The Proud Ones
by Robert D. Webb
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Actor: Jeffrey Hunter, Robert Middleton, Robert Ryan, Virginia Mayo, Walter BrennanDirector: Robert D. Webb
Brand: Fox
Cinematographer: Lucien Ballard
Editor: Hugh S. Fowler
Producer: Robert L. Jacks
Writer: Edmund H. North
Writer: Joseph Petracca
Writer: Verne Athanas
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 4.0; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 4.0
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 94 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-05-23
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Movie Reviews of The Proud Ones
Movie Review: "Ryan...Mayo...Hunter...Middleton ~ The Proud Ones (1956)"
Summary: 5 Stars
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment present "THE PROUD ONES" (1956) (94 mins Color), under director Robert Webb, produced by Robert L. Jacks, book author Verne Athanas, screenplay by Edmund H. North, Edward North and Joseph Petracca, musical direction by Lionel Newman . . . . .cast includes Robert Ryan (Marshal Cass Silver), Virginia Mayo (Sally), Jeffrey Hunter (Thad Anderson), Robert Middleton (Honest John Barrett), Walter Brennan (Jake, Jailer), Arthur O'Connell (Jim Dexter, Deputy), Rodopho (Rudy) Acosta (Chico), George Mathews (Dillon, Saloon Manager), Fay Roope (Markham), Edward Platt (Dr. Barlow), Whit Bissell (Mr. Bolton), Paul E. Burns (Billy Smith, Town Drunk), Richard Deacon (Barber), I. Stanford Jolley (Crooked Card Player), , , , ,our story has Robert Middleton making a lot of trouble for our hero Robert Ryan who is the Marshal of a small Kansas town...more trouble is coming when the trail herd cowboys arrive to gamble and possibly kill Ryan...can he depend upon Jeffrey Hunter for help or even the girl Virginia Mayo who knows Ryan is losing his sight and could be killed not caring...this builds to a climatic end with Jeffrey Hunter questioning if he should come to the aid of Ryan who killed his father years ago...don't touch that dial, you're about to find out!
Specal footnote, actor Robert Ryan (born Robert Bushnell Ryan on November 11, 1909, in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actor, imposing, ruggedly handsome lead who made his film debut in "Golden Gloves" (1940) and signed with RKO two years later...Ryan hit his stride in the late 1940s playing a string of psychopathic or hard-boiled types, the role that first put him on the map was as the anti-semitic killer in Edward Dmytryk's film-noir "Crossfire" (1947), and the over-the-hill pug in the classic boxing drama, "The Set-Up" (1949), directed by Robert Wise (which Ryan regarded as his favorite of all of his films) was practically dumped onto the market by RKO, though the studio soon found itself with an unexpected success when the film received good reviews, it was entered in the Cannes Film Festival, and it won the Best Picture award in the British Academy Award competition...from then on Ryan's speciality was tough/tender roles, finding particular expression in the films of celebrated directors such as Nicholas Ray, Robert Wise and Sam Fuller...on Ray's "On Dangerous Ground" (1951) he portrayed a burnt-out violent city-cop finding redemption whilst solving a rural murder. . other important films were Anthony Mann's western "The Naked Spur" (1953), Sam Fuller's uproarious Japanese set gangland thriller "House of Bamboo" (1955), "Bad Day at Black Rock" (1955), and the socially conscious heist-movie "Odds Against Tomorrow" (1959). He also appeared in several all-star war films, including "The Longest Day" (1962) and "Battle of the Bulge" (1965)...in his latter years, Ryan continued playing key roles in major films, most notable of these were "The Professionals" (1966), "The Dirty Dozen" (1967), and Sam Peckinpah's highly influential brutal western "The Wild Bunch" (1969), Ryan was memorable as William Holden's buddy-turned-nemesis, then came "Lawman" (1971), "The Iceman Cometh" (1973)...he married Jessica Cadwalader on March 11, 1939, and they remained married until her death from cancer in 1972; they had 3 children, Ryan died from lung cancer in New York City the following year at the age of 63.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
BIOS:
1. Robert Ryan (aka: Robert Bushnell Ryan)
Birth Date: 11/11/1909 - Chicago, Illinois
Died: 7/11/1973 - New York, New York
2. Virginia Mayo (aka: Virginia Clara Jones)
Birth Date: 11/30/1920 - St. Louis, Missouri
Died: 1/17/2005 - Thousand Oaks, California
3. Jeffrey Hunter (aka: Henry Herman McKinnies Jr)
Birth Date: 11/25/1926 - New Orleans, Louisiana
Died: 5/27/1969 - Los Angeles, California
4. Robert Middleton (aka: Samuel Messer)
Birth Date: 5/13/1911 - Cincinnati, Ohio
Died: 6/14/1977 - Hollywood, California
5. Robert D. Webb (Director)
Birth Date: 1/08/1903 - Kentucky
Died: 4/18/1990 - Orange County, California
Want to thank 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment for releasing "The Proud Ones" (1956), the digital transfere with a clean, clear and crisp print...looking forward to more high quality releases from the vintage era of the '40s & '50s...order your copy now from Amazon or 20th Century Fox Entertainment where there are plenty of copies available, stay tuned onceagain for top notch wonderful character actors of the cinema brought back so many wonderful memories of the times when film makers cared about you who purchased a ticket and came back for more...just the way we like 'em.
Total Time: 94 mins on DVD ~ 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment #2233901 ~ (5/23/2006)
Summary of The Proud Ones
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