TV WESTERNS – PT41.

TV WESTERNS – PT41.

December 6, 2022 Alan Royle 4

  TWO FACES WEST (1960-1) 39 EPISODES                    Just when we thought there were no gimmicky ideas left for TV westerns, along came Two Faces West in 1960. Charles Bateman starred as both Dr Rick January and his identical twin brother Marshal Ben January. The Marshal is a violent man and […]

TV WESTERNS – PT28

TV WESTERNS – PT28

May 24, 2022 Alan Royle 2

  THE OUTCASTS (1968-9) 26 EPISODES                 The major claim to fame for The Outcasts television series was that it boasted the first ever African-American to co-star in a western series. Otis Young played the black bounty hunter Jemal David and established screen star […]

The three ‘Beau Gestes’.

November 15, 2015 admin 0

So far the classic PC Wren novel Beau Geste has made it to the screen on three occasions – in 1926, 1939 and 1966 – with varying success. It has been nearly fifty years since the last version, so one expects the industry might be gearing up for another crack […]