Rawhide (1951)
Classic western adventure about a way station taken over by a band of outlaws as they wait for a gold shipment to pass by.
Starring Tyrone Power (Someone i've heard of but never seen in a film before - what a name - Tyrone Power) and Susan Hayward as a couple held hostage along with their child by Hugh Marlowe as the terribly well spoken ring leader and Dean (
X-The Unknown) Jagger and a madly unhinged Jack Elam as his cohorts,
Rawhide is a tense affair with some surprisingly brutal sequences such as Elam shooting at the young child and him also strangling Hayward with the veins popping out of his arms as he does it.
The film is pacy and director Henry Hathaway keeps things interesting throughout despite it largely having a cast of six, with gripping games of cat and mouse as Power and Hayward attempt to escape.
This film has nothing to do with the long running western tv series of the same name.
The dvd from Signal One Entertainment is part of the Hollywood Classics range that seems to have been spread around several distributing companies. The print positively sparkles and is housed on an extras laden disc.
Recommended.
Jack Elam and Susan Hayward.