Director: Howard Hawks

Writer: Leigh Brackett

From novel: The Stars in Their Courses by Harry Brown

Keywords: Western

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
R. G. Armstrong	Actor	7-Apr-1917		Pruneface in Dick Tracy
Ed Asner	Actor	15-Nov-1929		Lou Grant
James Caan	Actor	26-Mar-1940		Vegas, Elf
Johnny Crawford	Actor	26-Mar-1946		Mark McCain on The Rifleman
Jim Davis	Actor	26-Aug-1909	26-Apr-1981	Jock Ewing on Dallas
Paul Fix	Actor	13-Mar-1901	14-Oct-1983	Marshal Torrance on The Rifleman
Christopher George	Actor	25-Feb-1929	28-Nov-1983	The Rat Patrol
Arthur Hunnicutt	Actor	17-Feb-1910	26-Sep-1979	The Big Sky
Robert Mitchum	Actor	6-Aug-1917	1-Jul-1997	Cape Fear
John Wayne	Actor	26-May-1907	11-Jun-1979	The Duke

REVIEWS

Review by anonymous (posted on 25-Aug-2006)

I loved this movie. I have watched it at least a dozen times. The poem (originally from Poe I believe) that "Mississippi" recites through out the movie is what intrigued me after I "grew up" and watched the movie as an adult. Of course, as a preteen seeing it for the first time in probably '67-'68, I thought "Mississippi" was hot. John Wayne has always been a favorite. Robert Mitchum's portrayal of a drunken sheriff was priceless. I especially enjoyed the scene where he's in the bath tub holding his finger in the bullet hole in his leg.

Review by DON ANDERSON (posted on 23-Jun-2005)

My first impression of this is as a decent copy of Rio Bravo, again featuring The Duke with non-western and young actors. At least it's better than Rio Lobo (gag).

Duke is a gun-for-hire, Cole Thornton, hired to scare off some squatters by a wealthy rancher, Bart Jason, played nastily by Ed Asner. Along the way he meets Christopher George, Nelse McCloud, a rival gunslinger, and James Caan, 'Mississippi', a kid trying to avenge a friend's death. Caan's character uses a knife instead of a gun, because it is found, he can't hit the side of a barn with a gun, to the amusement of Duke. Robert Mitchum is there as the alcoholic sheriff, JP Harrah, who, in the course of helping the squatters, Cole and Mississippi also manage to cure of alcoholism, somewhat like Dean Martin, "Dude", in Rio Bravo.

Of course, good wins out over evil, all the bad people die, plus one squatter, and we all learn a lesson about revenge. It's a good western, as opposed to Rio Bravo, which I, of course, would rate as excellent.

FYI: James Caan carries the obligitory nickname in the movie, 'Mississippi'. John Wayne was famous for giving characters nicknames because he couldn't remember their scripted names. In Rio Bravo, Ricky Nelson was "Colorado". In the movie Hatari, everybody had one, "The Indian", "Pockets", "Dallas", "Chips." Just another reason for me to be a John Wayne fan.

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