Underrated Jimmy Stewart Western
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marvel88 — 19 years ago(February 03, 2007 05:41 PM)
I thought this was a great western that deserves more recognition, with great performances by Henry Fonda and especially by the star, Jimmy Stewart. His acting, notable in the last half hour, is fantastic. A great, chilling movie that should be seen by western and Stewart fans.
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pa6-5000 — 18 years ago(October 22, 2007 01:10 PM)
It's an outstanding performance by Jimmy Stewart. This western has a lot of substance to it. It has atmosphere, great characters and a story that rises above common western formula. I like it very much.
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Mr_McLaurel — 17 years ago(August 21, 2008 09:13 PM)
I totally agree. I'm watching it right now as part of the James Stewart collection and I'm pretty dumbfounded as to why it's so underrated. Stewart especially gives an incredibly emotional performance.
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SanityLapse — 17 years ago(November 22, 2008 10:47 PM)
This movie deserves to be widely recognized. Sometimes I watch a well known movie and go "why exactly is this considered a masterpiece?". I'm not saying anything bad about High Noon, because I DO like it. But what exactly is supposed to make High Noon one of the best, and this movie isn't known at all? The whole time I was watching this I was like "this movie has great character developement, and isn't like a traditional western" and yet it gets no recognition. I think if a couple big critics or sites got together and suddenly claimed this was a timeless movie, and people who think of themselves as real film classic fans watched it, they would be amazed by it, not even doubting it's previous status as unknown, and it would go on to be one of the all time best westerns. In all honesty, I think some people just accept what they read regarding how well liked a movie is, and just go with it. "Oh, so Citizen Kane is one of the best movies ever hmm? I AGREE TOO!!!"
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eddie-fendel — 9 years ago(June 20, 2016 12:10 PM)
I love Firecreek too. Very underated. Jimmy gives a fine performance and Fonda gives another thoughtful performance. The tenseness is fantastic. Elam and Best are always great villains but I loved Gary Lockwood as the manic womaniser. Very entertaining Western with a dramatic ending.
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Rheli — 4 weeks ago(March 06, 2026 06:32 AM)
I found it an ambitious film with some good acting in it, but the story in the end wasn't very original and a little bit too rightwing. It's too much "bad hombres" came into town and you have to kill 'em because they always turn out to be evil people. Far too black and white.