The Cimarron Kid" (1952).
In this Technicolor Tale there are Galloping Horses Aplenty, some Good Fist Fights (Audie could sure throw a punch), Gun-Play (the finale), and a Duo of Beautiful Ladies (Susan Cabot and Abbe Lane) with one as Pretty as the Other.
The Humble Murph always let His Co-Stars Upstage Him in a Way, but Not Really, He was like a Rock Anchoring the Scenes that other Actors "Stole".
That was part of His Appeal. Steady, Solid, Understated, and Usually Underestimated.
He more than Holds His Own with the more Seasoned Thespian Dan Duryea and in "The End" it's an "Audie Murphy" Western.
The Underrated Audie Murphy Never Received the Attention or Accolades He Deserved, Serving Up a Variety of Watchable Fun Movies, Mostly Westerns, in the 50's and 60's.
Critics may have Ignored Murph and His Films but Audiences were More than Kind.
Most of His Movies Made Money and a Couple were Outright Blockbusters like "The Red Badge of Courage" (1951) and "To Hell and Back" (1955).
He Made a Great Western with Budd Botticher "The Cimarron Kid" (1952).
In this Technicolor Tale there are Galloping Horses Aplenty, some Good Fist Fights (Audie could sure throw a punch), Gun-Play (the finale), and a Duo of Beautiful Ladies (Susan Cabot and Abbe Lane) with one as Pretty as the Other.
The Humble Murph always let His Co-Stars Upstage Him in a Way, but Not Really, He was like a Rock Anchoring the Scenes that other Actors "Stole".
That was part of His Appeal. Steady, Solid, Understated, and Usually Underestimated.
He more than Holds His Own with the more Seasoned Thespian Dan Duryea and in "The End" it's an "Audie Murphy" Western.