Review: Three Violent People
Ranch owner Charlton Heston comes back home after serving in he Civil War. Arriving with a new wife (Anne Baxter) who has a ‘disreputable’ past, he is faced with greedy land grabbers (Bruce Bennett and Forrest Tucker) and an embittered, one-armed brother (Tom Tryon). Gilbert Roland plays the easy-going ranch foreman, whilst Elaine Stritch turns up as a friend and co-worker of Baxter’s. Strong, sometimes moody 1956 western from director Rudolph Mat é ( “The Far Horizons” , “Miracle in the Rain” ) pretty much fires on all cylinders and deserves to have more eyes on it. The vibrant colour cinematography by Loyal Griggs ( “The Ten Commandments” , “Shane” ) is an immediate highlight here, the film looks absolutely stunning. Heston is as Heston does, an underrated actor he’s typically muscular and manly. However, he gets his thunder stolen here. The women are terrific here, particularly Elaine Stritch in a smallish part. In fact, one of the film’s few sore spots is that she’s not in