Dallas

John Chard

2017-03-07

⭐ 7

The Reb and the Blue Belly come to town. Dallas stars Gary Cooper, Ruth Roman, Steve Cochran, Barbara Payton & Raymond Massey. It's directed by Stuart Heisler, photography is from Ernest Haller & pen duties fell to John Twist. Produced out of Warner Brothers, Dallas is vividly filmed in Technicolor out of the Iverson & Warner ranches in California. Very much a film with its tongue firmly in cheek, the film is a throwback to the Westerns of yore that exist without pretensions or deep penetrative meanings. The plot sees Cooper's Civil War renegade, Blayde "Reb" Hollister, fake his own deat…

CinemaSerf

2026-06-11

⭐ 6

As if being on the losing side of the American Civil War wasn't enough, "Hollister" (Gary Cooper) also lost his family and his home at the hands of three brothers upon whom he swore vengeance. That might prove easier said than done, though, as they move to Texas and eldest "Will" (Raymond Massey) sets up a semi-legimtate ranching business. Having refused the post-war amnesty, "Hollister" is still technically a criminal and so he enlists the help of his pal Wild Bill Hickock (Reed Hadley) to fake his own death and then sets off in pursuit. Along the way he encounters the new marshal "Weatherby"…