Are There Any Good Duke B Movies?

Quote from ethanedwards

I like all of Duke's B movies,
not only because some are very good
but because of their interest value.
To see Duke learning and honing his skills,
to see his improvement of delivery and his slowly developing cadence of voice,
to see his interaction with his friends and colleagues,
to see his his great developing fight scenes and stunts with Yakima Cannutt.
OK all of them were not great productions
but they were masterpieces in their own right.
They are the very films that delivered us
the Duke we grew to know and love.

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Keith,

I've thought of many of your different perspectives presented here at different times, but you have done a masterful job of bringing them all together in forceful way at the same time. Those early movies were his apprenticeship into the trade of acting.

Chester

Quote from Robbie

Should that be "The Spoilers"?

Yes, Robbie. The Spoilers and Pittsburgh had Scott, Dietrich and Wayne. Seven Sinners was just Duke and Dietrich.

I enjoy Duke's B movies as well. Some may be a little corny, but they did help make our man who he became.

Mark

Quote from Hondo Duke Lane

I don't consider Pittsburgh a "B" movie. When you have Randolph Scott and Marlene Dietrich as stars and of course John Wayne. And I did like the movie. If you want to see a great all-time fight, see Seven Sinners with the same cast. Yes, I am off topic, but just had to comment on what was said. Please get back to the topic (for me to do).

Cheers Hondo

Sorry, wasn't trying to say Pittsburgh was a B movie. Just saying that Wayne's B movies started me on to waiting for THE BIG FIGHT scene in all his subsequent pictures. So I was saying that when watching something that was ultimately more of a propaganda piece like Pittsburgh, I was still waiting for the fight scene and it delivered.

I made the same mistake as Dukefan1. I meant The Spoilers, instead of Seven Sinners. Sorry for the misinformation. I haven't seen these movies in a while. I will this weekend.

Kain424, I may have made a mistake as well, I though you were talking about Pittsburgh being a "B" movie. I just wanted to be sure that it is not. Nothing personal, just wanted to clarify.

Cheers Hondo

They are all gifts and are all wonderful to watch his early movies as a kid back in the days who would not want to emulate him I do the same now and I am in my 40's