With the star power and storyline, I guess I expected more. Plus my mother always raved about it. Unfortunately, it is staged and shot like a Sixties TV western, such as Bonanza or Gunsmoke.
Rod Taylor is charismatic though, and I'm usually impressed by Ernie Borg nine. I just wish there was more action.
There is also the problematic subplot with the Indian conflict which somewhat dates the film. I fear a lot of Westerns will go the way of the Dodo due to this issue, and perhaps rightly so. Still, a lot of my favourite moments in Cinema do not hold up to scrutiny today.
This was included in a boxset of Westerns I purchased, and didn't really stand up to the others included. Worth watching, but hardly representative of the best of the genre.
Rod Taylor is charismatic though, and I'm usually impressed by Ernie Borg nine. I just wish there was more action.
There is also the problematic subplot with the Indian conflict which somewhat dates the film. I fear a lot of Westerns will go the way of the Dodo due to this issue, and perhaps rightly so. Still, a lot of my favourite moments in Cinema do not hold up to scrutiny today.
This was included in a boxset of Westerns I purchased, and didn't really stand up to the others included. Worth watching, but hardly representative of the best of the genre.