You Mangy Cur!

Rating: 10/10 (23 September 2017)

One of the best Westerns ever to come around Tombstone raised the viewer bar for classic Westerns and remained reasonably accurate in its story-telling. This Western has it all except for Indians which you don't even give a second thought but on second thought, there is a injun character bad guy so perhaps it does have everything. Guns, whiskey, cards, brawling, shoot-outs, dust, horses, good and bad guys, sheriffs and Marshalls, court scenes, women and even drugs too. No one knows for sure all the details but we do know that if you carried a gun or two, a knife and a rifle, chances are you not only needed to but used them often. Those that didn't died before their time. I am saying that to say this: killing remained a common problem forcing law and order to come into play or the killings would just go on. Bushwacking (getting the jump on someone) was common and shooting a person in the back was looked down on but there were many ways to kill and very few to testify. Nice long movie and who doesn't like all the stars and good supporting players they packed into it? Just well done all around. Great movie for a meal or sandwich with a tasty drink plus a decent snack to follow. I must also say the dialog was exceptional too. Get to your horses, mount-up and let's ride!