I regard Jacques Tourneur as true prolific director mainly in Western, a cinema's craftsman that just few had its abilities, sadly he wasn't a good dealmaker and didn't make enough money for raining days, retiring on France always hope for a phone call from Hollywood that never came, died poor, however left a legacy on their picture whose he directed.
Great Day in the Morning wasn't among his best moments, nonetheless is fair good if we take a look on the stars, a B-movie certainly, berthed by shadow of the states war about to come, the plot whatsoever is utterly contrived when a wandering southern Owen Pentecost (Robert Stack) reach at Denver and wins at poker game of the local boss Jumbo Means (Raymond Burr) with a slight help of the entertainment Saloon girl Boston Grant (Ruth Roman) a Saloon-Hotel, warehouse, wagons and many concessions of prospecting gold, in the city has an animosity atmosphere concerning the upcoming war between the Yankees and Southern that were there prospecting gold in order to afford the expensive war.
Meanwhile and naturally as they used to the immaculate pretty blonde woman Ann Marie Alaine (Rhonda Fleming) and the questionable woman Boston Grant contend for the greedy and egocentric Owen, Ann witnessed an awful scene when Jack Lawford (George Wallace) tries running away from Owen's claim without share the gold as they agreed upon a contract, the Yankee refuses and a duel takes place with an expected outcome, soon Jack's son Gary (Donald Macdonald) arrives on town asking for his father, Owen remorseful gets the boy for raise him, hidding the truth expecting pay somehow killed his father.
The war rages soon and the Southerners already contract Owen to transport the gold for south territory for sponsor the war effort, however the Yankees were already there before disguised, they have to block the wagons gold there, Owen pokes its nose on the conflict, chosen its side leaving behind what are unreachable for him Ann's love and Boy's forgiviness.
Colorful and average western that the master Jacques Tourneur made miracles to became tangible, now on restored version we can see fabulous landscape at Colorado, worthwhile a look and see how Robert Stack was before Eliot Ness on the Untouchables.
Thanks for reading.
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First watch: 1998 / How many: 2 / Source: Cable TV-DVD / Rating: 7.5
Great Day in the Morning wasn't among his best moments, nonetheless is fair good if we take a look on the stars, a B-movie certainly, berthed by shadow of the states war about to come, the plot whatsoever is utterly contrived when a wandering southern Owen Pentecost (Robert Stack) reach at Denver and wins at poker game of the local boss Jumbo Means (Raymond Burr) with a slight help of the entertainment Saloon girl Boston Grant (Ruth Roman) a Saloon-Hotel, warehouse, wagons and many concessions of prospecting gold, in the city has an animosity atmosphere concerning the upcoming war between the Yankees and Southern that were there prospecting gold in order to afford the expensive war.
Meanwhile and naturally as they used to the immaculate pretty blonde woman Ann Marie Alaine (Rhonda Fleming) and the questionable woman Boston Grant contend for the greedy and egocentric Owen, Ann witnessed an awful scene when Jack Lawford (George Wallace) tries running away from Owen's claim without share the gold as they agreed upon a contract, the Yankee refuses and a duel takes place with an expected outcome, soon Jack's son Gary (Donald Macdonald) arrives on town asking for his father, Owen remorseful gets the boy for raise him, hidding the truth expecting pay somehow killed his father.
The war rages soon and the Southerners already contract Owen to transport the gold for south territory for sponsor the war effort, however the Yankees were already there before disguised, they have to block the wagons gold there, Owen pokes its nose on the conflict, chosen its side leaving behind what are unreachable for him Ann's love and Boy's forgiviness.
Colorful and average western that the master Jacques Tourneur made miracles to became tangible, now on restored version we can see fabulous landscape at Colorado, worthwhile a look and see how Robert Stack was before Eliot Ness on the Untouchables.
Thanks for reading.
Resume:
First watch: 1998 / How many: 2 / Source: Cable TV-DVD / Rating: 7.5