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Author:   Brian Hannan
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.544kg
ISBN:  

9781476679358

ISBN 10:   1476679355
Pages:   308
Publication Date:   11 October 2019
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Preface Introduction  1. The Sound of Silence: The Stalking Moon  2. Controversy Runs Wild: 100 Rifles  3. The Cleverest Lawman in the West: Support Your Local Sheriff  4. Kill the Messenger: Heaven with a Gun and Smith!  5. Western as Opera: Once Upon a Time in the West  6. The Roadshow That Never Was: Mackenna’s Gold  7. Retread of a Retread: Guns of the Magnificent Seven  8. Tough Rider: True Grit  9. Bloody to the Bone: The Wild Bunch 10. The Good, the Bad and the Burt: Young Billy Young • The Good Guys and the Bad Guys 11. One Step Ahead of the Audience: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 12. A Roadshow Too Far: Paint Your Wagon 13. Pedigree Is Not Enough: The Undefeated 14. Cause Célèbre: Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here 15. Reissue Fever: A Fistful of Dollars • For a Few Dollars More • The Good, the Bad and the Ugly • Hang ’Em High • Return of the Seven • The Stranger • The Stranger Returns 16. The Last Round Up: The Great Bank Robbery • The Desperados • Death of a Gunfighter • A Talent for Loving • Charro • A Time for Dying • Sam Whiskey • A Man Called Gannon • Journey to Shiloh • Death Rides a Horse • Day of Anger • A Bullet for the General • God Forgives … I Don’t • The Brute and the Beast • The Man from Nowhere • Ace High • Any Gun Can Play • Payment in Blood • More Dead Than Alive • The Ramrodder • Brand of Shame • Hot Spur Conclusion Appendix A: ­City-by-City First Run Opening Dates Appendix B: ­City-by-City First Run Box Office Earnings Appendix C: Annual Rankings of Westerns at the Box Office, 1960–1969 Chapter Notes Bibliography Index

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Hannan expertly examines the forty-plus westerns of 1969. As usual, author Brian Hannan is the master of statistics. A very good read. --Cinema Retro; an inviting and well-balanced mix of history and criticism...recommended --Flick Attack.

Hannan expertly examines the forty-plus westerns of 1969. As usual, author Brian Hannan is the master of statistics. A very good read. --Cinema Retro.

Author Information

Brian Hannan writes a regular column for Cinema Retro magazine and gives lectures on film at Strathclyde University in Glasgow, Scotland.

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