It comprised approximately 500 creoles of french, spanish, and african descent from louisiana. Armed with a harpoon, a swedish whaler is out for revenge after the death of his father. This movie stars sterling hayden and is a pretty strange western movie as far as westerns go. The good guy fights the climactic battle with a barbed whaling harpoon. Paris terror attacks by isis called act of war us news. A minor cult classic, the last film directed by a major cult talent, joseph h.
A swedish whaler is out for revenge when he finds out that a greedy oil man murdered his father for their land. Terror in a texas town mvd entertainment group b2b. Stay in the know with the latest movie news and cast interviews at. See also mike grosts long detailed analysis of this film on his website. This offbeat, lowbudget western casts sterling hayden as george hansen, a. This is a kind of baroque pre spaghetti western save the fact that it was shot in the u. In a small texas town, a swedish man, armed with a whale harpoon, is facing a gunslinger, dressed in all black. On 10 march 1793 the national convention set up the revolutionary tribunal. The westerns a genre that was once huge business in the movie industry. Lewis was able to combine the two genres in which he had excelled. Overview for his 41st and final feature film, joseph h. Complications arise when george hansen hayden, the son of the deceased, arrives in town to claim the land hes inherited. Review david brook cinecount alessandro nistico daves blog about movies and such dave enkosky decisions at sundown. Lewiss last feature film is still a lowertier united artists effort.
With sterling hayden, sebastian cabot, carol kelly, eugene mazzola. A swedish whaler is out for revenge when he finds out that a. A fear of risking their own wellbeing is the primary motivator for ignoring his fight their plan is instead to avoid conflict all together and even leave town, tails between their legs, if. Through flashback we see the events that led to this peculiar confrontation. Terror in a texas town 1958 terror in a texas town. On sunday night, two gunmen opened fire outside a complex in garland, texas, that was hosting a contest featuring cartoons of the prophet muhammad. Terror in a texas town, bluray, with dvd, westerns, 7607031482. Legendas terror in a texas town legendas portuguese br. Paris attacks called act of war the french president has vowed retribution after purported isislinked attackers killed more than 120 people in the countrys capital. From the frenzied opening credits showing backwards the main scenes of the film to the final duel between a blackrobed ironhanded in the literal sense of the term gunfighter and a swedish whale hunter armed with a gig, this film is a masterpiece. A big swede sterling hayden with a harpoon leads squatters against an oilland grabbers sebastian cabot henchmen. Chimesfreedom is updated regularly, so please stop by again soon.
Sterling hayden goes up against sebastian cabot and nedrick. Crale is about as far from heroic as it gets, but young imbues him with the air of a man who regrets what hes become but doesnt have the means or. Captain hook white lines on netflix episode 2 recap. But even with its yagottaseeittobelieveit high noon showdown scene, joseph h.
Movie details when the texas plains ran with blood and black gold. It is the tale of a swedish whaler who returns from a voyage to find that avaricious landgrabber and wouldbe oil baron johnny crale has killed his. The town itself, pioneers, the squatters and the landowners, the discovery of oil in texas, gunfighters and shootouts, saloons and bar girls, the ordinary and hardworking owners of small plots of land. Mc neill, his wanting the land, his lavish lifestyle, the hotel, his secretary. Henry roquemore as dance mc billed as henry roguemore. On paper its a western with everything a major star, decent supporting players, a cult director and sideways references to the blacklisting years. Lucile browne as bess matthews billed as lucille browne. He is buying up all of the land around the town but practically nothing.
This unique western centers on a texas town dominated by a land baron sebastian cabot of family affair. The enemy below here is one of the best war movies ever, a chess game of cat and fish not mouse duration. But he was also a fine director of westerns, having made a lawless street, 7th cavalry and the halliday brand, all of which especially the. Virgile dumez french backseat mafia rob aldam jeffrey kauffman blueprint. The dead mans son, george hansen, arrives in town and finds out that his father has died, but isnt sure how or why. As i watched terror in a texas town, i felt as if id seen this film many times before and would probably see something like it again. Among those charged by the tribunal, about half were acquitted though the number dropped to about a quarter after the enactment of the law of 22 prairial on 10 june 1794. Their fear, overcoming their fear, standing up to the tyrants. Of course the slogan is hyperbolic, but it references at least three of the pictures selling points. Sixty years later, terror in a texas town remains a sad. In my experience, this is done only when the script calls for breaking the 4th wall and having the character speak directly to the. Sven hanson is one of a number of farmers whom ed mcneil wants to run off their land because he knows theres oil on it. Terror in a texas town where to stream and watch decider. Thats because aside from a few novelties such as sterling hayden using a harpoon on the bad guy, it has a plot that is too familiar.
When hanson is murdered by mcneils gunman, johnny crale, hansons friend pepe mirada hides his knowledge of the murderers identity in order to protect his family. Terror in a texas town film by lewis 1958 britannica. George hanson sterling hayden, the killing is an honest, hardworking whaler, who returns to his texas h. George tries talking to molly, crales wife, but ends up beaten unconscious and dumped on a train leaving town. Keen to drive the local farmers of their land, mcneil hires a gunman, johnny crale nedrick young, who would pen the oscarwinning screenplay for the defiant ones the same year, resulting in the death of a. If you like this website and wish to help defray the fees and costs for maintaining it, please support our sponsors by using their links posted on this page. The man in the directors chair for my name is julia ross, gun crazy and the big combo, lewis was one of the alltime greats in film noir.
Mcneil sebastian cabot, the time machine is a greedy hotel owner who wants to take control of prairie city, the texas town of the title. Terror in a texas town 1958 cast and crew moviefone. Frenchtown was a neighborhood of four square blocks located on the northern edge of houstons fifth ward in harris county. Jay wilsey as blackie martin billed as buffalo bill jr. Sterling hayden, sebastian cabot, carol kelly per the poster tagline its harpoon against sixgun, as sterling hayden, son of an immigrant swedish whaler, goes all captain ahab on a rotten cattle baron whose rampant greed threatens the livelihood of smalltime.
From the 1930s to the 1960s, there were so many stories about the western frontier it was hard to keep up with. Dennis schwartz dennis schwartz derek winnert digital views mark turner dvdbeaver bluray. Inspire your inbox sign up for daily fun facts about this day in history, updates, and special offers. George gabby hayes as sheriff ed williams billed as george hayes. Weird, offbeat western that resembles more to monte hellmans psychedelic movies rather than anything that came out of a hollywood studio during the zenith. When swedishamerican whaler george hanson sterling hayden returns to his texas hometown after 20 years at sea, hes shocked to learn that his father was murdered just two days prior.
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