Sure, you've seen it. We've all seen it, but that's got nothing to with it.
August 11, 2023, 04:28 PM
smschulz
Even the dog got the hell out of the way.
August 11, 2023, 04:36 PM
parabellum
The dog does the same thing the first time Palance appears.
August 11, 2023, 04:37 PM
YooperSigs
Prove it! And a full lineup of Alan Ladd on TCM tonight.
End of Earth: 2 Miles Upper Peninsula: 4 Miles
August 11, 2023, 05:22 PM
TMats
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.
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August 11, 2023, 08:12 PM
Keystoner
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.
Year V
August 11, 2023, 11:46 PM
mr kablammo
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.
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye". The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, pilot and author, lost on mission, July 1944, Med Theatre.
August 12, 2023, 11:56 AM
Sailor1911
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.
Place your clothes and weapons where you can find them in the dark.
“If in winning a race, you lose the respect of your fellow competitors, then you have won nothing” - Paul Elvstrom "The Great Dane" 1928 - 2016
August 12, 2023, 12:27 PM
parabellum
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.
August 12, 2023, 01:53 PM
Ogie
The slow menacing way Palance gets off his horse was him being afraid of horses. The scene worked well!
August 13, 2023, 11:07 PM
sjtill
I'll never forget Jack Palance's acceptance of the Oscar with one-armed pushups.
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