7 Men from Now (1956)

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  • 7 MEN FROM NOW


    DIRECTED BY BUDD BOETTICHER
    PRODUCED BY ANDREW MCLAGLEN/ ROBERT E. MORRISON/ JOHN WAYNE
    BATJAC PRODUCTIONS/ WARNER BROS. PICTURES


    Photo with the courtesy of lasbugas


    Information from IMDb


    Plot Summary
    Ex-sheriff Ben Stride tracks the seven men who held up a Wells Fargo office and killed his wife. Stride is tormented by the fact that his own failure to keep his job was the cause of his wife's working in the express office and thus he is partly responsible for her death. Stride encounters a married couple heading west for California and helps them. Along the way they are joined by two n'er-do-wells, Masters and Clete, who know that Stride is after the express-office robbers. They plan to let Stride lead them to the bandits, then make away with the loot themselves. But they aren't the only ones carrying a secret.
    Written by Jim Beaver


    Full Cast
    Randolph Scott ... Ben Stride
    Gail Russell ... Annie Greer
    Lee Marvin ... Bill Masters
    Walter Reed ... John Greer
    John Larch ... Payte Bodeen
    Don 'Red' Barry ... Clete (as Donald Barry)
    Fred Graham ... Henchman
    John Beradino ... Clint
    John Phillips ... Jed
    Chuck Roberson ... Mason
    Stuart Whitman ... Cavalry Lt. Collins
    Pamela Duncan ... Señorita Nellie
    Steve Mitchell ... Fowler
    Cliff Lyons ... Henchman
    Fred Sherman ... The Prospector
    Chick Hannon ... Townsman (uncredited)
    George Sowards ... Stage Driver (uncredited)


    Writing Credits
    Burt Kennedy (original story and screenplay)


    Original Music
    Henry Vars


    Cinematography
    William H. Clothier


    Trivia
    John Wayne gave the female lead to Gail Russell, his co-star from Angel and the Badman and Wake of the Red Witch. He did so despite being warned that she looked twenty years too old to play a 26-year-old.


    She had not worked on a movie for nearly five years prior to 7 Men From Now due to her struggles with stage-fright-induced alcoholism, and Boetticher worked very hard to keep her from drinking during the filming.


    John Wayne and Robert Fellows's production company Batjac purchased the Burt Kennedy screenplay with the intention of having Wayne star as Stride. It was Kennedy's first film script. However, Wayne was locked into doing The Searchers for John Ford. Wayne then suggested casting Randolph Scott instead. Scott insisted on Budd Boetticher as the director.


    7 Men from Now was the first in a seven-film collaboration between Scott, Boetticher, and producer Harry Joe Brown, with five of the films written by Kennedy.
    Since money was already being spent to make "7 Men From Now", it could not be stopped without losing that money. John Wayne asked Randolph Scott to play the lead in his place.


    Scott himself credited the film with reviving a dead career


    This film was rarely seen for decades, occasionally being shown at film festivals, until it was released on DVD as a restored, "Special Collectors Edition" nearly 50 years after its theatrical release. .


    Goofs
    When Randolph Scott's character says goodbye to Mrs Greer at the end, he stands facing her with the horse on his left side. In the next shot, a closeup, the horse is on his right side.


    The man dragged by the horse looks nothing like Randolph Scott.


    Filming Locations
    Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, USA
    Lone Pine, California, USA
    Olancha Dunes, Olancha, California, USA
    Owens River, Lone Pine, California, USA


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    7 Men From Now

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

    Edited 4 times, last by ethanedwards ().

  • 7 Men from Now is a 1956 Western film
    starring Randolph Scott, Gail Russell, Lee Marvin


    Directed by Budd Boetticher and produced
    by 'Pals' Andrew McLaglen, Duke's brother
    Robert E. Morrison, with camerawork by William H. Clothier


    Alsd appearances by other 'Pals'
    Chuck Roberson, Stuart Whitman ,Cliff Lyons
    Produced by John Wayne's Batjac Productions.



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    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

    Edited 6 times, last by ethanedwards ().

  • Speaking of Randolph Scotts fast draw and how it was not shown but implied, makes you wonder if Mel Brooks used that same concept in Blazing Saddles. In that, Gene Wilder as The Waco Kid, is supposed to be so fast, you can't see it and Brooks uses that gag in a couple of scenes.

  • Speaking of Randolph Scotts fast draw and how it was not shown but implied, makes you wonder if Mel Brooks used that same concept in Blazing Saddles. In that, Gene Wilder as The Waco Kid, is supposed to be so fast, you can't see it and Brooks uses that gag in a couple of scenes.


    You maybe on to something, Jim, or he was making fun of the whole concept of "Drawing Fast". Taking it to the outer limit.


    Chester :newyear: