The Big Land

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Pat C Standard western fare with subtle similarities to Shane, especially in the background music with Alan Ladd playing basically the same character 3 years later. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 04/19/24 Full Review Audience Member I absolutely love this one highly recommend it, James Welch, Henderson, Arkansas October 30, 2023 Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Standard western. Highlight is the song "I Leaned On A Man", which is totally out of place here. Better fitted to Lena Horne in a Cab Calloway film. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Plot: writing 101 simple, and predictable Character development: poor Empathy for protagonist: 1 thru 10 = 3 Attempts at humor: sorry This movie could be the flip side of: Plan 9 From Outer Space' Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review dave j Wednesday, September 10, 2014 (1957) The Big Land WESTERN It opens with Chad Morgan (Alan Ladd) getting a real crappy deal regarding selling some cattle to Brog (Anthony Caruso). For it doesn't explain why Chad couldn't have sold the cattle to someone else. We then find out that Chad used to fought on the side of the Confederacy, and because the civil war had just ended, much of the pro-Yankee residents of some of the current towns he's stopping in don't respect him. He does however manage to find a barn and strikes up a friendship with an alcoholic named Joe( Edmond O'Brien). Because Joe was looking for more liquor, he manages to get out of a hanging when Chad intervenes. And after they ride off together, we learn more things about Joe, that he has some connections to the railway station, and coincidently Brog suddenly becomes involved. This is one of those movies where one can predict when bad things start to happen, is when the good guys stand there doing nothing until good people get killed. Therefore, it's very routine stuff. Alan Ladd's actual son have a pretty funny scene except that it's not another "Shane" western. 2 out of 4 stars Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member 140925: A little slow paced. Reminds a bit of Unforgiven (1992). One violent surprising death that caught me off guard. Have never really appreciated Ladd, even in Shane (1953). He just comes across so flat. Brog, Caruso, seemed a bit silly in his totally black outfit and, in my opinion, did not fit the villain well. Not a bad film, just not a good one. Seemed a quick ending. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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