But even though the movie takes place in the 1940s, the comic Pax read does not: the Sixth Gun mini-series Shadow Roads.
Friday, August 04, 2023
Hellbent for Letterbox | The Walking Hills (1949)
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Edgar Buchanan (Old Willy) appearing in a western is generally an indication of a character that has a darker underside with a friendly or at least neutral outer appearance. He turns up in a number of movies with Randolph Scott and others. Plus he gets to be Uncle Joe in Petticoat Junction.
An Audie Murphy western "No Name on the Bullet" also has a similar noir conflict/focus going on when he appears in a town as a hired gun and no one knows who he is looking for while many suspect for various background reasons that it may be them.
That makes so much sense about Buchanan in this movie. I'm getting ready to pick a bunch of other Scott movies for the show, so hopefully he'll be in some of those. I'll keep an eye out for the darker underside of his characters. Thanks!
Thanks for the No Name on the Bullet tip, too. That sounds right up my alley.
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