Don Movie Reviews

There are more memorable lines in this movie than Chevy Chase's Vacation. My favorite being, "Why do you be gotta pull a knife on me?"

In 1987 on a limited budget Robert Townsend released one of the most groundbreaking as well as most underrated films, which still receives little recognition. In Hollywood Shuffle Townsend confronts dignity, self pride, racism, stereotypes, and the loss of cultural consciousness all merged together in one film. Not only is this movie hysterically funny, but what Townsend relays in the film is sadly true and still exists today in Hollywood. Townsend intelligently displays how African-American actors were and still in some cases are subjected to playing certain roles such as thieves, butlers, gangsters, pimps, and drug dealers for example. Hollywood Shuffle also indicates that in some instances African American actors limit their own potential for success. This is an excellent film that was way well ahead of it's time. Hollywood Shuffle has a striking resemblance to Bamboozled, which should be sited as that film's predecessor. This movie not only causes you to laugh hysterically in tears. But in the same sense it promotes awareness and teaches a very important lesson to those unaware of African American struggle in Hollywood. This film also launched the careers of Damon Wayans, Keenan Ivory Wayans, Rusty Cundieff, and Anne Marrie Johnson. Children should see this movie, despite the explicit language

This movie is a great, even to someone like me who isn't very high on comedies! Even though this movie was filmed on a shoe-string budget, it's a classic. Townsend blasts the stereotypes of blacks in Hollywood, sending a positive message about maintaining his dignity as an actor, and makes you laugh. Very Highly Recommended.

60 years ago,a Shirley Temple type of child star named Sally Shine,plus 4 others entered an elevator and were lost forever.Or did they ever really leave the hotel they were in?Steve Guttenberg's character is a journalist who will discover that all 5 souls have been 'living?..' in limbo because of a witches evil spell.All the poor things want is to finally make it to their party on the 12th floor,but they're running a little late.

Steve Guttenberg is Buzzy Crocker, a Hollywood reporter whose latest stories tend to grace the covers of supermarket tabloids. Buzzy's been blacklisted from the "real" papers ever since one of his news-breaking stories proved to be false. Now Buzzy concocts most of his stories himself by dressing his lovely niece Anna (Kirsten Dunst) in ghost and Alien costumes, taking photos, and writing tales of shock and horror to go with them. But when an old spinster woman named Abigail Gregory from the local nut-house pays Buzzy a visit, he's off on the story of a lifetime, to solve the mystery of the Hollywood Tower Hotel, a story that's sure to get him back into the real newspaper business.
It seems that back in Hollywood's heyday, Shirley Temple-like child star Sally Shine, her nanny Emeline Partridge, the hotel owner's bumbling bellhop son Dewey, aspiring singer Claire Poulet, and Claire's boyfriend Gilbert, all disappeared one Halloween night in the Hotel elevator on their way to a party on the top floor. Ever since that fateful night, the Hollywood Tower Hotel has been shut down, and whatever happened to those five unfortunate souls has been a mystery. But Abigail claims to know the secret. She was there that night, and she believes that Sally Shine's nanny was a witch! Insanely jealous of the child, Emeline Partridge cast a horrible spell over the girl, but the spell backfired and left the inhabitants of the elevator trapped in limbo, left to haunt the Hollywood Tower Hotel until the spell is finished, or broken. Only then will they meet their doom, or else be able to rejoin the party they had originally been on their way to, a ghostly party that still goes on every Halloween night in the hopes that the missing guests will finally arrive.
Now Buzzy is on a mission, and finds himself picking up partners at every turn. First he enlists the help of his beautiful and spunky niece Anna, then recruits an odd "dude" named "Q" to help, since he IS the great grandson of the original owner AND the grandson of the missing bellhop. Before he knows it, former boss Jill Perry comes along for the ride, and the ghosts are eager to have the puzzle solved too.
Disney's Tower of Terror is a great thrill ride of a TV movie, just like the actual ride it's based on, The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror at the Disney-MGM Studios Theme Park in Florida. The movie is great family entertainment, full of humor, some tame scares, superb music, and a great cast. Steve Guttenberg is likeable as always, and Kirsten Dunst is as dreamy as ever, even if they did make her dress-down and tighten back her beautiful hair for most of the film. Tower of Terror is a must own video for any fan of the cast, the Disney theme parks, or fun, family films in general. Now lets hope Disney gives us a DVD someday.

I HAVE WATCHED THIS FILM ON TV AND THOUGHT IS WAS GREAT THE ONLY THING IS I CANNOT BUY THIS VIDIO TO RUN ON UK VIDIOS ( PAL FORMAT)ONLY AMERICAN FORMAT PLEASE HELP
EMAIL JOHNNIE @ MILLRACE HOUSE.FSNET.CO.UK

Sinbad and the late Phil Hartman team up for this comedy about mistaken identity. I like the theme of mistaken identity, because it almost always leads to something funny and can be stretched through the entire length of a book or a movie.

The acting was pretty good. There are several scenes in the movie in which Hartman's character is having a row with his wife--and that I could not watch without a heightened sense of realism and an almost grotesque and somewhat sickening dark feeling, in light of what would happen to Phil Hartman in real life not long after the movie was released.

Anyway, Sinbad and Hartman made the movie fun. And I certainly enjoyed the fast pace. The Italian gangsters the movie portrays may appear flat, stereotypical, and silly, but that's not necessarily a bad thing in the context of the whole movie. The gangsters are a prop, a background, they were not meant to be these grand characters. They are simply there so that Sinbad could run away from were he was and end up in Hartman's family. It is a comedy, after all, and it calls for comical characters, not grand characters; for exaggeration and misunderstanding, not for hard core realism and clarity.

I definitely recommend Houseguest.

Definitely one of the most underrated films, "Houseguest" is laugh out loud funny! Sinbad is utterly hilarious and works harmoniously with Phil Hartman.

It's about a man named Kevin Franklin (Sinbad), who owes money to a couple of loansharks. After threatening to kill Derek, he runs to an airport desperately trying to find a way to make it out of their alive, and happens to hear Gary Phil Hartman describing to his kids what his long-lost friend Derek Bond looks like, as they stand there waiting for him. Conveniently, Kevin happens to fit the description perfectly, and jumps up, taking on Derek Bond's identity.

One of my favorite things about Sinbad comedy is that he is able to be extremely funny without being provocative. He doesn't rely in sex to sell, which is quite different from most comedians these days.

If you read the back of the movie, you may think, "Wow, this sounds like it has a lot of potential to be funny. But does it?" And to sum it up in one word: YES! Not too slap-stick, not to talky, just perfect. Give it a shot!

The comic genius and timing of stars Sinbad and Phil Hartman take what could have been a run-of-the-mill dumb comedy film and turn it into a wonderfully likeable tour-de-force. The premise has been done time and time again, it's basically a "fish out of water" story. Yes, the gangsters are dumb almost to the point where they're annoying. Sure, we see the message coming from a mile away.

But there are a few things that separate this film from other comedies, and elevate to the status of excellence. First of all, it's hilarious. There are few jokes that don't work and they are immediately forgotten as this fast-paced romp wastes no time. The speed-up of scenes and the quick editing (several shots seem to last for no longer than a few seconds) do get a slight bit irritating, but it serves its purpose by catering to the fast-paced story and Sinbad's style of comedy. Take for instance, the party scene in which Sinbad is explaining what the "GFH" on his suit jacket stands for. Slow down the scene, and it loses the humor.

Since the McDonald's issue has been cited again and again in reviews with varying degrees of criticism, let me address it briefly. First of all, there are a lot of people who love to eat McDonald's food. It's not healthy for you, but you'd be lying if you say that it tastes awful. Now, Sinbad's character is established as the lazy, unhealthy, always-eating slacker from the very beginning as he comes home to his apartment and enjoys his McDonald's and 2 liter bottle of soda. The real Derek Bond is completely contrasted with the impostor Derek Bond's lifestyle. Hence the fish out of water comedy. Sinbad's character is put in a desperate situation where he assumes this other man's life and the man he is pretending to be is the complete opposite of him. He's got a successful career as a dentist and he maintains a strict diet of vegetables and muescli cereal. So, when Sinbad's Kevin Franklin character, in this awkward and unfamiliar situation of staying with a suburban family's house and pretending to be someone who everyone expects to be a health-conscious stuffy professional, manages to escape for a moment and sees the familiar golden arches, he's so happy that he feels like he's in a commercial. He knows McDonald's and in many places, McDonald's seems to be an unchanging, constant source of familiar greasy food. McDonald's works in the context of the film because it's a real fast-food place that we can relate to, because we've all eaten there at one time or another. To me, if there was some fictional place like "Lou's Hamburgers", it wouldn't work. The character design might come through, but there could be no jingle resounding in our heads, and it'd take you out of the reality of the story (which I discuss in next paragraph). Yes, McDonald's is a real fast-food joint, and Kevin Franklin loves to eat there. Does that make "Houseguest" a McDonald's commercial? I don't think that it does, I think it maintains an element of reality that we as viewers can relate to. Perhaps we needn't always be so cynical as some professional film critics are.

Now, I mention the 'reality' of "Houseguest" and you must think I'm absolutely crazy. Houseguest is an unrealistic film that requires you to throw logic out the door entirely if you wish to enjoy it, right? Well, not necessarily. I think looking back at this film, eight years after it was made, we can look at the family suburban life depicted, and notice the real-ness of the characters. Phil Hartman's character Gary Young is a hard-working businessman at a law firm. He sucks up to his boss and the boss's wife and spends more time with his job than his family. Gary's wife tries to be there for her family, but she's taken on a career with frozen yogurt stores and it's turning out to be far more time-consuming than she imagined.

Then, there are the three children. The oldest girl is distancing herself from her family, trying to find comfort in a "Goth" phase, taking pleasure from sad poetry and a boyfriend who seems to think that he's a tough kid from the hood. The middle child is the only son, Jason. He tries to win his father's approval by playing basketball and hoping to be good. The youngest daughter seems not to be getting any attention, either. Her busy parents don't have time for her, and she's been getting lessons from television programs instead.

The dysfunctional middle-class family serves as a foil for Kevin Franklin, pretending to be someone he is not, who will ultimately find the desire to help these people, who have unknowingly opened up their home to him, a complete stranger. Kevin Franklin doesn't have a job, a family, or kids, and yet it his interactions with the Young family that allow both them and he to better themselves.

Now, if you've seen the movie, you're probably reading this and thinking, "This guy's nuts. He's completely overanalyzing some stupid comedy." Well, perhaps I am. "Houseguest" is indeed a silly, hectic fish-out-of-water comedy; somewhat formulaic, but very much successful. However, to dismiss the film as 'bad' or a 'stupid comedy' is a superficial assessment of a film that really has a lot going for it.

Sure, the film is glossy and not without faults, but then, so is life and the people that we interact with. "Houseguest" is a winning comedy, and one of my favorite films of the 1990s. It presents laughs but also provides a realistic look at individual and family life in the '90s, even if this comes out of an unrealistic set-up of a man assuming another identity to avoid the mob.

And now, "Houseguest" is finally on DVD. There's nothing in the way of extras, not even the very cool theatrical trailer. The retail price is a bit high, but fortunately the film is presented in anamorphic widescreen and an adequate Dolby Surround track. Audio and video quality aren't oustanding, but they're good enough and I'm pleased to have this film in my DVD collection. Much-maligned and underappreciated, "Houseguest" is a gem of a family comedy that I certainly hope you will give a chance. Or if you initially didn't like it, some more thought on these matters and maybe a second chance.

Hot Shots! is a great movie with a great script and great acting by Charlie Sheen. Sheen is a great comedy actor and this movie proves it. This movie came out the same summer as one of the Naked Gun movies, and it spoofs Top Gun perfectly. Lloyd Bridges is also great as an absent minded General. Valarie Golino is great in this movie too.

This movie was good, and hilarious. This first installment in the Hot Shots! series is hilarious. The gags in this movie range from the subtle like the guys dancing out the window when Lloyd Bridges character(Admiral Benson I think) is talking, to the outlandish like the incredible stretchiness of Topper's dad. I'm sure many critics dismiss this as a mindless spoof, but I think a lot of thought and effort went in to it. It's totally Sweet, and the next one in the series is even better.

After setting the police profession back 100 years with the "Naked Gun" movie, director Jim Abrahams decided to set his sights on the military with "Hot Shots." And the military will never be the same again.

What makes this movie so much fun are the sight gags that are in almost every scene. As with all good slapstick comedy movies, there are too many sight gags for you to be able to catch them all the first, and even second, time around. Every time you watch this movie, you will find another sight gag that you hadn't noticed before.

The movie also comes with a great comedic cast. It stars Charlie Sheen who for the first time really gets a chance to show how funny he can be (his previous comedy movies are pretty much forgettable). He is supported by Jon Cryer, Lloyd Bridges, and Cary Elwes. Each of these people have a great track record on their own when it comes to comedy. Together, they make the movie work.

This is by far the best in the genre.....raw and rugged....a perfect 10....should not be missed if your a fan of blaxploitation flicks.....enjoy!

THIS MOVIE IS SO AWESOME I WISH THAT I COULD GIVE THIS MOVIE 100 STARS BECAUSE THE ACTING IS WONDERFUL BY JULIUS W. HARRIS, GLORIA HENDRY, AND MINNIE GENTRY THIS IS A POWERFUL DRAMATIC ACTION PACKED MOVIE BASED IN HARLEM, NEW YORK I WOULD DEFINITELY RECOMMEND THIS MOVIE TO ANYONE WHO ENJOYS BLAXPLOITATION MOVIES AND I LOVE THE ACTING THE PLOT EVERYTHING THE WHOLE PACKAGE DELIVERS I WOULD ALSO RECCOMMEND THE SOUNDTRACK I AM NOT TRULY A JAMES BROWN FAN BUT HE REALLY DELIVERS WITH"THE BOSS" AND ALSO "MAMA" I LOVE THIS MOVIE AND THE SOUNDTRACK!!!

Growing up in the early 1970s, I never really took Shaft, Black Caesar, or Superfly seriously. Thirty years later, my perspective has changed drastically. Black Caesar, starring Fred Williamson, is a masterpiece and represents the absolute elite of this genre. Williamson does a fabulous job portraying the rise and fall of a NYC gangster. Many have referred to Williamson as "The Black Burt Reynolds", but I'm quite hard pressed to come up with a Reynolds performance that is actually better than Williamson's in Black Caesar.

It's a shame Williamson wasn't given access to a broader array of high quality scripts. In a lot of ways, Williamson is more accomplished, educated, and polished than Reynolds.

This dvd contains 4 episodes:

Episode 201:A Dark And Secret Power:The next match of the World Martial Arts tournement is about to begin:Videl vs. Spopovitch!Can Videl stand up to the powerful, heavy muscled warrior?Or will she be crushed in a minute?

Episode 202:Videl Is Crushed: The fight between Videl and Spopovitch continues, but it seems the brutal heavy-muscled fighter is more powerful then Videl thinks, and will stop at nothing to put Videl`s lights out...once and for all!Can Gohan launch an attack on Spopovitch to save Hercule`s daugther?

Episode 203:Identies Revealed:Now that Spopovitch has knocked Videl out, Gohan is up aganist the mysterious Kibito.But Gohan is out of luck, now that some guys from his High School have discovered that he is the heroic Great Sayiaman!!!!!!!

Episode 204:Energy Drain: Now that Gohan`s idenity of the Great Sayiman has been revealed, Gohan transforms to a Super Sayin to defeat Kibito!!But the mysterious duo of Yamu and Spopovitch are ready to drain the powered up martial artist of his own energy!!!

If you hate Videl, or are just mad at her for how big of a jerk she was in the Saiyaman saga, then this is the video for you! Videl gets the absoulet snot beaten out of her! {of course all it takes is a senzu bean to make her feel better} Spopovitch's beating of Videl truly is brutal. {on the other hand if I had my neck torqued around I'd be mad too} I think it would have been better if Gohan had stopped Spopovitch instead of Yamu, but then they would have found out about him being the gold fighter. the funniest part about this video is when Sharpner and Erasa find out about gohan being both The Great Saiyaman AND The Gold Fighter, Erasa stutters "boy... he sure is.. talented, huh?" Hilaerus! and also ChiChi wants so bad for gohan to become a scholer as we all know, but how she cheers him on when he is about fight is very funny! Videls reaction to gohan being The GF is off because she suspected it in "Blackmail." The emotion between Gohan and Videl is good too. the reason it gets four stars is because there is almost no action in the second part.
but I give it four and a half stars.

The uncut version of these four episodes are pretty good. I personally didn't mind the edited version myself. Videl's beating from Spopovitch is just down right brutal. If you've the edited version that's pretty bad already, but in this version you get to see even more blood. I got it give to Videl though. What she lacks in strength she makes up for in courage and warrior's spirit (or maybe it's just stupidity).

I was surprised that only one of the previous reviewers mentioned technical flaws in the DVD, without elaborating. I found that there were some definite problems in reproducing the high frequency transients emitted by Donna Anna and Donna Elvira, especially the latter. At several points in Donna Elvira's arias, her voice distorts on the loud high notes, especially in the left channel.

I first considered that the problem could be in my DVD player, although it has not occurred with other DVD's. But after trying the DVD on another player with other speakers, I found the same problem. In both cases, I was using the analogue signal from the DVD players, so I'm forced to conclude that there was a problem with the digital-to-analogue conversion within the players. In other words, the digital signal - on high frequency transients from the DVD - converts to an analogue signal that exceeds the capacity of the built-in analogue preamplifiers and clipping (distortion) occurs. I don't know if this pertains only to my DVD of this opera, or whether it's general for this production. In any event, it is a pity, because I have to prepare to feel a cringe in my body each time Donna Elvira hits a high note.

I would have given this production five stars, except for the problems with the sound.

Ramey is utterly convincing as the Don in this production!

I bought this version even though I own another,because Kathleen Battle was in it. I wasn't disappointed. It is the best copy of Giovanni available. I enjoyed all the characters because they were so lively and not dull as in my other version. I highly recommend it. Buy it here online today.

[I'm a huge DBZ fan, that's why I'm being so critical on this saga.]
INTRODUCTION: The Garlic Jr. Saga is a ten-episode saga of Dragonball Z that occurs after the defeat of Frieza on Namek, but before he comes to earth in his robotic body. During this time, Goku is still somewhere out in space and Vegeta has gone out looking for him. That leaves Gohan, Krillin, Piccolo, Yamcha, and Yajirobe to keep the planet safe.

Here's how the story goes. While he's out on a study break, Gohan finds Krillin, who introduces him to Maron, his new girlfriend (Maron looks EXACTLY THE SAME as Bulma and many confuse the two.) He tells Gohan there will be a get-together at Master Roshi's island, but Chi Chi forbids him to go. Gohan ignores this and rides his dragon to Master Roshi's island. Unfortunately for our heroes, not all is well. The Makyo Star has entered a planetary alignment achieved only once every ten thousand years. Through the added strength this gave him, Garlic Jr. was able to escape from the Dead Zone (See the movie Dead Zone if you want the whole story.) Garlic Jr. releases an evil mist over the world that turns everyone evil, except for Piccolo, Gohan, Krillin, Maron, and Kami and Popo (because Garlic Jr. imprisoned them in glass jars.) The Z Fighters who weren't turned evil go to the lookout to put an end to Garlic Jr.'s scheme.

This is an entertaining saga, but it's PURE FILLER. It could NEVER have happened for the following reasons:
-It's a continuation to DBZ movie 1, Dead Zone, which COULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED.
-Where'd Garlic Jr. get those new henchmen?
-There's an alternate universe for dead guardians of the earth in Kami's lookout?
-Gohan's dragon appears. He got it in Tree Of Might, a movie that never could have happened.
-It sure is a fancy coincidence Garlic Jr. and his henchmen's power levels are in the same range of the Z Fighters levels

If you must see this saga, YOU NEED TO SEE THE UNCUT SUB. The version on Cartoon Network made several edits. These include, but are not limited to the following:
-The word "Hell"
-Maron's swimsuit. In the original version it is MUCH more revealing. In all of DBZ, this is probably the most skin you'll see on an adult female character.
-A scene where Master Roshi grabs Maron's breast (I'm not making this up)
-A scene where Yajirobe looks up an opening in Maron's dress
-A scene where the camera is focused directly on Maron's butt
-Numerous dialogue changes, mostly to make it seem more American

IF YOU DECIDE TO GET THE GARLIC JR. SAGA ON DVD, GET THE BOX SET. YOU'LL SAVE MONEY THAT WAY.

The Garlic Jr. Saga is more like a mini-series than an actual saga (it even aired as such on Cartoon Network.) Because of the plotholes and flaws of this series, I recommend it only to TRUE fans of DBZ. This isn't a terrible saga, but it is, hands down, the WORST SAGA OF DBZ.

This vhs contains 4 episodes:

Episode 99:Extreme Measures: As Garlic Jr. uses the Makyo Star to become a heavy muscled warrior, its up to Piccolo,Krillin, and Gohan to stop him. But Piccolo might be out of the battle, for in search of the Sacred Water, Kami is being drained of his energy by the previous Guardians Of The Earth, and Piccolo`s lifeforce with it!Can Piccolo and Kami hold on to their lives?

Episode 100:The World Awakens:As Kami escapes the former Guardians, he goes off to send the Sacred Water, throughout the world. As Piccolo slowly regains he strength, and Krillin falls victim to Garlic Jr.`s unstoppable attacks, the only hope for the world is Gohan!Can the son of Goku defeat Garlic Jr. like he did a few years ago?

Episode 101:Breif Chance For Victory: As Garlic Jr.`s rage consumes him, he decides that there is only one way to defeat the Z Warriors. Tearing open the Dead Zone, like he did years ago, he plans to consume all of those who have opposed him! But as Piccolo persaudes Gohan to launch an attack, Gohan has no choice but to obey....and open fire on the Makyo Star!!!

Episode 102:Krillin`s Proposal:As Garlic Jr. is sucked into the Dead Zone, the adventures aren`t over yet, for Krillin is looking for a pearl, with Gohan for his girlfreind, Marin.!can he get to the giant clam?

well he comes, he tries and he fails...as the title may tell you. he gets vaquished again..hehe my advice is if you like DBZ enough then get it. if you dont like it, then dont get it. most people find more flaws in dbz than what they like about it, thus hating it. i like it so much that i plan on getting all of the DVDs. so if youre in my position, then get it and this one you will like!

I live in Europe and saw only saw AMERICAN PIMP, but not other pimp movies since they are in
"VHS Features:NTSC format (US and Canada only. This VHS will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about VHS formats.)"

IS IT POSSIBLE TO BUY THESE MOVIES IN EUROPEAN VHS FORMAT?

THANKS

THIS IS A MUST HAVE CLASSIC FOR ALL BLAXPLOITATION MOVIE LOVERS MAX JULIEN , CAROL SPEED, AND RICHARD PRYOR , AND THE LEGENDARY JUANITA MOORE APPEARS IN THIS MOVIE I WOULD DEFINITELY RECOMMEND TO GET THIS IT IS A MUST HAVE DRAMATIC ACTION PACKED FILM TO OWN AND I WOULD RECCOMMEND THIS VIDEO TO ANYONE WHO LIKES BLAXPLOITATION MOVIES AND I WOULD ALSO RECOMMEND THE SOUNDTRACK BECAUSE WILLIE HUTCH DELIVERS WITH HIS TRADEMARK SONG "I CHOOSE YOU", slick, the mack and the other smash hit "Brother's gonna work it out " if you are a Willie Hutch fan I would definitely recommend this album to anyone who enjoys Willie Hutch but this is your classic Pimp movie I enjoyed it very much and I still watch it sometimes !!!!!

IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT MOVIES FROM THE 70'S,YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT THIS IS THA REAL DEAL ABOUT THE STREET LIFE,WHEN IT COMES TOP BEING A PIMP AND SUPER SMOOTH.IF YOU WANT TO CHECK OUT A REAL SMOOTH AND GANGSTA FLICK CHECK OUT MAX JULIEN,AND RICHARD PRYOR IN THE MACK.BUY IT ,HURRY IT'S A MUST HAVE,IT'S ALSO A TRUE STORY.

The Comancheros is another great John Wayne western with a great supporting cast. The story follows Captain Jake Cutter, a Texas ranger, and his efforts to capture a prisoner, and then to infiltrate a group of gunrunners and bandits, the Comancheros. This group has been supplying the Comanches with repeating rifles who then wreak havoc on the area. There is plenty of action here with numerous shootouts, and also plenty of great characters. At parts during this movie, I wondered why the Duke never took more comedic roles since he is very funny in several scenes.

John Wayne plays Captain Jake Cutter, the big, brawling Texas Ranger who attempts to bring in a prisoner who keeps escaping his grasp, "Monsoor" Paul Regret, played by Stuart Whitman very well. Another notable performance is Lee Marvin's Crow, the contact between Cutter and the Comancheros. He doesn't have a very big part, but what is there is very good. The film also stars Ina Balin, Nehemiah Persoff, Michael Ansara, Patrick Wayne, Bruce Cabot, and Joan O'Brien. Elmer Bernstein also turns in another excellent score that has elements of the Sons of Katie Elder and The Great Escape. The DVD offers a widescreen presentation which looks very good, two trailers(one in Spanish), and also Movie Tone News about an award presented involving the movie. More John Wayne movies should be put out like this, and I give credit to the companies putting out so many new ones recently. A very exciting, enjoyable Duke western that all his fans will love!

Wayne as in any of his other great movies is larger than life. As a Texas Ranger his methods are not to be denied. Lee Marvin although only having a brief part plays it to the hilt as Crow, a hard as nails gun trader. Stuart Whittman is excellent as Monseur Paul Regret. We can understand why he was chosen to play in the TV series Cimarron Strip. He plays a credible Louisianan of class. Ina Balin does a fine job as the daughter of a wealthy outlaw. Several cameos including Patrick Wayne, the dukes son. The story, cast, and music add up to a sprawling western well worth owning. The DVD picture quality and sound are superb. I especially noticed how sharp the red credits are on the DVD since on most VHS or TV viewings they bleed like the bad guys.

One of John Wayne's better Action Western Classics. Acting is average with some laughable spots in this movie.