The first time I heard about this was in an episode of HEY ARNOLD! It took me a bit to get through it, as I ultimately think it runs a little long. The scene where Wilson goads Stonewall into drawing his pistol is so good. Jack Palance is so slick. This movie also has one of the best fistfights I’ve seen in a movie that wasn’t a boxing film. The character of Shane is really what holds up this film. He is so good and Alan Ladd plays him so wonderfully. I see so much of UNFORGIVEN in here, it’s almost as if Clint Eastwood wanted to make SHANE, but super violent. I found the Joey character so annoying and I’m shocked that actor got nominated for an Academy Award. The cinematography was pretty, at least during the day scenes however this film has some of the most day-for-night shooting I’ve ever seen committed to celluloid and it really pulled me out of it.
