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It has been said that John Carpenter drew inspiration from this film when he did "Assault on percent 13"There are some simualatries so perhaps but Howard Hawks directed this typical good vs bad and heavy odds western with a A+ cast.Released in 1959 and running a little long at 148 minutes it's still a fine old west morality play staring John Wayne,a surprisingly good Dean Martin,and a rare film appearance of Ricky Nelson and a early Angie Dickinson,classic Ward Bond and many more.I remember when HBO started, this film played 3 or 4 times a day,every day.It was a mainstay of early programming.So see the trailer after the pix and a IMDB summary is below.My only issue is the length of the film and it takes a long time to get to the good parts:)So I took 1 and 1/2 stars off for that.
A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a cripple, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTVdVEvAAqA
A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a cripple, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy
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