Neither, however, was really all that good. “The Last Hard Men” — snicker, snicker — is an update of the traditional Western, in which Coburn sets himself free of a prison chain gang using a railroad spike so he can exact revenge on a retired lawman (Charlton Heston, gruff as ever and hiding behind one monster […]
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The Last Hard Men / Sky Riders
Neither, however, was really all that good. “The Last Hard Men” — snicker, snicker — is an update of the traditional Western, in which Coburn sets himself free of a prison chain gang using a railroad spike so he can exact revenge on a retired lawman (Charlton Heston, gruff as ever and hiding behind one monster […]
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The Nickel Ride / 99 and 44/100% Dead
Both from 1974, “99 And 44/100% Dead” and “The Nickel Ride” represent minor blips on the filmographies of their A-list directors — Robert Mulligan (“To Kill a Mockingbird”) and John Frankenheimer (“The Manchurian Candidate”), respectively — and for good reason: They’re decidedly average. In “Nickel,” Jason Miller plays a “warehouse manager” in the world of […]
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The Nickel Ride / 99 and 44/100% Dead
Both from 1974, “99 And 44/100% Dead” and “The Nickel Ride” represent minor blips on the filmographies of their A-list directors — Robert Mulligan (“To Kill a Mockingbird”) and John Frankenheimer (“The Manchurian Candidate”), respectively — and for good reason: They’re decidedly average. In “Nickel,” Jason Miller plays a “warehouse manager” in the world of […]