ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Decision at Sundown (1957) Directed by Budd Boetticher The Ranown Westerns scripted by Burt Kennedy tend to center on the journey. Film data from TMDb. Three of his films, Bullfighter and the Lady (1951), The Magnificent Matador (1955) and Arruza (1972), the documentary that nearly killed him, were productions that drew upon Boettichers fascination with bullfighting. The American Film Institute is grateful to Sir Paul Getty KBE and the Sir Paul Getty KBE Estate for their dedication to the art of the moving image and their support for the AFI Catalog of Feature Films and without whose support AFI would not have been able to achieve this historical landmark in this epic scholarly endeavor. With his dying words, Sam beseeches Doc to tell Bart that Mary was no good. Outraged by Sams murder, Doc tries to rouse the town folk from their moral torpor. Ravenously hungry, Sam walks out into the street in search of a meal, dropping his gun belt at the sheriffs orders. Browse more videos. Calendar | Buy tickets and find event information for upcoming events at Sundown at Granada. It is filmed by the camera truck travelling parallel to the wagon and the Indians that, in one startling movement, pulls ahead of the wagon and suddenly cuts across in front of it to show the horses, at full tilt, heading towards the camera. So maybe you didnt lose anything that was really very worthwhile., Bartender: Doc, if youd been tending bar as long as I have, you wouldnt expect so much out of the human race., John Litel as Charles Summerton, trying to get Allison to leave town so his daughter man marry the richest man around in Decision at Sundown (1957), John Archer as Dr. Storrow, wondering if Bart Allison really can stand up to Tate Kimbrough while bartender Otis (James Westerfield) looks on in Decision at Sundown (1957), Ray Teal as Morley Chase, a rancher who might help Bart Allison even the odds in Decision at Sundown (1957), Karen Steele as Lucy Summerton, surprised to have her wedding interrupted as her father (John Litel) looks on in Decision at Sundown (1957), Valerie French as Ruby James, accompanied by Dr. Storrow (John Archer) and insisting on sitting in the front pew to watch her lover marry another woman in Decision at Sundown (1957), Randolph Scott as Bart Allison, taking cover in a stable as the hunter becomes the hunted in Decision at Sundown (1957). And in Kimbrough, he finds an adversary who runs Sundown and everyone in it. Tuesday February 28. Watch Decision At Sundown- HD -(1957) - Film Drama on Dailymotion. Boetticher did not. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. After knocking Scott down Daniel rides into the Alabama Hills to kill Sheriff Gilbert who is coming to arrest him. James Westerfield The Bartender Very good character acting throughout and one of Scott's better turns as well. Decision at Sundown. Restored by UCLA Film & Television Archive. Twenty-year-old McDowall co-produced the films in an attempt to make the difficult transition from child star, often associated with animal films such as My Friend Flicka (Harold Schuster 1943), Lassie Come Home (Fred M. Wilcox, 1943) and Thunderhead Son of Flicka (Louis King, 1945), to more mature roles. This review may contain spoilers. If you are an Australian resident, any donations over $2 are tax deductible. F1templo. FREE for everyone! If you love to travel and like to visit countries like Mexico or places like Caleta Beach in Acapulco. It is different from even the other psychological Westerns I've experienced, without being a bad sort of different. SecondsOut. Boetticher and Kennedy, on the other hand, are more direct and earthy and they follow the clothesline scene with Boettichers favourite moment from his films when villain Bill Masters (Lee Marvin) articulates, in lascivious detail, the nature of the relationship between Annie, her husband and Brigade. Andrew Duggan as Swede Hanson, the sheriff installed to do Tate Kimbroughs bidding in Decision at Sundown (1957), Noah Beery Jr. as Sam, Allisons good friend and a man who knows the truth about Mary in Decision at Sundown (1957), Cast: Seven Men from Now (1956); Decision at Sundown (1957). This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google privacy policy and terms of serviceapply. When the minister asks if anyone objects to the union, Bart speaks up and asks Kimbrough if he remembers Sabine Pass and a girl named Mary. The town may finally stand up to be counted, but Scott embodies, "I'll tell ya one thing. A fear that takes over a whole town, by name of Sundown. This film from 1957 was the third in the series, and one that Boetticher considered one of his lesser films, but from the moment that Randolph Scott and Noah Beery Jr entered the town of Sundown, there isn't a wasted second of film where something isn't happening. Two Grey Geeks changing the world, one post at a time. Senses of Cinema was founded on stolen lands. Although onscreen credits read "based on a story by Vernon L. Fluharty," the film was actually based on a novel by Michael Carder, who used the pseudonym Vernon L. Fluharty. If you want to share your love for Sundown or movie stars like Tim Roth, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Iazua Larios. Randolph Scott John Carroll Karen Steele Valerie French Noah Beery Jr. John Archer Andrew Duggan James Westerfield John Litel Ray Teal Vaughn Taylor Richard Deacon H.M. Wynant Gordon Carveth Bill Clark Abel Fernandez Duke Fishman Herman Hack Al Haskell Reed Howes Ethan Laidlaw Pierce Lyden Philo McCullough Frank Mills Frank O'Connor Bob Reeves Loretta Russell Bob Steele, Producers-Actors Corporation Scott-Brown Productions, Westerns At a restaurant, Sam tells Doc that Mary, unable to face life mated to only one man, killed herself one week before Bart returned home from the war. Decision at Sundown subtitles. Even after only being two films in, I can see the influence that Boetticher's work has had on the post-classical Westerns of Peckinpah, Leone, and even Clint Eastwood himself. Neil sits on the beach with his eyes closed. Yet he often returned to the same area within the Hills. Come chill with the Dallas Observer street team for Movies at Sundown! I was going to come back home and be able to read all of my comics. Free Western Movie: Decision at Sundown - Spaghetti Western - Bart Allison and sidekick Sam arrive in the town of Sundown on the wedding day of town boss Tate Kimbrough, whom Allison blames. To make matters worse John Carroll as Tate Kimbrough is lame as well. Tim Roth (Neil Bennett), Charlotte Gainsbourg (Alice Bennett), Iazua Larios (Bernice), Henry Goodman (Richard), Albertine Kotting McMillan (Alexa Bennett), Samuel Bottomley (Colin Bennett), James Tarpey (Albert Thompson) more, Mnica del Carmen (Luisa), Ely Guerra (Singer), Victor Hugo (Berenice's Friend), Roberto Medina (Doctor Medina), Godriyah Faoziati (Masseur). The most romantic/lyrical moment in Boettichers Lone Pine films is a brief scene between Annie Greer, the wife of John Greer (Walter Reed) and Stride as he assists Annie in hanging clothes on a makeshift clothesline. Allison announces his intent to kill Kimbrough in the church where Tates to be married. Your comment may take some time to appear. Soon after, Morley Chase, a rancher who despises Kimbrough, rides into town with his men to witness the nuptials. I thought it was like magic poof! Budd Boetticher directed 31 feature films, not counting documentaries such as Arruza (1972) and uncredited work on early Columbia films such as Submarine Raider (Lew Landers, 1942) and U-Boat Prisoner (Lew Landers, 1944). With tension filling the room, the crowd clears out to attend the wedding ceremony. A beautifully thought out plot, that see's our main protagonist leave town a broken man.This film covers so many situations and moral issues with. Not that he has done anything particularly villainous. While Boetticher utilized the rivers and river basins, the timbered areas as well as the sand dunes at nearby Olancha (the Indian attack in Seven Men from Now), it was the Alabama Hills that dominated geography and texture of his films. Shell get a smack on the bottom from an ungrateful Allison as a reward in Decision at Sundown (1957), Valerie French as Ruby James, the woman who loves Tate Kimbrough and is convinced he still needs her in Decision at Sundown (1957), Allison to rancher Morley Chase: Where I come from, we dont find it cause to celebrate when a man acts like a man., Bart Allison, about Tate Kimbrough: Glad to hear hes doing so well. This tender moment concludes when Clayton quickly averts his eyes. Boetticher confirms Masters assessment in the very next scene as Annie and Brigade tenderly address each other at night. Decision at Sundown. Friday February 24. Screenwriter: Charles Lang. After Confederate sympathizers during the Civil War named their mining claims after the sloop CSS Alabama, following victories against the North, the hills became known as the Alabama Hills, or the Alabams. However, at this stage Boetticher did not have a script by Kennedy, Randolph Scott nor a cinematographer such as Charles Lawton Jr.2 who exploited the austere setting of the Alabama Hills and, in the Ranown films, used cinemascope to great advantage. Within the one take the camera pans to a young fugitive, Billy John (James Best), sitting on the ground drinking coffee with his horse nearby. Based on this film and Buchanan Rides Alone, I can totally see why.A moral Western with so many moral dilemmas for pretty much all considered.For the first two-thirds of the Western its good, but the third act takes it to classic status. Decision at Sundown 1957 Approved 1 h 17 m IMDb RATING 6.8 /10 3.1K YOUR RATING Rate Play trailer 2:05 1 Video 40 Photos Western Bart Allison and sidekick Sam arrive in the town of Sundown on the wedding day of town boss Tate Kimbrough, whom Allison blames for his wife's death years earlier. To walk away, you gotta leave something behind, or a long story short: In the Cells of Fortress Europe: An Interview with Marianna Economou, director of, What the Hells a Nun Doin Out Here?: Budd Boetticher Revised in, A Full Woman Like That: Female Resilience in. Taking refuge in the stable with Sam, Bart barricades the doors as Swede and his thugs fire at them. 1957, Cert 18651, American southwest, One armed gunfighter, Civil War veteran, Vengeance, Crooked sherff', Shot in the back, Revenge motive, Wedding interrupted, Filming Date April 01, 1957, Filming location Agoura, CA, USA Publisher While other kids dreamed of Mother Goose, the Old Lady who lived in a shoe, or Little Red Riding Hood, I dreamt of Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman. Randolph Scott Bart Allison Directed by Kimbrough to kill Bart, Swede and his men surround the stable. With tension filling the room, the crowd clears out to attend the wedding ceremony. 2:06. Kimbrough has plenty of guns on his side, not to mention a sheriff whos bought and paid for. He tells the horse that I hear him as Brigade appears, handcuffs attached to his belt. Doors 9:00pm, Start 9:30pm. Go to the bottom of each blog and youll find a ratings widget. Answer, Bart Allison (Randolph Scott) to rancher Morley Chase in 1957's. The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976) - Clip: Dawn Wells on The Town That Dreaded Sundown. We have acquired the rights (at least for specific territories) from the rightholders by contract. If Decision at Sundown is lesser Boetticher, then I have a lot to look forward to, and although this film didn't have Burt Kennedy's involvement with the script, a man that Budd considered to be "the best Western writer ever", this is still a pretty impressive Western that doesn't miss a beat during its brief 77 minute runtime. Considering when this was made, the cynical view of history, the haunt of past mistakes,. DECISION AT SUNDOWN (1957) is an American western film directed by Bud Boetticher and starring Randolph Scott. My dad spoke fluent English with an accent but hed had a stint in the army and had mastered the language. Bent on revenge, Bart Allison (Scott) rides into Sundown on the wedding day of the man hes been hunting. As you ride off into the sunset may a cool breeze be on your brow, may your arms be around the one you love, and may you feel it can never get better than this. Sundown (Trailer Ufficiale HD) . Watch fullscreen . Back home my mom would tell my dad to read me a story to put me to sleep. Both Scott and John Carroll impress here, with smaller cameos for Karen Steele and Valerie French, and Andrew Duggan gives a villainous turn as a crooked sheriff. One cannot imagine Seven Men From Now, The Tall T, Ride Lonesome and Comanche Station at the Iverson Ranch or the studio backlot. STORYWhen a distant emergency disrupts a vacation in Acapulco, simmering tensions rise to the fore between scions of a wealthy British family. Civil war veteran Bart Allison blames Kimbrough for the death of his wife. Tl 7 Jours. Lashing out in anger, Bart slaps Sam and tells him to get out. 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