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Review 1DiscussionA review by John Chard
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Written by John Chard on Tue Apr 07 2015
The Whaler and the Western.
Joseph H. Lewis was something of a B movie king, with his best directorial efforts coming via Westerns and film noir. After this Sterling Hayden starrer he signed off from Hollywood for good, as a legacy it's difficult to say if it's a fitting point of reference to Lewis and his talents, or entirely apt for his career? It's an often quirky, even bizarre, picture that manages through its surreal like tendencies to detract from its formulaic Western plot.
Set in Prairie City, Texas, the tale revolves around George Hanson (Hayden), a Swedish whaler who after 19 y...
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