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The Day of the Outlaw
from MGM
starring Robert Ryan, Burl Ives, Tina Louise, Alan Marshal, Venetia Stevenson
directed by Andre De Toth

Features:

• Black & White
• DVD-Video
• Widescreen
• NTSC

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• Quality psychological western in unique setting
  In the 1950s, westerns took a turn to the more intellectual with less reliance on mindless action, Day of the Outlaw is one of those psychological westerns. Rancher Blaise Starrett (what a cool western name) owns a spread in the mountains of Wyoming, but he's having trouble with the local farmers who want to fence off the area. But just when the confrontation is coming to a full boil, a gang of vicious renegades on the run ride into town to rest up after being chased by the cavalry for robbing an Army... more info

• Ryan Rules.
  Superb western to just now be released on dvd. We need more of these classics for our movie libraries, but its just a shame we have to wait so long to get them.

• Robert Ryan and Burl Ives are outstanding in this bleak, austere, frigid western
  "Now listen," says Jack Bruhn (Burl Ives), renegade former captain in the U. S. Army, to the frightened men and women of Bitters, population about 20, four of them women. It's deep winter and Bruhn and his men have just barged into the saloon as rancher Blaise Starrett (Robert Ryan) was about to gun down farmer Hal Crane. "Do as you're told and you can go about your business just like we're not here, almost. But we are here so it's best you know with what you're dealing. Pace here gets pleasure out of... more info

• A very odd "oater"
  First I have to say I'm a huge Robert Ryan/Western fan (Hour of the Gun, The Lawman), and if you've ever seen Burl Ives in "Big Country" you know how good he can play a bad guy. But this movie was an odd diappointment--not terrible, but strange for a Western.
  It starts right off with Robert Ryan being a tough guy; then shows him oddly romantic with Tina Louise (yes, from Gilligan's Island who looks gorgeous as a brunnette) and you see why Ryan rarely did love scenes. The whole movie is taking place... more info

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