¤"How old are you?"
"Twenty-four."
"You look closer to thirty."
"Thanks."¤
March to the West 2024 – Film #3 of 31
The incredibly prolific Michael Curtiz was far from his commercial and critical heyday with 1959's The Hangman, but this black-and-white Western – while far down his list of popular works – is a predictable if solid enough entry, only three years before his death. Gruff Robert Taylor and scintillating Tina Louise (yeah! Ginger from Gilligan's Island!) have an interesting dynamic, with their pairing commenting on cynicism, justice, and morality in a story of a town protecting a wanted man.
A shame, sort of, that Louise got shoehorned into TV, as she's an amazing actor with the right script. I…