Word: sierras
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Incident" is about ten years old now but still popular enough and fine enough to be revived annually. If you've never caught one of these revivals and want to see a western that can possibly beat "The Treasures of Sierra Madre," don't miss the present bill at the Center...
Cheers! In La Sierra, Calif...
...radio and the threat of TV, and public apathy toward many of its tried & true stars, Hollywood has given more than passing thought to art and even culture during the past few years. Actually, some gains have been made in the direction of adult screen fare (Boomerang!, Treasure, of Sierra Madre, The Big Clock, The Snake Pit, Sitting Pretty...
...Bridges family lives alone on a ranch in an isolated valley of the Sierra Nevada at the turn of the century. One night, during the first snow of the year, one of the sons awakes in the bunkhouse to hear the cattle crying far out in the storm. Subsequently he and one of his brothers ride out to investigate; a few hours later his body is carried back to the ranch slung to his horse. His brother remains in the mountains to hunt down the killer...
...scene, highlighted by Gilbert Roland's brokenhearted requiem in calypso rhythm and some highfalutin dialogue delivered by Miss Jones. Never for a moment a dull movie, Strangers is often too facile or too far away from strict artistic honesty. Coming from the man who made Treasure of the Sierra Madre, it is a disappointment...