Cowboy (1958)
Genre: Western
Duration: 92 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Delmer Daves
Stars: Glenn Ford, Jack Lemmon and Anna Kashfi
IMDb score:
6,7 (3.815)
Releasedate: 23 January 1958
Cowboy plot
"THE REAL, TRUE STORY OF THE WEST!"
Living like a cowboy is what hotel worker Frank Harris (Jack Lemmon) has been dreaming about all his life. He is in love with Maria Vidal, a beautiful Mexican woman, but her father rejects him because he is not a 'real' man. Then it's enough for Frank. The woman of his dreams has returned to Mexico and he still works at the hotel. By lending money to tough cowboy Tom Reece (Glenn Ford), he can go with him to Mexico to work on a ranch, Vidal's! There he learns that the life of a 'lonesome cowboy' isn't quite what he expected or was looking for.
Actors and actresses
Tom Reese
Frank Harris
Maria Vidal / Arriega
Doc Bender, Trailhand
Charlie, Trailhand
Paco Mendoza, Ramrod
Paul Curtis
Joe Capper, Trailhand
Mr. Fowler, Chicago Hotel Manager
Senor Vidal, Maria's Father
Reviews & comments
Movsin
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- 8286 messages
- 8441 votes
Not an overwhelming, dazzling western, but still a decent film in which the concept of "cowboy" is approached better than in many other films of the genre, where the characters have grown more with their weapon than with their job.
This creates a good atmosphere, I think, and also good acting. Glenn Ford, as we know him, is a lot softer than a John Wayne, and for Jack Lemmon it takes some getting used to seeing him in that outfit, but Lemmon was a class act, also in this role.
Good photography, music and fortunately also the occasional dash of humor. The romance is muted.
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kissyfur
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- 325 messages
- 499 votes
Just not a case. I think Lemmon is a fine and sympathetic actor, but he was out of place here. Not because he wouldn't have a cowboy look (that's not the role, after all) but purely because of his age. An actor in his early twenties should have been cast for this. The main theme is namely the youthful idealism against the cynical realism of the older fellow man. That layer would have been much stronger with a youthful actor.
Anyway, I could live with that, I thought that was still a good theme. But my appreciation started to waver when no more was said about the cowboy who was left alone in the Mexican bar, and even more so when Indians were very ostentatiously presented as cannon fodder . In the end, it all fell through his hooves at the end (pun intended) when Harris ogles at a this time white blonde lady, and also shoots a cockroach haha funny. What a rush. The theme was also barely rushed, and then boom ready. No, bad ending.
Can't give it enough, even though the film had potential.
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clubsport
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- 3888 messages
- 6991 votes
I expected a bit more from this, especially the transformation of Lemmon from timid rookie to more or less experienced veteran was much too fast and not very believable.
The film is indeed original in terms of story and starting point.
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