The Rare Breed
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Movie Reviews of The Rare Breed
Movie Review: hereford stuff
Summary: 4 Stars
A different and interesting movie, with some twists and turns,also notable sharpness and clarity and colorful picture,I think they could've made more to the story than was done, but it is only about an hour and a half long,and that works out fine for the material. A couple of scenes could've been improved with more realistic setting for St. Louis Missouri,Abilene Kansas, but, overall this did not detract from the movie.Movie Review: The Rare Breed
Summary: 4 Stars
This movie is one of James Stewart's best acting. Maureen O'Hara kept you laughing. The movie has a great story line most of the time. Brian Keith did a very good job of his Scottish voice. This movie is a classic worth having in your library.Movie Review: rare breed
Summary: 4 Stars
excellent condition, thought it was a vcr though, and took forever to get...maybe I was just anxious.. would shop there again AAA+++Movie Review: Strange but pleasant Western with an odd mixture of Drama and Comedy.
Summary: 3 Stars
Certainly one of Western mainstay, Stewart's, weirdest in the genre is this 1966 film directed by veteran film maker Andrew Mclaglen.
The plot is about how an english woman and her daughter plan to crossbreed a rare breed of bull with that of American cattle. Stewart is hired to take the women and the bull(named "Vindicator") to Cattle Baron Brian Keith, who has a ball in this role topped with red beard and mustache and heavy Scottish accent.
Stewart portrays a version of his "hardened" loner that he excelled at in his collaborations with director Anthony Mann, and is adept here. The role is not as great as I would have hoped for he appears off and on throughout the second half, with Keith and O'Hara taking center stage, but he's good as usual.
O'Hara is charming in her role and has alot of conviction as the woman determined to prove herself right that her bull will properly breed.
The film is certainly entertaining with a good pace and good cast but it has it's faults. For one thing the line between Comedy and Drama is not always so clear.
Jack Elam is portrayed as his usual villainous self, but with a seemingly comical nature. When he guns down Harry Carey Jr. in cold blood at one point, which causes Stewart to shoot him off his horse, it feels out of place.
Same with that fight between Keith and Stewart at film's close. Was that supposed to be an important dramatic moment or was it comedic? Either way, it hardly works.
At times the cinematography and locations look lovely. At other times it is apparent that we are in a studio. This is a result of some sloppy editing that can ruin a film's atmosphere and this film does get hurt as a result of this.
It's certainly entertaining though, but those expecting an Action film or a Comedic light hearted romp may be a bit perplexed. Fans of the genre should give this a glance, as it has some top notch performances and a unique plot if nothing else.
Movie Review: A Western which misses fire by not coming down firmly as either drama or comedy...
Summary: 3 Stars
Under the direction of Andrew V. McLaglen, who understood the John Ford mystique, "The Rare Breed" is a Western of consummate integrity which misses fire by not coming down firmly as either drama or comedy; it does however pass the time amiably enough...
Stewart again plays a cynical, hard-bitten man who has become disillusioned with human nature... But his insight and understanding are well transmitted...
The title refers to a certain breed of cattle, and not to men, rare, courageous, or other-wise...
O'Hara is an Englishwoman who comes to America with her daughter, Juliet Mills, bringing a prize Hereford bull named Vindicator... Her husband has died on the way, and she is delivering the bull to a cattle baron (Brian Keith) in Dodge City... Her late husband has always declared that the Hereford could be successfully interbred with the indigenous American Longhorns...
Originally Stewart had planned to kidnap the bull and hand it over to a rival dealer, but he falls under the spell of O'Hara's womanly integrity, and becomes her ally... Soon a triangle is set up between Stewart, O'Hara and Keith, with predictable results...
The dramatic elements are not totally neglected in the film... The rivalry between the ranchers, the poignant situation of the young lovers, O'Hara's attempts to set right to the surroundings that she, a new widow, finds extraneous, are all set forth skillfully by McLaglen's directorial hand...