4 for Texas
by Robert Aldrich
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Actor: Anita Ekberg, Charles Bronson, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Ursula AndressDirector: Robert Aldrich
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0; Chinese (Subtitled); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Japanese (Subtitled); Korean (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); Thai (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 115 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-11-20
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Movie Reviews of 4 for Texas
Movie Review: 4 for Texas
Summary: 3 Stars
It's a cast of stars in a western (sometimes comedic) that's fun but not entirely memorable. Frank Sinatra & Dean Martin are the stars; they're not friends but have to team up in order to keep their gambling riverboats afloat (literally & figuratively). Other stars include Anita Ekberg (Sinatra's woman), Ursala Andress (Martin's woman), Victor Buono, Charles Bronson (a really nasty bad guy) & The Three Stooges (in a scene of comic relief).
The film is directed by the great Robert Aldrich who also produced & co-wrote the screenplay, but there's little doubt about who was in control of the product: Frank Sinatra.
Ekberg & Andress are wonderful to look at but are not great actresses. It's a case of, once again, Hollywood importing foreign actresses for roles not suited for them. Ms. Ekberg in particular is weak. Ms. Andress isn't half bad but American actresses would've been better suited for these roles. I don't have anything against them being from elsewhere, I certainly enjoy viewing them, it's just a case of bad casting.
The final fight scene is an excellent one that took a lot of work. It's highlighted in the bonus feature as a behind-the scenes documentary. This isn't a great work of art but it is entertaining.
Summary of 4 for Texas
Rat Pack buddies Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin were prized for their ability to appear relaxed on camera, but in 4 for Texas they're nearly asleep. It must have looked good on paper: reuniting the crooners and teaming them with two international sex symbols in a jokey Western under the guidance of topnotch director Robert Aldrich (Kiss Me Deadly). Ursula Andress, as a riverboat owner who hooks up with Dino, unleashes her bedroom purr to great effect, but formidable Anita Ekberg had a bad year in 1963 (she also got stuck in Bob Hope's immortal Call Me Bwana). A tasty roster of character actors is wasted, although Charles Bronson and Victor Buono are amusing as unsavory citizens of 1870s Galveston. Even the Three Stooges, in their Curly Joe configuration, wander through. After a terrific opening sequence in the desert, establishing Frank and Dean's rivalry, this one quickly goes south. --Robert HortonAction & Adventure DVD Video
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