Violent Men | Glenn Ford, Barbara Stanwyck | LONG AGO, AND NOT SO FAR AWAY-NOSTALGIA FOR MY...

Violent Men | Glenn Ford, Barbara Stanwyck | the violent men

vhs video:

Violent Men

	Violent Men Glenn Ford, Barbara Stanwyck Sony Pictures, 1997 average customer review:based on 12 reviews view larger image
	for more information click here

highly recommended

LONG AGO, AND NOT SO FAR AWAY-NOSTALGIA FOR MY PLAYING DAYS

The title because in 1955 I was in Miami Beach, discussing a baseball scholarship at the U. of Miami. By coincidence two of my aunts showed up at the same hotel. We went to dinner at the The Fontainebleau Hotel and I ate 2 of their huge corned beef sandwiches and a giant banana split, both of which they bragged were the largest on the beach. As we wandered south on Collins, and turned onto Lincoln, there at a small movie house was playing The Violent men.

Glenn Ford played John Parrish, a small cattle ranch owner and former swashbuckling Confederate Cavalry officer with much Civil War combat experience under his belt. He was considering selling out to the Wilkensons, mega ranchers, who are plotting to take over the entire valley, by force if necessary. Cole Wilkenson, in a hurry, crosses the line with, the seemingly mild mannered Parrish, when the first wave of violence strikes underthe direction of Brian Keith (Cole Wilkenson), whose edgy relationship with his older brother, now crippled, Edward G.Robinson, the builder of Anchor Ranch, Lew Wilkenson, and Coles affair with the always brilliant Barbara Stanwick, puts pressure on everyone.

Ford, not used to being pushed around, begins guerilla operations, ala Rambo, in what is a range war neither Keith, Stanwick nor Robinson ever bargained for. Meanwhile Stanwick juggles, the husband on which she is cheating, her daughter, Diane Foster, suspicious of her relationship with Cole, who is also Juggling an affair with a Lady of the town and Stanwick (whattaguy!). The entire mess explodes into a war, within a war, within a war, and a plot of which the original script writer, William Shakespeare, would have been proud. Once the rapid fire action gets rolling it is almost non-stop until the final shoot-out and conflagration.

If it is action, corruption, smoldering, barely concealed 1955 version of sex, you are after, and gunslinging, old fashioned, twisted characters, contorted plots, circa post-April 26, 1564, the date of the Immortal Bards, birth, this movie is for you.

for more information click here

the violent men

A great movie with all star cast. Just don't make 'em this way anymore. I like most any Glen Ford movie and with Edward G, Barbara Stanwyck, how can you go wrong. Ever notice how Ford rides a horse? I've always admired that.

classic Ford western

"Violent Men" is a great, old time classic western for adding to the library collection. Don't expect explosive technical graphics. This is 1950's range war drama with quiet, but not to tamper with Ford straightening out the cripple crooked, vengence minded Robinson.

Glenn Ford is as good as ever

This movie has a great cast and a great plot. I bought it because it had Glenn Ford in it and it was cheap. The picture quality is good. I think this movie is better than the description would lead you to believe.

for more information click here

The Violent Men

I was disappointed. I hadn't seen the movie in 35 years and I remembered it better than it was. I was really into westerns as a child. Don't get me wrong it's a great movie. Really a great movie I wanted so much for it to be as great as I remembered but it wasn't. I'll have to watch it eight or ten more times. A reluctant four stars might be more appropriate but I'll leave at three for almost breaking my heart.

reviews: page 1, 2, 3

products you might be interested in