The leathery frontier drama costars Geraldine Page as a lonely homesteader left alone with her son in the midst of war between the Apaches and the Cavalry.
Tag: Leo Gordon
‘Riot in Cell Block 11’ on Criterion Channel
It may not have been obvious at the time but Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954) was a perfect match of film and filmmaker. Don Siegel later made a name for himself with his gritty Clint Eastwood collaborations (not to mention his brilliant Invasion of the Body Snatchers) but was just a promising journeyman director […]
‘The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre’ on Amazon Prime
The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre (1967) gave Roger Corman, the director-producer who earned the nickname “King of the Bs,” the biggest budget of his career to date. After more than 40 films, most of them for the budget-challenged AIP, he was hired by 20th Century Fox and given the resources of their studio, casting department, […]