The Rounders

3/5/19651h 25m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ The wild west's biggest fall guys go head over heels... for a mean-eyed bronc... and some bear-backed fillies ~

Overview:

Ben (Glenn Ford) and Marion (Henry Fonda) are two cowboys who make a meager living breaking wild horses. Their frequent employer Jim (Chill Wills), who always gets the better of them, talks them into taking a nondescript horse in lieu of some of their wages. Ben finds that the horse is un-rideable, he comes up with the idea of taking it to a rodeo and betting other cowhands they cannot ride it.

Director:

Burt Kennedy

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

rodeo
horse
stubbornness
horse ranch
herd
rodeo cowboy
cowboy horse relationship
cowboys

Cast

Glenn Ford

~ as ~

Ben Jones

Henry Fonda

~ as ~

Marion 'Howdy' Lewis

Sue Ane Langdon

~ as ~

Mary

Hope Holiday

~ as ~

Sister

Chill Wills

~ as ~

Jim Ed Love

Edgar Buchanan

~ as ~

Vince Moore

Kathleen Freeman

~ as ~

Agatha Moore

Joan Freeman

~ as ~

Meg Moore

Denver Pyle

~ as ~

Bull

Barton MacLane

~ as ~

Tanner

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Reviews (1)

John Chard
Written 8 year(s) ago
7
Howdy, it comes to me that we ain't exactly the smartest cowboys that ever lived.

The Rounders is directed by Burt Kennedy and Kennedy adapts the screenplay from Max Evans' novel. Music is by Jeff Alexander and cinematography by Paul Vogel. It stars Glenn Ford, Henry Fonda, Sue Ane Langdon, Hope Holiday, Chill Wills and Edgar Buchanan.

Two ageing bronco-busting rounders get into (mis)adventures with a crafty old equine along for the ride...

It's one of those films that has amiable blood coursing through its veins. We are in very good company with Ford and Fonda, two likable and most reliable veterans of the silver screen, and crucially it looks like they are having fun - and it's infectious. Teamed up with a splendid comedy horse who gets up to mischief when ever possible, the boys also find some sexy lady love interests that puts a nice little risqué cheek on things, cheek actually being a very literal word at times.

Technically it's a very good production. Filmed in Metrocolor/Panavision, the vistas are superbly photographed by Vogel, with Arizona locations including Coconino National Forest, Red Rock Crossing, San Francisco Peaks and Village of Oak Creek. The stunt work is high quality, well shot by the wily Western movie veteran Kennedy, while Alexander's musical compositions have the desired jolification. Rounding off is a splendid and comforting support cast that sees Denver Pyle joining Buchanan and Wills for further Western genre reassurance. 7/10