An all time classic 60s movie glamourising the real life story of the Barrow gang who terrorised the American South in the early 30s. 'Reclaiming the American gangster movie, after it had been stolen by the Nouvelle Vague, Penn's film was so successful (and so imitated) that it inevitably met with some grudging devaluation. But it's still great, half comic fairytale, half brutal fact, it reflects the essential ambiguity of its heroes by treading a no man's land suspended between reality and fant
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FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE (1965)
Certification15 Our Rating
Second in the famous series of spaghetti westerns and quite brilliant it is too. Those long lingering shots, the clink of spurs, the scratching sound of hands dragged across unshaven chins and above all THAT music... What more could you ask for in a western?
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THE GUNFIGHTER (1950)
CertificationU Our Rating
Jimmy Ringo is still revered and feared as the deadliest draw in the West, but as Ringo's blood lust subsides so those eager to take his place escalates, and what better way to prove your metal than face off against the man himself? The Gunfighter is a classic example of the ‘your actions have consequences' moral fable, as so many of the very best westerns are. A tense and thoughtful picture of a man whose past will never allow him a future.
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