Buchanan Rides Alone (1958)

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  • BUCHANAN RIDES ALONE


    DIRECTED BY BUDD BOETTICHER
    PRODUCED BY HARRY JOE BROWN/RANDOLPH SCOTT
    SCOTT-BROWN PRODUCTION
    PRODUCTERS-ACTORS CORPORATION
    COLUMBIA PICTURES



    INFORMATION FROM IMDb


    Plot Summary
    On his way home to West Texas, Tom Buchanan rides into the Californian border town of Agry,
    and into a feud between several members of the Agry family.
    In helping out a Mexican seeking revenge on one of them,
    Buchanan finds himself against the whole family.
    Written by Jeremy Perkins {J-26}


    Cast
    Randolph Scott ... Tom Buchanan
    Craig Stevens ... Abe Carbo
    Barry Kelley ... Lew Agry
    Tol Avery ... Judge Simon Agry
    Peter Whitney ... Amos Agry
    Manuel Rojas ... Juan de la Vega
    L.Q. Jones ... Pecos Hill (as L. Q. Jones)
    Robert Anderson ... Waldo Peck
    Joe De Santis ... Esteban Gomez
    William Leslie ... Roy Agry
    Jennifer Holden ... K.T.
    Nacho Galindo ... Nacho
    and many more...


    Directed
    Budd Boetticher


    Writing Credits
    Charles Lang ... (screenplay)
    Jonas Ward ... (novel)
    Burt Kennedy ... (uncredited)


    Produced
    Harry Joe Brown ... producer
    Randolph Scott ... associate producer


    Cinematography
    Lucien Ballard ... director of photography


    Goofs
    Audio/visual unsynchronised
    After the climactic gunfight, with bodies all over the place,
    Craig Stevens is heard saying to Peter Whitney, "Don't just stand there, Amos, get a shovel.
    " But one can clearly see Stevens say, "... get a spade".


    Continuity
    Obviously oscillating shadows in 3 successive scenes (all looking south) indicate poor continuity.
    As Juan de la Vega rides into town toward the Agry Saloon the shadows are toward the right
    indicating a morning shot.
    Right after Roy Agry is shot by Juan, the Sheriff and his men are seen
    running across the street toward the saloon; this time shadows are to the left
    (an afternoon shot) and there are clouds visible.
    A moment later Juan is shown running out of the Saloon and the shadows
    have switched back to the right (morning shot) and the sky has cleared up.


    Errors in geography
    The story is supposed to be set in the California border town of Agry
    but the landscape is populated with the Sahauro cactus which only exist
    north of the Mexican border in the Sonoran Desert where it extends into Southern Arizona
    and the very distinctive jagged volcanic peaks of the Tucson Mountains
    are ever present in the background.


    Revealing mistakes
    In the initial barroom brawl where Tom Buchanan (Randolph Scott) is beat up,
    the man hitting him is swinging and missing by several obvious inches,
    especially the last two punches before Buchanan drops to the floor.


    Memorable Quotes


    Filming Locations
    Sabino Canyon, Tucson, Arizona, USA
    Old Tucson - 201 S. Kinney Road, Tucson, Arizona, USA
    Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA
    Sierrita Mountains, Arizona, USA
    Tucson, Arizona, USA
    Horsehead Road, Tucson, Arizona, USA
    Silver Bell Mountains, Arizona, USA
    Tortolita Mountains, Arizona, USA
    Roskruge Mountains, Arizona, USA
    Tucson Mountains, Arizona, USA


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    Buchanan Rides Alone

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

    Edited 2 times, last by ethanedwards ().

  • Buchanan Rides Alone is a 1958 American Western film directed by Budd Boetticher
    and starring Randolph Scott, Craig Stevens, and Barry Kelley.


    Based on the 1956 novel The Name's Buchanan by Jonas Ward,
    the film is about a Texan returning home with enough money to start his own ranch.
    When he stops in the crooked town of Agry, he is robbed and framed for murder.


    Production
    Although the screenplay is credited to Charles Lang, his script was deemed unsuitable,
    so Boetticher asked his regular writer, Burt Kennedy, to rewrite the script.
    Because Lang's wife was gravely ill and he needed the money,
    Kennedy generously allowed him to take the salary and screen credit.
    In a 2001 interview at the Cinecon Film Festival, Boetticher confirmed that the script
    was Kennedy's work, noting that such lines as
    "This sure is a $10 town." and "Don't just stand there, Amos, get a shovel!"
    could only have been written by him.


    A number of music score stock cues used in the production are the same
    as those used in the 1958-1961 TV series Sea Hunt,
    with stock music credits to Mischa Bakaleinikoff, George Duning, Heinz Roemheld,
    and Paul Sawtell



    User Review


    About as good as it gets.
    19 June 2009 | by alan-pratt (United Kingdom)

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

    Edited once, last by ethanedwards ().