Search - Big Iron Collection: Crooked River, Colorado Ranger, Fast On The Draw, Hostile Country, Marshal of Heldorado & West Of The Brazos on DVD

Big Iron Collection Crooked River Colorado Ranger Fast On The Draw Hostile Country Marshal of Heldorado West Of The Brazos
Actors: Jimmy Shamrock Ellison, Russell Lucky Hayden, Raymond Hatton, Fuzzy Knight, Julie Adams
Director: Thomas Carr
Genres: Action & Adventure, Westerns

NR 2009 5hr 30min

Disc 1: CROOKED RIVER (1950) Thomas Carr directed six Jimmy Ellison/Russell Hayden B-westerns all in one month by using the same casts, costumes and locations and shooting whatever scenes were needed for each all at once t... more »o speed things up. A distinct compliment to Carr s expertise. Each a remake of a 30s western, this one based on Bob Steele s Smokey Smith ( 35), is the strangest, as in all the others Ellison and Hayden were pals, but here Ellison s the star searching for the killer of his parents while Hayden s a not-too-bad bandit leader. COLORADO RANGER (1950) Get set for plenty of hard-riding B-western excitement when a badman unknowingly hires Colorado Rangers Jimmy Ellison and Russell Hayden to run off homesteaders Julie Adams and Fuzzy Knight. The action never lets up in this remake of Johnny Mack Brown s Everyman s Law ( 36). FAST ON THE DRAW (1950) Frightened of guns after seeing his parents murdered by bandits when he was a boy, Jimmy Ellison is nevertheless goaded by his pal Russell Hayden into becoming Marshal in a lawless town, which leads to plenty of excitement. Adapted from Branded a Coward ( 35) with Johnny Mack Brown. Disc. 2: HOSTILE COUNTRY (1950) Roaring western gunfire erupts when Jimmy Ellison and his pal Russell Hayden ride in to join Jimmy s stepfather (whom he s never met) as half owners of a ranch, but discover outlaws have kidnapped the man and replaced him. Action-packed remake of Bob Steele s No Man s Range ( 35). MARSHAL OF HELDORADO (1950) Russell Hayden and Jimmy Ellison are appointed lawmen in a rough town over-ridden by bank robbing brothers which leads to plenty of gun slinging western thrills. A remake of Bob Steele s Rider of the Law ( 35), this is the cleverest and most enjoyable of the Ellison/Hayden westerns. WEST OF THE BRAZOS (1950) An imposter, pretending to be Jimmy Ellison to grab the oil rich ranch he s inherited, is really a notorious outlaw. Only a girl (Julia Adams) and Ellison s hard of hearing pal Russell Hayden know Jimmy s real identity. Quite humorous, clever script when the deaf Hayden is oblivious to outlaws gunfire all around him. Remake of Bob Steele s Alias John Law ( 35). Bonus Features: Original Advertising Materials Photo Gallery, Interview with director Thomas Carr, Trailers. Product Specs:

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Actors: Jimmy Shamrock Ellison, Russell Lucky Hayden, Raymond Hatton, Fuzzy Knight, Julie Adams
Director: Thomas Carr
Genres: Action & Adventure, Westerns
Sub-Genres: Action & Adventure, Westerns
Studio: VCI ENTERTAINMENT
Format: DVD - Black and White,Color
DVD Release Date: 08/04/2009
Original Release Date: 01/01/1950
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1950
Release Year: 2009
Run Time: 5hr 30min
Screens: Black and White,Color
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaDVD Credits: 2
Total Copies: 0
Members Wishing: 4
MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Languages: English

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Movie Reviews

PURE WESTERN

Olivier Comte | Neuilly FRANCE | 09/23/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"That collection means a lot to me.

I had only seen THE TALL STRANGER in a 35 mm print, and the serials available from VCI and WB.

So this is some kind of movie buff heaven for me.

The six films were shot in 29 DAYS, TOGETHER, using the same technicians, of course, and the same 14 MAIN ACTORS!

5 of them in the same roles.

The transfers are quite good, especially for CROOKED RIVER, from a British print.

The direction is just great. The actors, as already said in the above review, are great. JULIE ADAMS appears as BETTY ADAMS.

The visual experience as expected (the photographs and lobby cards shown with the interview are really exciting) is a winner: ERNEST MILLER who seems to have photographed only westerns, except for FULLERT's THE STEEL HELMET.

The cameraman ARCHIE DALZELL well remembered for his television work. RAY MERCER also known as a good special effects man.

GLEN GLENN as the sound engineer must be the future president of GLEN GLENN SOUND of TV fame.

The only weak part, as usual is the musical direction, using, carelessly, musicals bits of the catalog.

This morning, instead of working on something of national importance, I think (I'm never told) I watched CROOKED RIVER.

Still a classic western, before the western cut its own throat in the fifties by his agressive thinking.

The film is never boring (50 minutes) or too conventional, unlike the early Technicolor fifties westerns from Paramount,

Universal (not he MANN of course), WB and Columbia. Especially the artificial women's parts at Universal who compromise the integrity

of the western genre.

The 5 stars are not for masterpieces. The movie buff is not a condescending snob.

It's all tradition in a pure form: take it or leave it.

I really didn't think about the picture, I just enjoyed it.

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