"I'm gonna take perticular joy in seeing you hang"

Last week I watched the western action/adventure film The  Comancheros which stars John Wayne his son Patrick, Stuart Whitman and some well known western faces like Lee Marvin, Bruce Cabot and Jack Elam. The great director Michael Curtiz known for The Adventures of Robin Hood and Casablanca. I like this film mostly because of it's cast. I also noticed it was like a James Bond film set in the west with an under cover base and the death of a fellow partner also the big shoot out at the end were the good guys attack the hidden base like in You only live twice, Diamond's are forever to name a few. Over all it was vary entertaining. Bernstein's score also adds a lot to the film.

You got a choice, Dishwasher. Either you get out of town, or tonight you be out on that street alone. You be there, and don't make us come and get you.

On my birthday I had some family over for pizza and we watched John Fords classic The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. It has a who's who's of stars including John Wayne, James Stewart, Lee Marvin, Vera Miles, Edmond O' Brien, John Carradine, Andy Devine,Woody Strode also Lee Van Cleef and Strother Martin 3 to 5 years before they became big in the movie industry. This has to be my third favorite role of Marvin after The Dirty Dozen and The Big Red One. I just love when he says dude. Stewart and Wayne are great as always.

The great Lee Marvin talks about Ford and Wayne.

This war was NOT started for your private gratification, and you can be damned sure its not being run for your personal convenience, either!

This week I watched one of my favorite movies,The Dirty Dozen a war film starring Lee Marvin,Robert Ryan,Jim Brown,Donald Sutherland,Telly Savalas,Charles Bronson,Ernest Borgnine and George Kennedy.The film is about 12 prisoners who must go on a secret mission behind German lines. The film involves many of the same people from Flight of the Phoenix. including Borgnine and Kennedy, director Robert Aldrich, composer Frank De Vol and screen writer Lukas Heller.This is also in my top five war films along with The Great Escape,Where Eagles Dare,The Longest Day and Bridge on the River Kwai. Classic Film!!!