Tuesday, 7 May 2013

Nepotism of the West


Young Guns of Texas (1962)

Directed by Maury Dexter this western stars James Mitchum, Alana Ladd, Jody McCrea and Gary Conway. A young man tries to recover stolen army gold that his brother is accused of taking.

There are really too many story elements for the short run time of this film meaning none get enough screen time to be used properly. What seems like the main story line ends up taking a back seat for a lot of the time to a weak “forbidden love” piece. The film stars the offspring of several famous actors and there are good reason why none of them went on to have successful careers themselves, it also shows that this film was clearly made on the cheap.

2/5

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