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Post by RiP, IMDb on Sept 22, 2018 22:39:19 GMT
Pretty sure I've seen it. Leo Gordon would be my choice for Quint had RS been unavailable.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2018 22:43:02 GMT
Great post. Haven't seen it in years, if at all. I'll have to look for it!
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Post by teleadm on Sept 23, 2018 0:11:11 GMT
 Leo Gordon, interesting actor, and writer of screenplays, "Writing is more rewarding than acting, but look at my face. Nobody believes I'm a writer. I should be 5' 8", 142 pounds, wear patches on my elbows and horn-rimmed glasses and smoke a pipe. That's a writer".  Leo Gordon as an aged Wyatt Earp in The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Hollywood Follies TV-movie 1994  His alias in screenplays |
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Post by teleadm on Sept 23, 2018 2:04:56 GMT
Leo Gordon, interesting actor, and writer of screenplays, "Writing is more rewarding than acting, but look at my face. Nobody believes I'm a writer. I should be 5' 8", 142 pounds, wear patches on my elbows and horn-rimmed glasses and smoke a pipe. That's a writer".
As a horror movie fan, I can't praise Leo Gordon enough. Dude's genuinely intimidating and knows how to be scary, there's no two ways about it. I'd say he had an unrivalled intensity few actors possess.
 One of those pics I remember from my old books, and the first time I took notice of Leo, I think it's a publicity shot for Baby Face Nelosn. |
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Post by mattgarth on Sept 23, 2018 10:57:32 GMT
Leo Gordon had a prominent role opposite Neville Brand as a convict in the 1954 Don Siegel movie RIOT IN CELL BLOCK 11. The picture was shot on location at Folsom Prison.
Gordon must have been familiar with the territory. He previously did a five year stretch in San Quentin for armed robbery.
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Post by hitchcockthelegend on Sept 23, 2018 15:33:09 GMT
Leo Gordon had a prominent role opposite Neville Brand as a convict in the 1954 Don Siegel movie RIOT IN CELL BLOCK 11. The picture was shot on location at Folsom Prison. Gordon must have been familiar with the territory. He previously did a five year stretch in San Quentin for armed robbery. Cell Block 11 is a superlative slice of noir and highly recommended. Brand and Gordon, 2 guys you wouldn't want to ask for change after dark! |
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Post by hitchcockthelegend on Sept 23, 2018 15:38:15 GMT
The 3D action western 'Gun Fury' is based on the novel 'Ten Against Caesar' (1952) by K.R.G. Granger which was hot off the press. Frank Slayton (Philip Carey) and his gang of robbers carry out a cowardly stagecoach holdup that leaves several men dead. Slayton leaves defiant passenger Ben Warren (Rock Hudson) for dead and kidnaps his bride-to-be Jennifer Ballard (Donna Reed) who was heading to California to farm acres of land with her fiance. Still alive, Ben tries putting together a posse to hunt down the Slayton gang.
Philip Carey & Leo Gordon
The riveting western 'Gun Fury' is from the golden era of 3D film production (1952 - 1954). It has an exciting story to tell, an ideal cast to sell it and a handy action maverick in the director's chair, Raoul Walsh. Rock Hudson is in exceptional form as Ben, delivering one of his finest early performances as a pacifist who's retired his gun in exchange for a shovel. Donna Reed's terrific as Jennifer, performing some of her own dangerous stunts and riding horses through rough terrain. Philip Carey is vile and sickening as gang leader Slayton, one of the most hideous villains I've seen in a western. Fine work too from Leo Gordon as Slayton's ally Jess Burgess, Roberta Haynes as fiery knife specialist Estella Morales, Pat Hogan as expert tracker Johash, Lee Marvin as slimy creep Blinky, Neville Brand as dirty heavy Brazos, stuntman Bob Herron as compromised gunfighter Curly Jordan and the extraordinary Maudie Prickett as bouncy landlady Mrs. Rogers. My favourite 3D effect would have to be the vulture seen eyeballing Jess in bondage.
"Gun Fury (1953) is a little Western film that was originally shown in 3-D. I have only seen the flat, non 3-D version of the film. Occasionally, Walsh has characters throw objects directly at the camera, and the viewer, in a manner that one associates with the later 3-D spaghetti Western Comin' at Ya! (Ferdinando Baldi, 1981), a film that has excellent 3-D technology, but which otherwise is awfully cornball. The TV ad campaign for Comin' at Ya! was a comic gem, showing people exiting into the theater lobby full of flaming arrows stuck into them, echoing the scene where the film seems to shoot these at the audience. Another ad showed an avalanche of rocks pouring out of the theater into the lobby. One hopes these TV ads survive somewhere. Post-1950 Walsh films often seem to have experimental aspects. The 3-D filming of Gun Fury is an example.
Gun Fury is full of relatively long shots, that show the action as a whole. The film emphasizes outdoor scenes, set against spectacular Arizona scenery, and this scenery is in full focus in the background of much of the film. In the foreground, Walsh tends to show the characters full figure, or nearly so, along with their horses, stagecoach, Western camps, towns and buildings. The effect is often of "figures in a landscape", a Walsh tradition. Walsh's camera is relatively stable. He tends to find a beautiful, clear, vivid composition for his characters, then sticks with it as they play out their action. When the story moves onto a new action, Walsh moves on to a new shot, and begins the cycle again. The film has a lyrical quality, in part due to the beautiful landscapes which are everywhere. Walsh's compositions always seem to be clean and well organized. They show all the action with great clarity. They also tend to have a poetic feel. Several scenes feature huge clouds of dust stirred up by horses. These have the same poetic effect as mists in non-Western films. They often fill up and take over the screen."
- Michael E. Grost, Classic Film And Television
Rock Hudson & Donna Reed
All-new trip through the John Deere Museum in Waterloo (September 5th, 2018)
I really believed in Ben and Jennifer who only wanted to farm their land. Rock Hudson was from Winnetka, Illinois while Donna Reed was from Denison, Iowa, two states with farming in their hearts. John Deere founded his innovative manufacturing company in Grand Detour, Illinois in 1837 and there are factories located in East Moline and Moline. John Deere also has major plants and factories in Davenport, Dubuque, Des Moines, Ankeny, Ottumwa and Waterloo in Iowa. Super thread opener petrol. Can't say I share your enthusiasm totally, though, since I found characterisations thin on the ground > Whilst tackling the 3-D gimmick they forgot to form the characters. Gun Fury is directed by Raoul Walsh and stars Rock Hudson, Donna Reed, Phillip Carey, Roberta Haynes, Leo Gordon, Lee Marvin & Neville Brand. It's adapted from the novel Ten Against Caesar written by Kathleen B. George & Robert A. Granger. Cinematographer is Lester White, with Sedona, Arizona used for the location work. It is a Technicolor production out of Columbia Pictures. Plot sees Hudson as Civil War veteran Ben Warren, who after meeting up with Jennifer (Reed), the girl he is soon to marry, catches the stage to Haynesville. But little do they know that two of the passengers (Carey & Gordon) that are travelling with them are outlaws who are after the strongbox on board the coach. Once the hold-up occurs a fight breaks out and during the mêlée Ben is shot and presumed dead . The outlaws flee taking Jennifer with them. But Ben is not dead, and now he's after them. Having recently turned pacifist, just what will he do to get his love back unharmed? Originally presented in 3-D on its release, Gun Fury is a brisk Western that unsurprisingly given it's director's keen eye for such things, isn't found wanting for action. However, for depth of story and character studies, it's not one too get excited about. Which is a shame because there's definitely scope within the plot to expand some of the protagonists psychological themes. Still, if one is after a quick fix of Western action staples then this serves its purpose. Gun play, horse pursuits and even fist fights in the water, Walsh delivers pulse raising scenes set in amongst the gorgeous back drops of Sedona. But be warned, the finale is some what tepid and doesn't do justice to what had gone before it. Cast wise Hudson is solid enough but is blown off the screen by both Carey & Gordon. While Reed is attractive and professional in what is a pretty undemanding role. In the support cast there's the added bonus of having tough guys Marvin & Brand playing villains. The score from uncredited Arthur Morton & Mischa Bakaleinikoff links the narrative well enough, and there's some fun to be had with the 3-D moments as various items are launched at the screen. So a safe time filler for Western fans then, but it could, and should, have been much more. 6/10 |
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