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Monday, April 08, 2019

Quick Take: The Bronze Buckaroo (Richard C. Kahn, 1939)

Richard Kahn's The Bronze Buckaroo is perhaps the only Western in which ventriloquism saves the day. Amiable enough, and nice to see a standard low-budget oater with an all-black cast. There are funny moments sprinkled throughout, my favourite of which was the moment one of the protagonists exhorts his six-shooter not to miss: "I want to send a message, and I don't want them to talk back!" The gun delivers.

1 comment:

Jeff Shyluk said...

The reason I never win the lottery is that I would use the money to reboot "Sledge Hammer". Now thanks to you and R.C. Kahn, I know I'd hire Idris Elba in the title role.