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Horizons West
LAWLESS RUTHLESS DEFIANCE!
Brothers Dan and Neil Hammond return to Texas after the Civil War. Ambitious Dan turns to rustling and then shady land deals to build an empire. Being held for a murder, he is rescued from a lynch mob by Neil, who is now the Marshal, but there is eventually a falling out between the brothers, good triumphing over evil.
- Original title
- Horizons West
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
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John Chard
May 3, 2017 · via TMDB
You are leaving Texas at your own peril. You are about to enter Zona Libre. Horizons West is directed by Budd Boetticher with a story written by Louis Stevens. It stars Robert Ryan, Rock Hudson, Julia Adams, John McIntire, Raymond Burr & Dennis Weaver. It's a Technicolor production with Charles P. Boyle on photography. It's the end of the Civil War and the Hammond brothers Neal (Hudson) and Dan (Ryan) return to the family ranch in Texas. Neal is happy to graft away on the ranch but Dan wants considerably more. But Dan's plans are altered after an encounter with Cord Hardin (Burr), an encounter that sees Dan switch to the wrong side of the law. A switch that drives a wedge thru the Hammond family, particularly since Neal has decided to don a badge and become a Marshal of Austin. Interesting and watchable early Western effort from Budd Boetticher. It has some psychological aspects that mark it out as being above average. Themes of greed and family strife are of course nothing new in the grand scheme of the Western movie, but Boetticher and his cast knit them together here with some conviction, notably Ryan who was in the middle of a great run of movies that included On Dangerous Ground, Beware, My Lovely and The Naked Spur. There's no real complexities to the characters, but they are well formed, and the finale has the courage of its convictions. There's also some very neat period costuming from Rosemary Odell, with the quite ravishing Adams benefiting greatly there. The main problematic issues outside of some narrative familiarity come with being asked to believe that Ryan and Hudson (whose limp) are brothers, and that McIntire is Ryan's father (there's only two years between them in reality). Whilst there's sadly a lack of impacting outdoor photography; even if that's off set a touch by the easy on the eye set designs for the town by Russell A. Gausman & Joseph Kish. A more than adequate time filler for the discerning Western fan. 6/10
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Robert Ryan
Dan Hammond
Julie Adams
Lorna Hardin
Rock Hudson
Neil Hammond
Judith Braun
Sally Eaton
John McIntire
Ira Hammond
Raymond Burr
Cord Hardin
James Arness
Tiny McGilligan
Dennis Weaver
Dandy Taylor
Frances Bavier
Martha Hammond
Tom Powers
Frank Tarleton
John Hubbard
Sam Hunter
Rodolfo Acosta
General Jose Escobar Lopez
Douglas Fowley
Ed Tompkins
Walter Reed
Layton
Raymond Greenleaf
Eli Dodson
Frank Chase
Borden
Mae Clarke
Mrs. Jane Tarleton
Robert Bice
Townsman (uncredited)
Helen Gibson
Townswoman (uncredited)
Everett Glass
Judge Smithers (uncredited)
Chuck Hicks
Barfly (uncredited)
Donald Kerr
Townsman (uncredited)
Paul Kruger
Lynch Mob Member (uncredited)
Peter Mamakos
Lt. Salazar (uncredited)
Philo McCullough
Rancher (uncredited)
Tyler McVey
Poker Player (uncredited)
Victor Millan
Mexican Soldier (uncredited)
Ewing Mitchell
Poker Player (uncredited)
Lillian Molieri
Teresa (uncredited)
Monte Montague
Doctor (uncredited)
Alberto Morin
M. Auriel (uncredited)
Forbes Murray
Poker Player (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Barfly (uncredited)
Eddie Parker
Northerner (uncredited)
Jack Perrin
Rancher (uncredited)
George Sowards
Townsman (uncredited)
Jack Tornek
Rancher (uncredited)
Dan White
Dennis (uncredited)
Bud Westmore
Makeup Artist
Frank Skinner
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Additional Music
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Eddie Parker
Stunts
Richard Farnsworth
Stunts
Budd Boetticher
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