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The Old West: J. Lee Thompson's The White Buffalo (1977)

Having collaborated the year previously on crime thriller St Ives (1976), director J. Lee Thompson and Charles Bronson didn’t waste any time in teaming up again, following the witty crime story up with western hybrid The White Buffalo (1977). Produced by the infamous Dino De Laurentis, it was clear that he was in monster movie mode at this point in his career, with him turning out King Kong (1976) the year previously and then on to the frankly ridiculous Orca (1977). The Whit

The Gritty 70's: John Sturges' McQ (1974)

It's quite a well-known fact that before Clint Eastwood played the iconic Dirty Harry (1971) that a number of other Hollywood superstars...

The Old West: Sam Peckinpah's Ride the High Country (1962)

When most people think of director Sam Peckinpah, they probably think of the slo-mo violence of The Wild Bunch (1969) or the depravity of Straw Dogs (1971). Before this however, he would direct one of the most elegiac American Westerns of the 1960's, the wonderful Ride the High Country (1962). While it may not feature the bloodletting of his later Westerns, it does share a lot of the same themes such as loyalty among men and aging heroes being outdated by time. Many of

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