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Oct 04, 2017graybear2 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
We highly recommend this excellent, though underrated movie! Read somewhere that this was/is Kirk Douglas' favorite role (and favorite movie that he acted in) so thought we'd give it a try. So glad we did! It's beautifully shot in black & white; great scenery & cinematography! Excellent acting by Douglass, Walter Matthau, etc. Even the horse is great! See a young Gena Rowland in what was only her second film role - we didn't even recognize her. An unusual film in many subtle respects, including a bar fight. Watch the extras too, with lots of interesting info on the film, it's makers, and actors, and an interview with Kirk Douglas at age 93 or 94. Also of note: Trumbo (yes THAT Trumbo!) wrote the excellent script. He was hired under a fake name because he was blacklisted during the "McCarthy years" (which meant that no one could hire him, except that everyone did. PLEASE see another excellent movie "Trumbo" for the story on that.) Douglass insisted that Trumbo's real name be in the beginning credits, thus ending the blacklisting.