The Directors: Anthony Mann

How could I not be smitten with a director who gathered his first blush of fame with film noir in the 40's and westerns in the 50's?  Let's get real here.  His true fame came with those westerns that began in 1950 and included five sublime ones with James Stewart (and three non-westerns) that are etched with noir and usually referred to as psychological westerns.

Five More "B" Westerns I Loved

The title says it all.  You've hardly had time to bathe and change clothes (cowboys rarely did that) from our first Five B Westerns postings and here we have five more.  Is this just going to go on and on, you may ask?  Well, no, this is it for the B westerns unless you write and beg for more.  My love of these films stems from my total immersion in westerns that featured Indians.  Let's git ridin'.

Good 50's Films: Johnny Guitar

1954 Western
From Republic Pictures
Directed by Nicholas Ray

Starring
Joan Crawford
Sterling Hayden
Mercedes McCambridge
Scott Brady
Ward Bond
Ben Cooper
Ernest Borgnine
John Carradine
Royal Dano
Paul Fix
Frank Ferguson
Rhys Williams