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Feature film western. The story concerns Matt Devereaux (Tracy), a cattle baron who in his brutal ambition to build a ranching empire tyrannises his three eldest sons - Ben, Denny and Mike. Only Joe, his son...
Eight-part western series made for Italian television and based on the popular Belgian/French comic strip Lucky Luke created by Morris. The Dalton brothers, serving time in prison, present ‘highlights from...
Western feature film. A cattle rancher (Wayne) finds himself wrangling with both incoming settlers and his headstrong wife, Katherine (Maureen O’Hara). In part a tribute to THE QUIET MAN but closer in...
Musical version of Shakespeare’s play The Merry Wives of Windsor set in Texas in the 1860s. Conceived and adapted by John L. Haber, music and lyrics by John Herrick. Directed for the stage by Michael...
Made-for-television movie. A western version of King Lear. John Lear (Stewart) a wealthy, egomaniacal Texas rancher, challenges his three daughters to prove their love for him before they can claim their...
Feature film and one of the first to set Shakespeare in a Western setting. Larry Lang (Desmond) has carried the memory of his father’s killing by Claude Dutton (Peil) since his youth and is determined to...
Feature film spaghetti-Western based on Hamlet. As he lays dying, killed by his brother Joe, Willie Hawk asks his son, Hawk, to revenge his death. Hawk’s meditative nature lead the townsfolk to think him...
Feature film western based loosely on the plot of Othello. Jubal Troop is found injured by rancher Shep Horgan and given a job as a cow-hand. Jubal soon finds himself admired by Mae, Shep’s wife. Mae has...
US television western series starring Richard Boone as Paladin, an educated knight-errant gunslinger who, upon payment of $1,000, would leave his well-appointed suite in San Francisco’s Hotel Carlton to...
Viewfinder 102 was published in March 2016. Contents of this issue: BBC SHAKESPEARE This year will see a national celebration of the Bard’s work, as Hilary Bishop, Director of the RES Project for...
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