Laura has posted a review of Lesley Selander’s Shotgun (1955), a tough, gritty Western with Sterling Hayden, Yvonne De Carlo and Zachary Scott.
This is one I haven’t given much coverage on this blog. It has an interesting production history, and one of these days I’ll get around to it. Luckily, I second most of Laura’s thoughts on the picture, especially when it comes to Yvonne’s hairstyle. It was an odd, and unfortunate, choice.
VCI has done a wonderful job with the DVD, part of their Darn Good Westerns Vol. 2. Recommended.
Thanks so much for the link, Toby! I’d love to hear more about the production history when you have time. I was intrigued by Rory Calhoun’s involvement! The location shooting was terrific, and I thought it was unusually realistic as far as the characters not looking like they travel with washing machines (grin).
Best wishes,
Laura
If you like SHOTGUN you should enjoy WAR PAINT just released by
MGM/UA.Again it shows Lelanders films getting increasingly violent
during the Fifties.A very nice transfer in glorious Pathecolor; an all-location
Western shot in Death Valley.Film should appeal to anyone who liked
FORT MASSACRE.One hell of a cast too! (Robert Stack,Joan Taylor
Charles McGraw,Keith Larsen,Peter Graves,Robert Wilke,Douglas Kennedy
Paul Richards)