NR | 1h 47m | Western | 1959
The 1950s ushered in a new breed of American Western, ones that portrayed much more complex characters and storylines than had been witnessed before. While some of these depicted their central characters as men running from mysterious pasts (such as Alan Ladd in “Shane,” 1953), others featured upstanding men who also traveled westward seeking out better lives for themselves (Gregory Peck in “The Big Country,” 1958). When you combine these interesting central figures with plots that involve the tumultuous 19th-century frontier regions, you have the opportunity to behold some truly astonishing movies.
