The Hallelujah Trail
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Movie Reviews of The Hallelujah Trail
Movie Review: Just fine!
Summary: 5 Stars
The DVD arrived in a timely manner, and was in the specified condition. No complaints! Thank you!Movie Review: What a movie!
Summary: 5 Stars
I love this film. The humor is very good, the acting is superb, and it has a very catchy theme.Movie Review: Funny western spoof
Summary: 4 Stars
When considering how to rate and reflect on some movies, one needs to consider the time at which they were made, styles and mores of that time, and decide if your mental state is ready for a movie of that type.
One example would be "Pillow Talk" ... a very funny movie from the early 60s, but one which is extremely tame by the standards of the last 30 years or so.
Among westerns, "The Hallelujah Trail" is another such example. The romance is tame, the violence fails to actually ever hurt anyone (a good thing), and the comedy is full of misdirection and bluster. The story and its elements are very tame by recent standards, but I never fail to be entertained when I watch this movie. I've always enjoyed one line in particular from the film, a take-off on a famous Churchill quote (and I'm sure I paraphrase); "Never have so many bullets been fired at so many targets in such a small area with so few casualties". This after an epic battle scene involving cavalry, miners, a booze "wagon train", an Indian tribe, and a group of lady prohibition crusaders.
The narration of the film adds a special touch. Its unusual but also quite funny.
There is also a very talented cast in this movie, led by Burt Lancaster, and so for that reason alone it's no surprise that the film is solid and entertaining.
Is it a blockbuster caliber film? No. But if you're caught in on a rainy Saturday afternoon and catch it on cable, you won't be disappointed, either
Movie Review: WATCH OUT FOR QUICKSAND BOTTOMS!
Summary: 4 Stars
This movie was taken from the 1964 Doubleday DD hardcover western novel THE HALLELUJAH TRAIN written by Bill Gulick. Mr. Gulick was a well known writer to those of us that read and enjoy print westerns. He also wrote other westerns such as TREASURE IN HELL'S CANYON, and the trilogy of the Nez Perces War: DISTANT TRAILS 1805-1836, GATHERING STORM 1837-1868, AND LOST WALLOWA 1868-1879. Most of his westerns were of a more serious nature but every once in a while he wrote one such as THE HALLELUJAH TRAIN. The book was released years later in paperback as THE HALLELUJAH TRAIL, with some people feeling the movie version was an overall improvement of the book.
I've seen the movie several times down through the years, having a copy of the DVD now, and still enjoy seeing it every now and then. As long as the viewer can enjoy a somewhat atypical 'western' it is well worth watching, if for no other reasons than good performances by the well stocked cast members, plus the fact that several of the actors are now dead. The movie also is representative of what the movie production companies were releasing in the mid to late 1960s.
If a viewer enjoys good acting, western motifs, and light satire with a touch of history, then this movie will rest easy with them.
Warning: do not camp overnight at Quicksand Bottoms, especially if your cargo is a load of whiskey!
Semper Fi.
Movie Review: Women on the Warpath
Summary: 4 Stars
The time is just after the civil war. The place is in Colorado with winter approaching. Denver is out of booze and booze is needed to survive the winter so the town pools its resources in order to receive a giant shipment. This brings its own set of problems. The booze has to be transported. The Indians will want to hijack the firewater shipment. The miners are afraid that busybodies will divert the shipment. The women's temperance league wants to destroy the shipment. The man with the transport contract want the cavalry to protect the shipment and the teamsters shipping the stuff want to go on strike for better conditions. The whole situation is a farce good for a fair number of laughs.
This comedy is a bit long and does drag in spots but is worth sitting through. The poor cavalry colonel must put up with a host of competing interests, prevent an Indian war, keep the politicians and business men happy, protect the women suffragettes and keep from alienating his own daughter and his love interest at the same time. Everyone else in the film is devoted to wrecking his sanity. This is particularly true of the women. In short, it is a very realistic comedy.
Buy it for the laughs.