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Word: durn (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Thunder of Drums (M-G-M), the best western released so far in 1961, is three kinds of a durn good show: 1) a flawed but earnest attempt to portray the making of a man and a soldier; 2) a carefully untheatrical, affectionately vernacular attempt to revive the daily life of a frontier fort in the 1870s; 3) a masterly attempt to show what fighting Indians was really like-a hideously silent war of wits with a subtle, cruel enemy who was seldom seen until it was too late...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Durn Good Show | 9/15/1961 | See Source »

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