Cattle king John Chisum is determined to protect his empire against a land-grabbing developerin New Mexico's 1878 Lincoln County War...
Big Jake is not one of the Duke's classics, but it's a diverting picture nonetheless. Everyone seems to think that Jacob McCandles is six-feet under ("I thought you was dead" is a running line throughout), so some bad men kidnap his grandson. They want a piece of the family fortune and will kill to get it. Patrick Wayne, the Duke's own son, plays one of Big Jake's kids, and together they start out after the boy's abductors. Richard Boone makes a worthy adversary to Jake's larger-than-life figure, and the final confrontation between the two contains some great gritted-teeth dialogue. Maureen O'Hara is barely in the feature, sharing the same fate as Bobby Vinton as the boy's father, who seems to be onscreen just to get shot. --Keith Simanton
When Daniel Defoe wrote his 'Robinson Crusoe' it was the moving story of a lonely shipwreck who after years of isolation discovers a cannibal on his island names him 'Friday' and teaches him the blessings of civilization. In Man Friday the basic elements of the story remain but emphasis has been shifted to Friday (Richard Roundtree) who 'discovers' and eventually comes to hate Crusoe (Peter O'Toole). The result is an exciting unusual and provocative film shot through w
A big garage profiteer seeks to sabotage a British father and his children's chances of winning an Alpine motor car rally the 500 prize money from which would preserve their small and struggling garage business. Continental motor racing adventure Heights of Danger (1953) features Basil Appleby and Freda Bamford but the real star is the MG TD Sports Car - tenacious and reliable to the last amidst the twisting and mountainous road condtions through the picturesque Edelweiss Pass and through all the villain's devious attempts to scupper its ultimate victory!
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