Cereal At Midnight

Caroline don't leave me, keep wearing your wedding gown Caroline believe me and look to the red sundown With a haunting melody and lyrics that speak of love and murder, thus begins Red Sundown. The opening song--written and performed by a warbling Terry Gilkyson of the folk group The Easy Riders--doesn't actually have all that much to do with the plot of the film, but it sure does set the mood. Rory Calhoun is Alec Longmire, a gunslinger who promises a dying pistolero that he'll go legit if he manages to outrun a group of murderous thugs. True to his word, Longmire finds himself in a good town with an upright sheriff (Dean Jagger) who desperately needs a deputy to help him stop a land war that has escalated into violence in the streets. Seeing his opportunity at redemption while also seeing the charms of the sheriff's feisty daughter (Martha Hyer), Longmire pins a tin star to his shirt and sets about the business of upholding the law.  This solid western comes from Univ...

"T-Men Blast Counterfeit Racket!" 1956's Outside the Law  is a stellar crime/noir film where all the elements--cast, screenplay, director, cinematographer--come together perfectly. Ray Danton ( The Longest Day ) plays an ex-convict who is given the opportunity to have his slate wiped clean if he'll go undercover in Germany to investigate the murder of an old Army buddy who was killed while investigating a counterfeiting operation. His commander in the operation is a stern chief Treasury agent (Onslow Stevens, THEM! ) who also happens to be his father. He'll also have to get close to his dead friend's fiancee (Leigh Snowden, Kiss Me Deadly ) and her tough-guy friend who will do anything to stand in his way (Grant Williams, The Incredible Shrinking Man himself).  Outside the Law  just works. It's got tons of that mid-fifties attitude that I love so much, with Danton bringing a rebellious portrayal of a man who has done a crime but also done his time and now ...

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