Buchanan Rides Alone

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Edward F @edwillfite Oct 22 Parts of it were very good, but the plot was extremely convoluted. Sure Buchanan would help a man who needed it, but why a man he had every reason to believe was a murderer? Also, why did Carbo just give up so easily at the end? That seems like a stupid and uncharacteristic move for Carbo. See more 03/08/2023 Another very good Weston right here. Yes I highly recommend it James Welch, Henderson, Arkansas March 8, 2023. See more ashley h @ashleyhobgood87 12/11/2021 Buchanan Rides Alone is a decent film. It is about Tom Buchanan who is heading back home with enough money to start his own ranch. Randolph Scott and Craig Stevens give good performances. The screenplay is a little slow in places. Budd Boetticher did an alright job directing this movie. I liked this motion picture because of the drama. See more 05/18/2020 Decent Western with a reasonable plot. Poor acting by Manuel Rojas; too artificial. See more 01/04/2017 The premise of this would work as a screwball comedy. It gets so complicated with the various factions fighting amongst themselves to get a $50,000 ransom that it tips into absurdity a little bit. It's pretty watchable though, I liked it. See more 05/11/2015 Budd Botteichers pair down B westerns deserve to be raised to a more loftier plane as they are the mosy interesting films in the western genre. The films he made with Randolph Scott are pretty matchless in terms of quality of acting and direction. Here Scott plays Buchanan a saddle tramp who rides into a border town where the welcome is less than friendly. Pretty soon Buchanan is making enemies with the local town bigwigs while standing up for a young Mexican who killed a local . Everybody in the town is pretty nasty and in a neat plot device some are related to each other. That doesn't stop them from underhanded and double dealing whether its stealing Buchannan's money or demanding an extortionate ransom to save the Mexican from the hangman's noose. It soon boils down to a final standoff but the film has a load of twisty turns to make before we reach that finale and unlike some of the other Scott/Botteicher Westerns there is plenty of humour too. The film contains plenty of tension as well and like all of Budd Boettichers films it really is a grand film in the western tradition. See more Read all reviews

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