Karry Best movie of this year hands down!

Raetsonwe Redundant and unnecessary.

Steineded How sad is this?

Dorathen Better Late Then Never

Wuchak RELEASED IN 1955 and directed by Anthony Mann, "The Man from Laramie" Jimmy Stewart stars as the titular Will Lockhart who meets storekeeper Barbara Waggoman (Cathy O'Donnell) while delivering supplies to Coronado, a wilderness Southwestern town in Apache territory. It doesn't take long for Lockhart to clash with Dave Waggoman (Alex Nicol), the rash son of domineering rancher Alec (Donald Crisp) and cousin of Barbara. Despite the mounting tensions, Lockhart stays in town perhaps because he's sweet on Barbara, but so is Alec's formidable foreman, Vic (Arthur Kennedy). More importantly, Lockhart is searching for the mystery man who's been selling rifles to the Apaches. Aline MacMahon is also on hand as a tough ranchwoman.Disregarding the hopelessly hokey title song during the opening & ending credits, this is a winning mid-50's Western, the last of five Westerns Mann did with Stewart and easily the best of the latter four. The vast New Mexican landscapes in gorgeous color are magnificent. The compelling story is a little complicated, but not overly so. O'Donnell is winsome as the proverbial girl-next-story.THE MOVIE RUNS 103 minutes and was shot in Taos & Santa Fe, New Mexico. WRITERS: Philip Yordan & Frank Burt from a story by Thomas T. Flynn.GRADE: B+

zardoz-13 James Stewart departs from his usual nice guy image to play an army officer on leave in director Anthony Mann's violent western "The Man from Laramie" who is searching for the men who killed his younger brother. Generally, most westerns are photographed against either stunning desert or mountain scenery with the characters on horseback riding leisurely through the terrain. In "The Man from Laramie," the actors had to be accomplished horsemen because Mann has them riding through some pretty treacherous scenery. In other words, the characters aren't hoofing it down worn trails. This adds a sense of authenticity to the action because we can clearly see the actors atop their horses. Lenser Charles Lang captures all the action in immaculate close-ups, medium shots, and long shots, and brings out the spectacular quality of Cary Odell's art direction and James Crowe's set decoration. During his robust, 30-year, Hollywood career, Mann helmed his share of memorable horse operas, approximately 11, along with several notable film noir thrillers, including "Raw Deal," "T-Men," and "He Walked by Night." James Stewart and he teamed up in 1950 and made "Winchester '73" and then went on and collaborated on three more sterling westerns: "Bend of the River," "The Naked Spur," and "The Far Country." "The Man from Laramie" qualifies as a grim yarn about revenge. Somebody has been running guns to the Apaches, and those same Apaches have massacred a cavalry patrol led by Will Lockhart's brother. Lockhart takes a leave of absence and poses as a freight wagon driver to investigate Coronado, the town close to where his brother died. Alec Waggoman (Oscar winning Best Supporting Actor Donald Crisp of "How Green My Valley Was") rides herd over Coronado. Indeed, he owns everything three days' ride around Coronado, but he isn't a happy cattle baron. He has grown old, but he has been gradually losing his eyesight, a fact that he has concealed from ranch foreman Vic Hansbro (Arthur Kennedy of "Desperate Journey") and his pampered, sadistic son Dave (Alex Nicol of "The Savage Guns") who has no sense of honor. Secretly, Alec wishes that Vic had been his son instead of Dave. As the action unfolds, Will Lockhart (James Stewart of "Bandolero!") has hired men to shovel salt. Initially, Lockhart was told by Barbara Waggoman (Cathy O'Donnell of "Side Street") that the salt out in the desert was free to anybody who had the courage to dig it. The salt flats lay within the area where reckless Apache warriors rode without a qualm for killing white men. While Lockhart's crew is excavating the salt, rides from the Barb thunder in, lasso and drag Lockhart in front of his men, burn their wagons, and kill their mules. They leave an adequate number of mules for Lockhart and his men to ride back to Coronado. Dave launched this unmitigated attack on Lockhart and they have a running feud throughout "The Man from Laramie." Eventually, Dave catches Lockhart out rounding up cattle for another ranch that have strayed onto Barb territory and they shoot it out. Lockhart wounds Dave in the hand. Dave's riders thunder up to his rescue and surround Lockhart. A crazed Dave orders them to hold Lockhart, and Dave shoots Lockhart in the hand at point blank range. "You scum!" cries Lockhart in agony.Eventually, we learn the identities of the dastards who plan to run Winchester repeating rifles to the Apaches. This is a thoroughly engrossing western despite the many alterations that scenarists Philip Yordan and Frank Burt made for the sake of spontaneity to Thomas T. Flynn's superb western novel. For example, the burned wagons at the salt flats had been destroyed by the Apaches, but this was not the setting for the cavalry massacre. A man runs the general store in the novel and he is courting Barbara in the misguided notion that their marriage will assure him a place in the Waggoman dynasty. Another big change occurs in the character of Vic Hansbro. He is a bigger, meaner foreman than the one that Arthur Kennedy plays. In the novel, Lockhart and he have a knock-down, drag-out fistfight in Coronado.Altogether, if you crave westerns, "The Man from Laramie" is a surefire sage for you. Alex Nicol gives a top-notch performance as the sadistic son and his body language tells us everything that we need to know about his horribly flawed character. Donald Crisp lends sturdy support as the cattle baron who wants to own all the property in the area.

ma-cortes From Columbia Pictures , produced by William Goetz and screenplay by prestigious Philip Yordan , a Western plenty of emotion , action and shootouts ; being the last and the best of James Stewart's classic Western collaborations with Anthony Mann. From a story by Thomas Flynn for the Saturday Evening Post and its subsequent novel with the same title . A cowboy named Lockhart (James Stewart) defies the local cattle baron (Donald Crisp) and his sadistic son (Alex Nicol) by working for one of his oldest rivals (Aline MacMahon) . The obsessed cow-herder going through hell and high water to track down the stranger who sold Indians weapons which led to the death of his brother ; then excitement increases until a surprising final .This exciting Western contains tension-filled familial atmosphere , thrills , suspense and gun-play . Magnificent western from duo Anthony Mann/James Stewart and their final collaboration . Colour , music , scenarios , landscapes all marks well in this thrilling story about a cowboy who deals with a baron land who's going blind and worries which of his two sons he will leave the ranch to . The picture has been described as a western version of King Lear adding a tautly strung outdoor Wodunnit . It describes a family tragedy in which there are extreme characters combined with psychological observations and enriched by eventual ambiguity . By that time (1955) the picture was considered very strong , tough , surprisingly cruel and brutal ; today is deemed a classic film . And seems to be a great influence of wide range such as violence and scenarios , both of them influenced in Spaghetti Western as well as outdoors similar to Almeria landscapes . Filmed in Cinemascope with colorful cinematography by Charles Lang supported by assistant Henry Jaffa , Mann gets to take from nature the maximum impacts , as desert , river , mountains , being wonderfully photographed . Impressive background scenarios , dramatic close-up along with shading illuminations , all of them perfectly mingled with a tale full of violence , tension , intrigue and shoot'em up . The filming took place on location in New Mexico , there were built two ranch : Big Barb and Half Moon , next to Santa Fe . The technician and artist team was formed by numerous actors and 142 technicians . Producers hired 18 mules , 24 horses and 800 cows and building a great ranch of 32 miles length . Nedless to say , the main and secondary cast is first-class . Top-of-the-range acting by the great James Stewart as a lone avenger obsessed with hunting down the men who sold guns to the Indians that murdered his brother . There are top-notch acting from old-stagers as Donald Crisp playing an aging ranch baron and Aline MacMahon as an old spinster and special mention to Western usual secondary Jack Elam as a sinister gunslinger . Delicate Cathy O'Donnell (Ben Hur) was widely felt to be badly miscast as Barbara Waggoman and seems a little lost among the movie's many shots and brawls. Emotive as well as intriguing musical score by George Duning performed by Morris Stoloff , including a notorious theme tune .This top-drawer Western was stunningly realized by the master Anthony Mann , including his characteristic use of landscape which is visually memorable . Mann established his forte with magnificent Western almost always with James Stewart . In his beginnings he made ambitious but short-lived quality low-budget surroundings of Eagle-Lion production as ¨T-men¨ , ¨They walked by night¨ , ¨Raw deal¨ , ¨Railroaded¨ and ¨Desperate¨ . Later on , he made various Western , remarkably good , masterpieces such as ¨The furies¨ , ¨Devil's doorway¨ and ¨Man of the West¨ and several with his habitual star , James Stewart, as ¨Winchester 73¨ , ¨Bend the river¨ , ¨The far country¨ , ¨Man of the West ¨. They are characterized by roles whose determination to stick to their guns would take them to the limits of their endurance . Others in this throughly enjoyable series include ¨Tin star ¨ that is probably one of the best Western in the fifties and sixties . After the mid-50 , Mann's successes came less frequently , though directed another good Western with Victor Mature titled ¨The last frontier¨. And of course ¨The man from Laramie ¨ that turns out to be stylish , fast paced , solid , meticulous , with enjoyable look , and most powerful and well-considered . This well acted movie is gripping every step of the way . It results to be a splendid western and remains consistently agreeable . Rating : Above average . Well worth watching and it will appeal to James Stewart fans .

Robert J. Maxwell This tale of revenge and family dynamics in the Southwest is lifted above the routine by a couple of elements. The location shooting in New Mexico is nicely done. There are a couple of stand-out scenes. And most of the important performances are splendidly executed.Anthony Mann and Jimmy Stewart made a number of Westerns in the post-war period that were unusual in that they revealed a sort of neurotic rage in Jimmy Stewart, previously best known for being a simple nice guy on the screen. A startling intensity began showing through his performances beginning with "It's A Wonderful Life (1946)." Whether his experiences during the war had anything to do with it or whether he was making a career move to break out of stereotyped roles, we don't know. Maybe both.In any case Anthony Mann's direction seemed to provide a channel for Stewart's rage. This is a brutal movie. More than that, it was shocking at the time of its release. It was unnerving to see someone shoot a dozen mules on the screen, for instance, and Stewart's reaction to the slaughter underlines the horror. Later there is a prolonged and graphic fist fight between Stewart on the one hand and Alex Nicol and Arthur Kennedy on the other. And, most terrible of all, a scene in which Nicol deliberately and at close range shoots a hole through captive Stewart's outstretched palm. With each outrage, Stewart is as adept at registering pain as fury.I'm going to skip over the family dynamics because they're a little complicated, though accessible to adults, and a little overdrawn. There are some women involved but they're dispensable. Everyone gets what's more or less coming to him.Alex Nicol does a fine job as the spoiled, power-hungry, narcissistic son of Donald Crisp, the old rancher who "owns this country." The problem with Nicol's role is that it's one dimensional. He has no redeeming qualities whatever, and we know from the moment he plugs Stewart's hand that he's dead meat, no matter what else happens.The same can't be said for Arthur Kennedy as the devoted surrogate "son" whose position as heir to the ranch is very fragile. But Kennedy's forte is projecting indignation -- as in "Why are you DOING this to me?", and he does it superbly, better than anyone else active on the screen during this period. And he makes his filial loyalty, his love, for Old Man Crisp believable, even touching in its abjectness.This was the last film Anthony Mann and Jimmy Stewart made together. Stewart opted out partly because he felt he was moving from one stereotype (the nice guy) into another (the neurotic cowboy). He made another movie along similar lines, "Night Passage" (1957), but it seemed an imitation of what Mann and Stewart had been doing together earlier.