Monday, July 28, 2014

The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)

Four brothers who were leading separate lives return to their hometown to attend their mother's funeral. They find that their old ranch is no longer theirs, and start investigating possible foul play.

Western which is long in length but short in plausibility (see the New York Times review by Howard Thompson; also the Goofs section on IMDB, under Continuity). The basic point of the film is to get the brothers to finally act as such, no matter how ad hoc the odds they face are. Anyway, it is a watchable film, with a reasonably interesting premise and a reasonably coherent plot.

Watched it in pan-and-scan.

Rating: 46

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