Jeff Arnold’s West

The blog of a Western fan, for other Western fans

“Each man has a song and this is my song.” (Leonard Cohen)

Barquero (Universal, 1970)

. . Injecting new blood? . . .The reverse-engineering that took place in the ‘spaghetti comes to Hollywood’ period of the late 60s and early

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Better than a dead fish

. Better than a dead fish . . Reviewing yesterday Law of the 45s, a clunky but fun old 30s second feature with Guinn ‘Big Boy’

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Yuma (ABC TV, 1971)

  Tough lawman Clint   . Yuma is a pretty standard early 70s made-for-TV Western, wholesome family viewing. But it’s not at all bad. Clint

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Fort Laramie

. No Hollywood fort. . Fort Laramie isn’t at Laramie. In fact the Fort is about 100 miles NE of the town. Probably, the Man from

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Laramie, WY

  The man from Laramie He was a man with a peaceful turn of mind He was kind of sociable and friendly Friendly as any

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Joe Kidd (Universal, 1972)

. . Bruce Surtees, Elmore Leonard, John Sturges – it’s a great combination . . Early 1900s, somewhere down on the Mexican border (“Sinola County”).

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