"I've heard that you're a low-down yankee liar."



Tonight at 8:00 PM Eastern on TCM.

Sure, you've seen it. We've all seen it, but that's got nothing to with it.

Even the dog got the hell out of the way.

The dog does the same thing the first time Palance appears.

Prove it!
And a full lineup of Alan Ladd on TCM tonight.

Happens to be my favorite Western of all.

This the scene I think of first. Elisha Cook Jr. as Stonewall Torrey, slipping in the mud, then Palance’s Jack Wilson towering over him up on the boardwalk. Finally, the pause before Wilson pulls the trigger. George Stevens, director.

It's a favorite but not my all time favorite western. This movie is notable for me because it drew me into the classic western genre, which became a favorite. This might not have happened if it weren't for the movie 'The Negotiator.' Samuel L. Jackson said Shane was dead at the end and I had to know for myself.

The scene of the father wielding the lumber is the best. Then the stump chopping.

The noir films with Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake are on my watch list.

Watched several of them last night. Great stuff.

Yes, noted the dog high tailed it the first time Palance showed up and duplicated the move in the bar scene, classic.

The Elisha Cook scene was replicated/adapted in Pale Rider if I am not mistaken.

quote:

Originally posted by Sailor1911:
The Elisha Cook scene was replicated/adapted in Pale Rider if I am not mistaken.

Yesterday, TCM also aired Alan Ladd in The Big Land from 1957, and in it, Anthony Caruso guns down Edmond O'Brien in the same fashion, although it wasn't done nearly as well as in Shane.

The slow menacing way Palance gets off his horse was him being afraid of horses. The scene worked well!

I'll never forget Jack Palance's acceptance of the Oscar with one-armed pushups.