Thursday, 8 December 2011

Not spell binding

Warlock (1959)

Not a fantasy film as the title might suggest, this western stars Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda and Anthony Quinn. A small town wants an end to violence on the streets but is bringing in a hired gunman the answer?

The main thrust of this film is clearly about how to achieve law and order in a town out of control but it does not delve particularly deeply into the subject but is more interested in the relationship between the characters. As a whole the film works pretty well if a little on the long side and as usual for a western the female characters are not the strongest point, we get both the hooker with the heart of gold and school teacher archetypes here.

3/5

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