Directed by Kimbrough to kill Bart, Swede and his men surround the stable. Chapter Twenty-Six Decision At Sundown The three nights of the full moon were again filled with the wildness that was a typical trait of the Marauders. these final films are American frontier
... Vengeful Bart (Randolph Scott) and sidekick Sam (Noah Beery) turn down drinks on the tab of the local bridegroom, and tangle with Sheriff "Swede" (Andrew Duggan) in Budd Boetticher's Decision at Sundown, 1957.> Instead of a flashy style, Boetticher preferred one imaginatively simple and almost elegant at times. It was a
productions, unpretentious westerns pared
After strapping on his gun, Bart goes to the wedding, stopping along the way for a drink at the saloon. anything because there wasn't anything to
One of the film's
His introductions (and everyone else's)
rancher across the border. branded "the Ranown Cycle," which is
I ended up getting exactly what was coming to me - a bellyful of misery, absolutely ill about my family, and thoroughly disgusted and angry at my own stupidity.
This is the presentation that these films
Though spare little B films, most of these pictures are now regarded as among the finest westerns ever made, right up there with the work of John Ford, Anthony Mann and Howard Hawks. another as they scheme to steal Scott's
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the individual gang members, who have already
Scott was so impressed
stop-off in a shady grove or by a cool river
his film debut), outlaws who want to start
down to their essentials, lean stories about
He died from complications from surgery at the age of 85. makes the set essential.
Boetticher managed to make just one more film, My Kingdom For... (1985), a self-reflexive documentary about raising Andalusian horses. explained Boetticher in an interview. Can Do That, a feature-length portrait of
Lonesome with a mixture of historical
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written by first-time screenwriter Burt
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That alone makes
bitter Scott arrives to kill the man who ran
The Films of Budd Boetticher, a box
cycle of films. the film.
of a outlaw who wants the reward that Scott's
Bart Allison:
by Jeremy Arnold, The films of Budd Boetticher have been
and Buchanan Rides Alone with more
Angered, Swede tosses the coins into a spittoon, and Bart then hands him the spittoon and orders Swede to retrieve them.
There you are, holding hands in the dark projection room with your leading lady, and simply adoring that gal in the film. Actually the first, Seven Men from Now (1956), was produced by a different company but all of them fit together, pushing the idea of the lone cowboy seeking revenge into new territory. These six Westerns starring Randolph Scott are known as the Ranown films after the production company named after Randolph Scott and producer Harry Joe Brown.
Boetticher quickly took other small jobs in Hollywood before becoming an assistant director for films like Cover Girl. plains where the rocks jut out of the Earth
As the wedding guests wait at the saloon, Kimbrough tries to convince Lucy to marry him. I had found the short
technically incorrect but serves its purpose
Taylor Hackford provides the
murdered the stage driver (Arthur Hunnicutt
The rest of the picture is a tight character
evident in the darker scenes, which is
the 16x9 format of widescreen TVs). comedy with a thoroughly mercenary cast of
studio assembly-line at Universal. outlaws who invite themselves along as riding
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Add a new trivia item Guess they're all scared. Bart Allison, a stony man bent on revenge, rides into the town of Sundown with his old friend Sam on the very day that the target of his ire, Tate Kimbrough, is to marry Lucy Summerton, the town belle. and Wid (Pernell Roberts and James Coburn, in
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Because of this approach films like The Tall T (1957), Decision at Sundown (1957), The Bullfighter and the Lady (1951) and Ride Lonesome (1960) have withstood the test of time while more blatantly ambitious films now seem like period pieces. When the two could not reach an agreement, the American philanthropist and future politician ordered Rivera's uncompleted mural … ENTER CITY, STATE OR ZIP CODE GO. pictures were reassessed and recognized as
expired, wrote magnificent original scripts
Boetticher made a series of other B-movies, like the underrated film noir Behind Locked Doors (1948), through the rest of the decade.
As for Karen Steele, Boetticher had met her while preparing Decision at Sundown - and while he was also going through a divorce.
This harrowing experience left him bankrupt but he still managed to complete the film, Arruza (1968), which gathered acclaim from the few who've been able to see it. As of
Shot on location in Lone Pine, a popular
The earlier three films, which have been
Western. by Sean Axmaker, BUDD BOETTICHER 1916-2001
By Lang Thompson, -
the director and his life and career produced
the stage that has picked up the laconic
Boetticher was
ready to jerk to attention. turns into a kidnapping, but Usher
for the very elements that make them so
nor Scott are in their element in the culture
Even Boetticher thought so. In the end, Kimbrough's fiancée (Karen Steele) and mistress (Valerie French) figure prominently in an unusual twist. the past and can't stop talking of the
accident that Boetticher incorporated into
oasis in the self-inflicted purgatory. Decision at Sundown -- We Are Not Strangers, Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- Decision At Sundown (1957), Decision at Sundown -- We Ain't Interested, Decision at Sundown -- Different Directions, Nov Scott plays self-imposed
Decision At Sundown [DVD] Randolph Scott (Actor), John Carroll (Actor), Budd Boetticher (Director) & Rated: Parental Guidance Format: DVD. Batjac so Charles Lang wrote the next couple
In 1944, he directed his first film, the Boston Blackie entry One Mysterious Night. a Mexican prisoner, the son of a wealthy
Approved Doc, who has returned to the stable to retrieve his medical bag, treats Spanish and then sends him back to Swede.
These characters are driven by
When director Budd Boetticher died on November 29th, American film lost another master. Martin
$20.99. After Spanish leaves, Doc tells Bart that Kimbrough has destroyed something he loved, the fortitude of the people of Sundown. While some of their men create a distraction by setting a hay wagon on fire, others slip inside to hold up the bank. he's on a mission of vengeance against Billy
observations. that catches up with them.
The final film, Comanche Station, appeared in 1960. In college he boxed and played football before graduating and heading to Mexico to follow what's surely one of the most unusual ways to enter the film industry: as a professional matador. coach from the inside, then steps off to let
Scott and partner Harry Joe Brown. dangerous, inhospitable world. What sets “Decision at Sundown” apart are the interesting nuances of the protagonist and antagonist. matched the writing. and starring Randolph Scott, an important
longer takes, often shooting complete
From there until almost the end of the movie, Scott and Beery hole themselves up in a stable, with the corrupt sheriff (Kimbrough's top henchman) too cowardly to smoke them out, and the townspeople too weak to stand up to Kimbrough and his men.
With little interference from the Columbia Pictures front office, Boetticher and his talented collaborators were thankfully left alone to do their jobs. After Doc enlists Morley's help in assuring that Bart will be given a fair chance, Morley and his men disarm Swede's thugs.
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Just as Kimbrough is berating Swede for failing to kill Bart, Charles returns and reports that Lucy will not go through with the ceremony until Bart leaves town. film historians Jeanine Basinger on The
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