Recent Brit disks, part two
Recent viewing features stylized violence, classic martial arts, western noir and political Ozploitation on more disks from […]
Review: Ramrod (1947)
Director: André de Toth
Cast: Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Don DeFore, Donald Crisp, Preston Foster,
Joel McCrea
Veronica Lake
Don DeFore
Donald Crisp
Preston Foster
Plot: A cattle-vs.-sheepman feud loses Connie Dickason her fiance, but gains her his ranch, which she determines to run alone in opposition to Frank Ivey, "boss" of the valley, whom her father Ben wanted her to marry. She hires recovering alcoholic Dave Nash as foreman and a crew of Ivey's enemies. Ivey fights back with violence and destruction, but Dave is determined to counter him legally... a feeling not shared by his associates. Connie's boast that, as a woman, she doesn't need guns proves justified, but plenty of gunplay results.
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