THE FILM
FILM DIRECTOR: Andrew V. McLaglen
SCREENWRITER: Ben Maddow, Mitch Lindemann
FILM STARS: Kirk Douglas, Robert Mitchum, Richard Widmark, Lola Albright, Jack Elam, Sally Field, Stubby Kaye, Harry Carey Jr, Sam Elliott (uncredited)
COUNTRY: USA
THIS BOOK
AUTHOR: A.B. Guthrie
TYPE: Novel
PUBLISHER: Corgi
THIS EDITION PUBLISHED: 1967
COUNTRY: Great Britain
COVER: Paperback
THE ORIGINAL BOOK
ORIGINAL AUTHOR: As Above
YEAR FIRST PUBLISHED: 1949
ORIGINAL BOOK TITLE: The film title
NOTES
GENRE: Western
WORDS: A sprawling western. Despite the films magnificent cast (big star buddy team ups were common in westerns of the 60s but here there are three big stars … and ones I love … cool) I recollect the film being familiar and a bit ripe. I need to watch it again. Perhaps, though, because of my lukewarm memory of the film I have not got around to reading this novel, which, incidentally, won the Pulitzer Prise in 1950. I have read other Guthrie novels and they are excellent so I should …
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