The Violent Men
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Movie Reviews of The Violent Men
Movie Review: A perfect example of the genre's most enduring classics...
Summary: 4 Stars
"The Violent Men" marked the finest collaboration of Rudolph Maté with Glenn Ford in an intensely satisfying drama of rugged primitive justice...
Ford is John Parrish, a former Cavalry captain who is itching to get married and start a new life... His fiancée Caroline Vail (May Wynn) is desperate to move east, and to see him selling his spread to Lee Wilkison (Edward G. Robinson).
Parrish is not even much of a cattleman... but he do understand that there is something big building up in the valley... In the Army, they used to call it 'enemy pressure.' First, Cole Wilkison (Brian Keith) comes back from Texas to help his brother run Anchor... Then a tough kid with a fancy gun (Richard Jaeckel) shows up on the Wilkison payroll... Then all the small ranchers are forced out, getting the same kind of offers... Parrish saw himself either running like they did, or stand and fight...
But can he easily deals with a man who sends six killers to shoot an old man in the back? Can he easily argues with a man who started with a few acres of land and now owns practically the whole valley?
All that grass and sand ever meant to the ex-Confederate Army officer the past three years... It was a place to regain his health... Out of habit of taking advice, Parrish affirms: "What happen in this valley is no concern of mine." And much to the disappointment of the remaining ranchers and farmers, who pressure him to stay on, he decides to accept Wilkison's offer to fulfill the promise he made to his fiancée...
When Lee's younger brother Cole made the wrong move, trying to push Parrish make up his mind by lynching one of his ranch hands, Parrish got mad and warns the two brothers that he is going to stay and will fight them for the privilege of being let alone...
Brian Keith plays the traitorous brother who's behind the killing... He dreams to have position and respect in running one day Anchor...
Lee's ambitious wife Martha (Barbara Stanwyck) secretly hates herself and her husband... Stanwyck plays the part of a loving wife who can't bear the touch of her husband's hands...
Edward G. Robinson is good enough as the Anchor's crippled owner who promised the whole valley to his wife, unaware that she is having an affair with his younger brother...
Dianne Foster is too sensitive as the unsociable adult daughter well aware of her mother's burdens...
"The Violent Men" uses the wide-screen technology to emphasize the scope and power of this harrowing action-drama, making it a perfect example of the genre's most enduring classics...
Movie Review: Entertaining Glenn Ford Western
Summary: 4 Stars
In The Violent Men, Glenn Ford plays a rancher who owns a small spread in a valley being consumed by a hardbitten, crippled rancher played by Edward G. Robinson. Robinson's character was a pioneer, and feels that he is entitled to get as much of territory as he can get his hands on, and is close to getting it all, except for Ford's ranch and a few other small ranches.
Ford is getting ready to sell out to Robinson when the movie begins, but quickly changes his mind when Robinson's tactics become more and more violent. Robinson is aided by a seemingly dutiful wife, play by Barbara Stanwyck (very different from the Helen Barkley character she would play years later on the television series, The Big Valley), and by Robinson's younger, hotheaded brother, played by Brian Keith. Robinson also has a daughter who is none too fond of his tactics.
When Ford decides to stay, he organizes the other small ranchers, and a fullscale range war begins, with scorched earth tactics employed by both sides. Complicating matters is the fact that Stanwyck and Keith are having an affair, and have their own plans for Robinson's cattle empire.
The Violent Men is a very enjoyable western with solid performances by everyone involved.
Movie Review: Above Average Adult Western
Summary: 4 Stars
If you enjoy the more psychologically driven westerns from the 1950s, you will probably like this above average film. Glenn Ford and Edward G. Robinson play ranchers at odds in a movie that deviates from typical formula in favor of a story which plays out more like a crime drama than anything else as other reviewers have noted (cross, double cross, triple cross). It is also surprisingly violent for the time and approaches the all time record for 1950 era western mayhem when the ranch war heats up. Good acting all around, nicely paced, well shot, and able to avoid the cliches so common in the genre at the time of the film's release. Picture looks a little rough during the opening credits but is extremely clean and relatively free of damage throughout. Extras are minimal. Well worth a screening.Movie Review: A Good Western
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought this western to see Glenn Ford. I had previously seen him in "Jubal" and enjoyed his performance there. I was not disappointed with this film. The plot was believable and the acting is not over played. I really enjoyed Barbara Stanwick as the devious, manipulating wife of Edward G. Robinson.
The plot itself has been discussed by several other reviewers. The action does move a bit quick at times, but the story is solid. I particularly liked the scene where Ford goes after the gunman who killed one of his hands. He approaches the gunman like a soft bunny rabbit, then strikes like a cobra.
All in all, a good film in the western genre.
Movie Review: Glenn Ford is as good as ever
Summary: 4 Stars
This movie has a great cast and a great plot. I bought it because it had Glenn Ford in it and it was cheap. The picture quality is good. I think this movie is better than the description would lead you to believe.