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...ROUNDERS. Two experienced cow-hams, Fonda père (Henry) and Glenn Ford, deftly spoof the leathery heroic roles they used to play for real...
...ROUNDERS. This amiable western spoof is enlivened by Henry Fonda and Glenn Ford as a team of shiftless bronco-busters trapped in a love-hate relationship with an obstreperous horse...
...honest-to-gosh westerns go, Cat Ballon is disgraceful. As a shibboleth-shattering spoof, it dumps all the heroic traditions of horse opera into a gag bag, shakes thoroughly, and pulls out one of the year's jolliest surprises. Occasionally the fun seems sophomoric, and a few maladroit asides about red-white race relations give evidence that Cat might have been improved by more careful grooming. But the offenses are minor. What's good about the comedy is nigh irresistible...
...ROUNDERS. This amiable western spoof is enlivened by Henry Fonda and Glenn Ford as a team of shiftless bronco-busters trapped in a love-hate relationship with an obstreperous horse...
...brand of horse laughs that usually issue from Walt Disney's stable, most of The Rounders is high dry comedy. Ford and Fonda, clearly relishing their antiheroic roles, perform with the brisk assurance of men who have won the West so often that they know just how to spoof...