Black Bart
Posted: January 29th, 2011, 9:29 am
I think a couple of people expressed an interest in this 1948 film from Universal. I saw it on Western Encore yesterday, so it probably will be in rotation there for a while.
Directed by George Sherman (whom I know best for "Big Jake") and starring Dan Duryea and Yvonne De Carlo, Black Bart is a very fun movie loosely inspired by the California stage coach robber.
Actually, the movie kept making me think of "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" as I watched it. It is about outlaws, and the plot is doublecross piled atop doublecross. The final shootout ended in a way that brought the ending of "Butch" to mind.
The dialog was also very witty. "You trust me that much?" "No, but I ride a faster horse."
Directed by George Sherman (whom I know best for "Big Jake") and starring Dan Duryea and Yvonne De Carlo, Black Bart is a very fun movie loosely inspired by the California stage coach robber.
Actually, the movie kept making me think of "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" as I watched it. It is about outlaws, and the plot is doublecross piled atop doublecross. The final shootout ended in a way that brought the ending of "Butch" to mind.
The dialog was also very witty. "You trust me that much?" "No, but I ride a faster horse."