Movies directed by George Sherman

Red River Range (1938)

56 mins     Western      

I know I have watched at least one other western featuring The Three Mesquiteers but am confident that I haven't watched one where John Wayne was one of these heroes. But considering The Three Mesquiteers never had a set in s...

Pals of the Saddle (1938)

55 mins     Western      

As a western "Pals of the Saddle" is nothing special, yes the story which sees chemical smuggling is a bit different but the whole good guy masquerading as one of the bad guys and ending up in prison is as routine as they com...

Under Texas Skies (1940)

57 mins     Western      

I could go on with that synopsis for "Under Texas Skies" as for what initially seems like just another one of those old one hour westerns, this time one coming under the Three Mesquiteer banner this one has a lot more going o...

The Bandit of Sherwood Forest (1946)

86 mins     Action , Adventure , Romance      

Picture the scene, a studio boss has become aware that they have languishing in a warehouse an expensive castle set and demand that they come up with a movie to utilize them. With Errol Flynn's excellent "The Adventures of Ro...

Relentless (1948)

93 mins     Romance, Western      

As westerns go the most complicated thing about "Relentless" is the contrived set up of Nick riding in to town and ending up trying to prove his innocence when he ends up killing one bad guy who stole his horse but accused of...

Red Canyon (1949)

82 mins     Western      

Is it wrong when the looks of a movie and an actress are the most memorable part of a movie? It is the question which presents me as I watched & review "Red Canyon" a pleasant little western from 1949. You see the trouble wit...

Comanche Territory (1950)

76 mins     Western      

Comanche Territory (1950) Maureen O'Hara & Macdonald Carey star in this western about trouble between some locals and the nearby Comanche when silver is found on Comanche territory...

Tomahawk (1951)

82 mins     Western      

After Delmer Daves tried to set the record straight about Native Americans with his 1950 movie "Broken Arrow" similar movies followed which attempted to show Native Americans as not being savages and how they were tricked out...

The Battle at Apache Pass (1952)

85 mins     Western      

"Broken Arrow" is widely known as a groundbreaking movie for portraying Native Indians not purely as savages whilst telling the story of peace talks in the early 1870s. Two years later came "The Battle at Apache Pass" which w...

Against All Flags (1952)

83 mins     Action , Adventure , Drama      

If Maureen O'Hara wearing thigh high leather boots was enough to make a movie great then "Against All Flags" would be instantly a great movie. Unfortunately it doesn't and sadly for me this 1952 pirate adventure movie comes a...

War Arrow (1953)

78 mins     Western      

On one hand "War Arrow" is a generic 1950s western, we have a fort, we have cavalry, we have Indian trouble and of course some romance. Yet "War Arrow" packs a lot in, all of which is worked into a well thought out storyline ...

Dawn at Socorro (1954)

80 mins     Western      

Dawn at Socorro (1954) Rory Calhoun stars as Bret Wade, a tuberculosis ridden gunslinger looking for the quiet life but can't escape his past...

Chief Crazy Horse (1955)

86 mins     Western      

I don't often say this but I would love someone to remake "Chief Crazy Horse" or "Valley of Fury" as it was renamed because whilst not a terrible western, in fact on par with many westerns from the 50s, it has the potential t...

The Treasure of Pancho Villa (1955)

92 mins     Western      

The first thing which strikes you about "The Treasure of Pancho Villa" is the impressive colouring and sharpness of image, in those early scenes it doesn't look like a movie over 50 years old but one made more recent. The oth...

Comanche (1956)

87 mins     Western      

Comanche (1956) Dana Andrews is the frontier scout trying to bring peace with the Comanche but finding rogue elements making it difficult...

Son of Robin Hood (1958)

81 mins     Adventure      

It is a long standing joke that when the men behind the movies run out of ideas for a franchise they do away with the central character and bring in the son to take over, only ever extending the franchise realistically for on...

The Last of the Fast Guns (1958)

82 mins     Western      

"The Last of the Fast Guns" starts with a scene of some graves with the hole dug ready for the next one before we hear a gun shot after Ellison rides in to town. It is an opening which suggests that whilst this is mainly just...

Hell Bent for Leather (1960)

82 mins     Western      

What has Alfred Hitchcock and Audie Murphy western "Hell Bent for Leather" got in common? the theme. Hitchcock made a few movies which explored the theme of an innocent man mistaken for a bad man and forced to go on the run a...

Big Jake (1971)

110 mins     Western      

Whilst not John Wayne's last western there is something about "Big Jake" which feels like a last hoorah, as if Wayne himself felt that he wouldn't make many more westerns and so do one more with the old gang. By the old gang ...