(The Bad): If there is any short coming to this film, it's the fact that it is an adaption of a Luke Short western short-story (Short is a city boy who never saw the west and pretends to be a native westerner - how he ever made it as a western writer is beyond me). Screenwriter Irving Ravetch improved the tale via his screenplay.
(The Good): Burt Lancaster, Joanne Dru, Sally Forrest and Carleton Carpenter gave not only excellent performances, but made you believe that they were real people, with real values, of the old school. The supporting cast of "good guys" were great as well.
(The Ugly): Robert Walker (of Ensign Pulver fame) was well cast as a spoiled, immature bad boy, using everybody around him, especially those closest to him, and spitting in their faces. Walker has always been a natural for these roles. Hugh O'Brian is barely recognizable . . . his natural looks well disguised behind an unshaven face, does a good job of playing a very sinister, meddling and not too bright bad guy, along with John Ireland, as the Fasken brothers.
The title of the movie is a total misnomer . . . maybe "Justice in the End" would have been better. The "good guys" are good - the bad guys are really bad - and the women are beautiful and tough! A very good movie!
(The Good): Burt Lancaster, Joanne Dru, Sally Forrest and Carleton Carpenter gave not only excellent performances, but made you believe that they were real people, with real values, of the old school. The supporting cast of "good guys" were great as well.
(The Ugly): Robert Walker (of Ensign Pulver fame) was well cast as a spoiled, immature bad boy, using everybody around him, especially those closest to him, and spitting in their faces. Walker has always been a natural for these roles. Hugh O'Brian is barely recognizable . . . his natural looks well disguised behind an unshaven face, does a good job of playing a very sinister, meddling and not too bright bad guy, along with John Ireland, as the Fasken brothers.
The title of the movie is a total misnomer . . . maybe "Justice in the End" would have been better. The "good guys" are good - the bad guys are really bad - and the women are beautiful and tough! A very good movie!