Tags
Cry of the Hunted, Gun Crazy, My Name Is Julia Ross, So Dark the Night, Terror in a Texas Town, The Big Combo, The Halliday Brand, The Rifleman (Boomerang) (TV Series), The Rifleman (Duel or Honor) (TV Series), The Rifleman (Shivaree) (TV Series), The Rifleman (The Deadly Wait) (TV Series), The Rifleman (The Pet) (TV Series), The Rifleman (The Safe Guard) (TV Series), The Rifleman (The Trade) (TV Series), The Undercover Man
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1. Gun Crazy (1950)
2. The Big Combo (1955)
3. Terror in a Texas Town (1958)
4. So Dark the Night (1946)
5. The Halliday Brand (1957)
6. My Name Is Julia Ross (1945)
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1. The Rifleman (1958-1963)
(Episodes from Season 1: “Duel or Honor”, “The Safe Guard”, “The Pet”, “Shivaree”, “The Trade”, “The Deadly Wait” and “Boomerang”)
(Episodes from Season 2: “The Patsy”, “Eddie’s Daughter”, “Panic”, “Letter of the Law”, “Surveyors”, “Day of the Hunter”, “The Visitor”, “Hero”, “The Spoiler”, “Heller”, “The Deserter”, “Shotgun Man”, “The Fourflusher” and “The Hangman”)
(Episodes from Season 3: “Strange Town”, “Baranca”, “The Martinet”, “Miss Milly”, “Flowers By The Door”, “The Actress”, “The Wyoming Story: Part 1”, “The Wyoming Story, Part 2”, “Closer Than a Brother” and “The Prisoner”)
(Episodes from Season 4: “The Vaqueros”, “Sheer Terror”, “The Stand-In”, “The Journey Back”, “Honest Abe”, “The Shattered Idol”, “Long Gun from Tucson” and “Young Man’s Fancy”)
(Episodes from Season 5: “Waste: Part 1”, “Waste: Part 2”, “Death Never Rides Alone”, “I Take This Woman”, “Squeeze Play”, “Suspicion”, “The Sidewinder”, “And the Devil Makes Five”, “The Bullet”, “The Guest” and “Old Tony”)
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1. The Undercover Man (1949)
(I watched it a decade ago on TCM)
2. Cry of the Hunted (1953)
The Big Combo definitely ranks amongst my favourites of the film noir I’ve seen so far… Such a great film! It hits so many noir touchstones right on the head and I really can’t wait to come back to it again some day!
The Big Combo is indeed a great one. John Alton’s cinematography is just one of the film’s many hallmarks. Speaking of The Big Combo, that film just so happens to be yet another marvelous Moviedrome film 🙂 Anyway, thanks for dropping by 🙂
Gun Crazy and The Big Combo rank among the best noirs. Gun Crazy is in a class by itself. The bank heist sequence shot in one long take is a cinematic thing of beauty.
Both great films as I say 🙂 The bank heist sequence is just classic and that is an achievement in itself that it was in one long take. Anyway, thanks for dropping by 🙂
Absolutely love Gun Crazy! It’s in my top ten favorite film noirs of all time. And of course, if for the cinematography alone, the Big Combo is iconic. I’ve heard Terror in a Texas Town is a strange film, but worth a look. Like to hear your thoughts on it.
Anyway, now I know why I like Rifleman so much. To me, it’s an underrated series. It delights me to learn that Lewis directed so man episodes.
Same here 🙂 I would probably place Gun Crazy and The Big Combo in my top favorite Noirs of all-time. Terror in a Texas Town is an eccentric western, but a perfect way to close his fascinating career. The Rifleman was an underrated series and out of all the jobs he did for television in the 1960’s, his Rifleman episodes ranks as the highlight of his television career. Anyway, thanks for dropping by 🙂