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Forty Guns

1957, Movie, NR, 76 mins

Forty Guns: Review

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This picture was trounced by the US critics and beloved by the Europeans when originally released. In the years since, it has become a cult classic and a good example of Fuller's use of the camera, which often serves to make us forget the story. Stanwyck more or less runs Cochise County, Arizona, where she makes her own law by dint of forty cowboys in her employ. The wimpy sheriff is Jagger, in a role he had played to perfection three years earlier in BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK. Sullivan, a US Marshal, rides into town on business with his two brothers, Barry and Dix. Their job is to bring law and order to the place in direct conflict with Stanwyck and her nutty brother, Ericson (also an alumnus of BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK). As an ex-gunslinger now on the right side of the law, Sullivan is proud of the fact that he hasn't drawn his gun in a decade. Barry meets and falls in love with local gunsmith Eve Brent. On the day they marry, Ericson kills Barry. Sullivan has to get his gun out of retirement and get Ericson for the murder; but when Sullivan catches him, the young man uses his sister, Stanwyck, as a shield. Sullivan wounds Stanwyck, then kills Ericson. Walking past the prostrate Stanwyck, he orders a doctor, but that's as far as he'll go. The picture concludes with Sullivan leaving town and Stanwyck racing after him. Whether they will eventually unite is left to our imaginations. Fuller's camera technique was widely applauded by Italian and French critics, and influenced European director Sergio Leone. But the extreme closeups, weird angle shots, and quick intercutting get a bit hard to watch. Fuller was working with a substantial script, but the fancy camerawork tends to overshadow the material. On the other hand, the love scenes between Stanwyck and Sullivan were free of gimmickry, and as a result are some of the most effective scenes in the movie. leave a comment
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