Seven Men from Now
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| Seven Men from Now | |
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 Seven Men from Now DVD cover |
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| Directed by | Budd Boetticher |
| Written by | Burt Kennedy |
| Starring | Randolph Scott Gail Russell Lee Marvin |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
| Release date(s) | August 4, 1956 |
| Running time | 78 min |
| Language | English |
| IMDb profile | |
Seven Men from Now is a 1956 Western film directed by Budd Boetticher and produced by John Wayne's Batjac Productions.
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[edit] Plot
Former sheriff Ben Stride, haunted by the killing of his wife in a robbery, vows revenge on the seven criminals responsible, who had escaped with a Wells Fargo lock box. Stride kills two of the men early on and then meets up with a couple traveling west. While riding with them, they meet another pair from the sheriff's old town also looking for the lock box. Stride begins to fall in love with the wife of the man he's traveling with, but it doesn't slow him from his task - killing the remaining men responsible for his wife's death.
[edit] Trivia
The movie was filmed in the Alabama Hills and other locations near Lone Pine, California.
[edit] Reaction
Andrew Sarris, in The American Cinema, praises director Boetticher's work: "Constructed partly as allegorical odysseys and partly as floating poker games in which every character took turns at bluffing about his hand or his draw until the final showdown, Boetticher's westerns expressed a weary serenity and moral certitude that was contrary to the more neurotic approaches of other directors in this neglected genre of the cinema"
[edit] Featured cast
| Actor | Role |
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| Randolph Scott | Ben Stride |
| Gail Russell | Annie Greer |
| Lee Marvin | Bill Masters |
| Walter Reed | John Greer |
| John Larch | Bodeen |
| Don 'Red' Barry (as Donald Barry) | Clete |
[edit] References
- ↑ Andrew Sarris (1996). The American Cinema: Directors and Directions 1929-1968. Da Capo Press. ISBN 0-306-80728-9.
