![]() Just count how many times somebody wisecracks “in the dark all redskins look alike.” As well as casting Rat Pack court jester Joey Bishop as the wacky comedy sidekick, most of the Indians here are portrayed as cowardly, lecherous or plain inept. ![]() ![]() the cavalrymen think wealthy aristocrat Don Andrea a “freeloading immigrant”) and indulging in racist jokes. It is mostly amusing, although veers uncomfortably between satirising mid-western ignorance (e.g. Producer Ross Hunter lured Gordon into a comeback directing Doris Day classics Pillow Talk (1959) and Move Over Darling (1963) and Texas Across the River is firmly in that tradition of frothy fun. A typically knockabout romp from the mid-Sixties, this comes from director Michael Gordon, who made film noir thrillers and the original Cyrano de Bergerac (1950) till he fell victim to the Communist blacklist. Their theme tune stands out amidst the surf guitar and Hammond organ soundtrack composed by Sammy Cahn and James Van Heusen, which alongside the cartoon credits sets the goofy tone for this amiable comedy western. “Just the sound of Texas gets me blue in the solar plexus!” sing the Kingston Trio. Their relationship is further fraught after the ever-lecherous Sam takes a shine to the newly-arrived Phoebe Ann. After Don Andrea chivalrously rescues an Indian girl called Loneta (achingly lovely Tina Aumont), the quarrelsome duo are pursued by Comanche Indians. Don Andrea flees across the border to Texas where cowboy Sam Hollis ( Dean Martin) and his Indian sidekick Kronk ( Joey Bishop) trick him into helping transport a wagonload of guns to the imperilled settlers at Moccasin Flats. Evidently, Phoebe Ann was a former girlfriend of Stimpson’s cousin, Lieutenant Yancy Cottle ( Stuart Anderson), who attempts to abduct the bride and is accidentally slain by Don Andrea. Spanish aristocrat Don Andrea Baldazar ( Alain Delon) is set to marry his sweetheart, southern belle Phoebe Ann Naylor ( Rosemary Forsyth), when wedding is crashed by cavalry officers led by Captain Rodney Stimpson (Mission Impossible’s Peter Graves). What's So Funny About Brit Horror? Vampira and Bloodbath at the House of Death on Arrowĭean Martin, Alain Delon, Rosemary Forsyth, Joey Bishop, Tina Aumont, Peter Graves, Michael Ansara, Andrew Prine, Richard Farnsworth, Stuart Anderson Sex vs Violence: In the Realm of the Senses on Blu-ray Super Sammo: Warriors Two and The Prodigal Son on Blu-ray Moon Night - Space 1999: Super Space Theater on Blu-ray The Call of Nostalgia: Ghostbusters Afterlife on Blu-ray Uncomfortable Truths: Three Shorts by Andrea Arnold on MUBI Not So Permissive: The Lovers! on Blu-ray ![]() Two Christopher Miles Shorts: The Six-Sided Triangle/Rhythm 'n' Greens on Blu-ray You'll Never Guess Which is Sammo: Skinny Tiger and Fatty Dragon on Blu-ray The Ecstasy of Cosmic Boredom: Dark Star on ArrowĪ Frosty Reception: South and The Great White Silence on Blu-ray on 4K UHDĪ Woman's Viewfinder: The Camera is Ours on DVDĬhaplin's Silent Pursuit: Modern Times on Blu-ray Your Rules are Really Beginning to Annoy Me: Escape from L.A. Suave and Sophisticated: The Persuaders! Take 50 on Blu-ray The Dead of Night: In Cold Blood on Blu-ray The Movie Damned: Cursed Films II on Shudder State of the 70s: Play for Today Volume 3 on Blu-ray Monster Fun: Three Monster Tales of Sci-Fi Terror on Blu-ray Serious Comedy: The Wrong Arm of the Law on Blu-rayĭC Showcase: Constantine - The House of Mystery and More on Blu-ray Little Cat Feat: Stephen King's Cat's Eye on 4K UHD 3 From Arrow Player: Sweet Sugar, Girls Nite Out and Manhattan Baby
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