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All movies seen on 11/05/2018

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The Man Called Noon (1973)

Directed by Peter Collinson

Western

Overview

Noon is a gunfighter who has become amnesiac. Helped by Rimes, an outlaw who has befriended him, he tries to figure out who he is actually. It gradually appears that his wife and kid have been murdered. As time goes by, Noon also recalls a fortune hidden somewhere. Niland, a scheming judge, and Peg Cullane, a greedy will do everything to prevent Noon and Rimes from achieving their end while Fan Davidge, a woman living in a ghost town, will support them.

Rated R | Length 98 minutes

Actors

Richard Crenna | Stephen Boyd | Rosanna Schiaffino | Farley Granger | Patty Shepard | Ángel del Pozo | Renato Rossini | Aldo Sambrell | José Jaspe | Charly Bravo | Ricardo Palacios | Fernando Hilbeck | José Canalejas | Julián Ugarte | César Burner | Barta Barri | Adolfo Thous | Bruce M. Fischer

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Fullscreen, poor PQ transfer on a DVD western films set I got from the library. They didn’t have the new restoration blu but if I like this movie I’ll put it on the list.

So I feel like I’ve seen a movie with a similar premise: protag has amnesia but slowly comes to remember his past including that he’s a badass fighter/gunfighter. Maybe not a western? Anyhoo this is ripe for an updated remake as this version is a tad dull in delivery. Has some bursts of action and good characters but could be handled so much better and exciting given the story. Like put Statham in this as a fish out of water in the old west that lost his memory and has to figure out what happened.

Full confession: I picked this up bc of Rosanna Schiaffino, whom I just saw in TWO WEEKS and is super cute in that flick. Here she’s 10 years older and while she’s gorgeous as ever she barely resembles that character. So wild.

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