Ramrod (1947)
Country: US
Technical: bw 94m
Director: André de Toth
Cast: Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Don DeFore, Donald Crisp, Preston Foster, Arleen Whelan
Synopsis:
A former saddle tramp comes to the aid of an heiress who is at loggerheads with her father and whose fiancé has buckled under pressure in his bid to bring sheep farming to the territory. This other suitor continues to apply strong-arm techniques, but she comes into conflict with her foreman when he insists on responding by legal means.
Review:
A complex dramatis personae and some full-blooded violence mark out this otherwise familiar oater, charting move and countermove between openly hostile interests. The equation of cattle herding with big business monopolies and unscrupulous practices remains, but aside from McCrea and Foster nearly all the characters are 'grey' rather than good or bad.
Country: US
Technical: bw 94m
Director: André de Toth
Cast: Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Don DeFore, Donald Crisp, Preston Foster, Arleen Whelan
Synopsis:
A former saddle tramp comes to the aid of an heiress who is at loggerheads with her father and whose fiancé has buckled under pressure in his bid to bring sheep farming to the territory. This other suitor continues to apply strong-arm techniques, but she comes into conflict with her foreman when he insists on responding by legal means.
Review:
A complex dramatis personae and some full-blooded violence mark out this otherwise familiar oater, charting move and countermove between openly hostile interests. The equation of cattle herding with big business monopolies and unscrupulous practices remains, but aside from McCrea and Foster nearly all the characters are 'grey' rather than good or bad.
Country: US
Technical: bw 94m
Director: André de Toth
Cast: Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Don DeFore, Donald Crisp, Preston Foster, Arleen Whelan
Synopsis:
A former saddle tramp comes to the aid of an heiress who is at loggerheads with her father and whose fiancé has buckled under pressure in his bid to bring sheep farming to the territory. This other suitor continues to apply strong-arm techniques, but she comes into conflict with her foreman when he insists on responding by legal means.
Review:
A complex dramatis personae and some full-blooded violence mark out this otherwise familiar oater, charting move and countermove between openly hostile interests. The equation of cattle herding with big business monopolies and unscrupulous practices remains, but aside from McCrea and Foster nearly all the characters are 'grey' rather than good or bad.