Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? He introduces Link to the others, including Link's cousin, Coaley. The guys with dark eyes play supporting roles or become character actors. Title: The armed guard on the train thwarts the attempt. Link beats his cousin severely, then forcibly strips him of his clothes. Starring: Lee J. Cobb, Julie London, Gary Cooper. Western. Of "Queen," the group said it contains "suggestive costuming. Link leads them on foot to a ramshackle farm, admitting that he lived there years earlier. Was this review helpful to you? Western Civilization is, with God's grace, mankind's greatest and most glorious achievement. Society is almost non-existent and the glorious West has corroded into a cruel and barren desert. Bank of the West makes no warranty as to the content or functionality of this website. Which cured that Old Man of the West. With him are an attractive dancehall girl and an untrustworthy gambler and he decides to get shelter nearby from outlaw relatives he used to run with. Former outlaw Link Jones (Cooper) travels from his small town to Crosscut Texas to catch a train to Fort Worth to hire the town's first schoolteacher. Link revives to discover that he, Sam and Billie have been left behind, many miles from the nearest town. Man of the West was Coopers penultimate western and arguably his greatest performance, to which he brought a characteristic blend of decency, resolution and self-doubt. Their conversation is overheard by Alcutt, a shady-looking passenger. He says he has a wife and two children in Good Hope. Rated the #16 best film of 1958, and #1256 in the greatest all-time movies (according to RYM users). With Gary Cooper, Julie London, Lee J. Cobb, Arthur O'Connell. It 48 of 71 people found this review helpful. Deeply humiliated, Coaley attempts to shoot the unarmed Link, but Sam interferes and is shot instead. The film co-stars Julie London, Jack Lord, Arthur O'Connell and Lee J. Cobb in supporting roles. More than a dozen years earlier, in order to go straight, Link abandoned Tobin and the old man laments that nothing has been the same since. When the train stops to pick up wood for additional fuel, male passengers help load the train but Alcutt remains on board, feigning sleep. The Red Rock Canyon State Park, Santa Clarita, Thousand Oaks, Newhall and the Mojave Desert all served as filming locations for the film. We are asked to consider the essential monstrousness of the hero, and whether redemption is a tenable idea. As of 2015, Man of the West maintains a rare 100% approval rating on the Rotten Tomatoes film website, based on reviews from 13 critics. Sam introduces him to the Crosscut saloon singer, Billie Ellis (Julie London), insisting she could make an ideal teacher. Technically, 'Man of the West' has transferred well to DVD with excellent colour saturation, sharpness and - surprisingly - a good soundtrack, although it is 2-track mono. A cowboy's obsession with a stolen rifle leads to a bullet-ridden odyssey through the American West. We are asked to consider the essential monstrousness of the hero, and whether redemption is a tenable idea. They were on the set of a sixth, Night Passage, when they quarreled and Mann walked out. Rushes: Berlinale Awards, Remembering Cicely Tyson, Cinema's Wandering Women. Arthur O'Connell played Sam Beasley, a fast-talking gambler, and saloon singer Billie Ellis was played by Julie London. 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