No Name on the Bullet
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Movie Reviews of No Name on the Bullet
Movie Review: Irresistible Audie *can't find my spell check. hope its spelled right
Summary: 5 Stars
Ended up the bullet did have a name, but I've already forgotten what it was, and I just saw the movie yesterday. I couldn't tear my eyes away from the screen. I'll never forget Audie.
When I was a teenager back in the 40's and 50's. I had a huge crush on him from seeing To Hell and Back 6 or 8 times. I'm sure I must have seen some others of his movies since my boyfriend at the time, my husband of 52 years now, loved and still loves Westerns, old and new, as we all did in those days seeing as how we had more westerns than any other genre'. We had 5 drive-in theatres in our small town and 4 up-town theatres, and so it could be that I saw lots more of his movies. I'm getting them from Amazon and watching them now with my still "boyfriend". I think, however it could just be my old tired brain that doesn't let me remember. Anyhow, watching To Hell and Back over and over, was enough at the time for me. They don't get any better than Audie playing himself. I believe he mostly always played himself no matter what the movie. Just cool, calm and collected. I'm seeing them now. He is still irresistible to me. I don't think I saw this one. I believe I would have remembered that very clever ending. I thought at one point in the movie, "that's gotta be a clue, but it wasn't the clue that I thought it would be". (I hope I didn't give it away.) I'm glad I never read the book, if there was one It would have spoiled the movie for me. Audie was just awesome in this movie. Just as all you other reviewers said. He was a "cool hand AUDIE". (Remindful slightly of Gary Cooper, Paul Newman and Clint Eastwood, but he WAS AUDIE)I have missed him so much over the years after his unfortunate and untimely death. It's odd how that when you see someone over and over in a movie or on TV or just listening to the same music over and over the way I'm wont to do (Don Gibson) you form a kind of friendship or some kind of weird feeling that you're related.
His small stature was outshone by his presence, seemingly nonchalantness, and his fearlessness. I still say there should be an Audie Murphy Day every year on his birthday, or maybe the birthday of the day he climbed up on that burning tank and mowed down probably dozens of the enemy and saved how many of his men, or even on VE Day, since he played a huge part in that, but it's way overdue, and so I guess we'll never see one. Think about it: We don't have any commemorative day for our country's most decorated war hero, but we have days for other peoples who never served our country. As far as I know he never even got a stamp. Elvis did.!! Oh I'm sorry, Elvis did serve. Maybe if he'd given his life "over there"??!!. But it's all the more astounding that he didn't have to give his life. He was "bigger" than all of those Germans put together. And he had a heart evidenced in his To Hell and Back book and movie. He loved his Mama and his siblings very much and took very good care of them. When I met my love of my life, and then met his mama, and observed them together, I was talking about it with my mama one day and she said to me "A man who loves his Mother and is good to her, is a wonderful man and will make a very good husband for some lucky girl." I believe it!!
This was an outstanding movie, and Audie made it so for me. If the director could take the credit for Audie's acting in this movie, then he truly deserved the credit. But to me, it was just the way Audie has always been. Even when he was "Over There" killing the bad guys.
I wanted to go out to Hollywood and get him and bring him home with me, but my mama wouldn't let me.
He was always MISTER COOL.
However, in his biography, the author said he had his demons haunting him after his return from the war. Well, that is totally understandable, but he surely didn't wear them on his sleeve. WHAT A BIG MAN!
Movie Review: The man behind the actor
Summary: 5 Stars
No name on the bullet
For those of you who think Clint Eastwood when you think Western or Cool or somebody you wouldn't want to end up looking down the barrel of their gun, I suggest you do a little research on Audie Murphy. This man was only 5'.5", but I wouldn't bet a nickle on Eastwood's survival if they had a real life gun fight. What kind of man would single-handedly hold off hundreds of Germans while telling the rest of his unit to go back and take cover? Well, that was real life, and only one indecent of many. In this movie, you see a gunfighter with a dangerous reputation ride into town and shake everyone up by his mere presence. As you watch his acting, keep in mind that in real life, his father had deserted the family when he was ten, his mother had died young and the only food that kept his brothers and sisters alive was what he killed with his gun. The high point of any gunfight is the look in their eyes. Compare the understated menace in his eyes to Eastwood while you keep in mind that this man really killed somewhere around 300 men in real life, while they were shooting at him. Audie Murphy is one of our most decorated war heroes and in the real sense of the word. Go ahead, do a Wikipedia search on this man, then buy this movie and watch it. The next time you are having a bad day do it all again. Just maybe, the things you have to contend with aren't quite as bad as you thought. One more thing after you do this; whenever you watch any movie again with a hero in it that you think is brave or cool- The word Murphy will appear in your mind -Trust me!
Movie Review: Don't miss this outstanding western.
Summary: 5 Stars
Audie Murphy was the most decorated soldier of World War II. After the war he got involved with movies -- predominantly westerns. Frankly, his films are highly variable in quality. Some are pretty bad B movies. But given a good script, good direction, and good supporting actors, Murphy turned in several surprisingly fine performances. No Name on the Bullet is a case in point. Murphy convincingly plays John Gant -- a cool, deceptively-likeable hired killer with a reputation for goading his intended victim into attempting to draw first so that Gant can always get off by claiming self defence. This movie is a study of the effect of Gant's arrival in a town on it's citizens. While Gant quietly drinks coffee in the hotel bar or plays chess with the local doctor, the town's leading citizens go to pieces because their secret guilts convince each of them that he is Gant's target. The finale of this tense psychological drama is surprising but not contrived. This is a very good western by any standard and probably Audie Murphy's best. I hope its availability on DVD will find it the wide audience which it richly deserves.Movie Review: NO NAME ON THE BULLET
Summary: 5 Stars
This is , perhaps , the greatest western motion picture ever made . It stars Audie
Murphy in the role of a famous killer for hire named John Gant . A man who uses his particular gunfighting talent to stalk his prey . As Gant , rides into town the past of every man and woman flashes before their eyes . Has he come for me ? I always thought that a better title might be , "For Whom Does The Bell Toll ?" This , as you might imagine , is no Saturday afternoon shoot em up western .
It has a thriling plot , an excellant script , great acting , and the best sespense
anyone might expect from any motion picture . This a very adult and literate western .It is more a measure of philosophy and morality than gunplay . It certainly does have its share of action as Gant's presence lights up the screen and the town . I will not tell you the story , but no one who sees this film will be cheated . And the character played by Audie Murphy is one you shall never forget .
Movie Review: What A Movie!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I've been watching movies a long, long time. I've seen many westerns in my time and like most of them. So imagine to my surprise when I found out that until I saw this film I had never seen an Audie Murphy film. Imagine my shock when I watched in amazement as this story unravel. A western, but a different kind of western. A psychological western. Audie is the bad guy. A man come to town to kill someone. Question is who. The town goes bonkers trying to find out his little secret. Paranoia runs rampant throughtout. Everyone is basically played off against each other until the secret is out who Audue is there to take out. Watching the townspeople go nuts was fantastic. Just a tad let down at the end, but seems typical for the late 50's film that it is. I'm not going to give it away. You see for yourself. Now that I've seen this film I want to see other films of Audie Murphy. Enjoy this one. You will not be disappointed if it is a good western you are looking for.