1956 · western · drama
Tribute to a Bad Man
Directed by Robert Wise1h 35m1956
Jeremy Rodock is a tough horse rancher who strings up rustlers as soon as looks at them. Fresh out of Pennsylvania, Steve Miller finds it hard to get used to Rodock’s ways, although he takes an immediate shine to his Greek girl Jocasta.
Our read: Tribute to a Bad Man (1956) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded western · drama entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured western / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
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- intense
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