Warlock

A solid, well-told, well-acted tale of law and order in the old Western town of Warlock. A good "end-of-the-lawless-frontier" Western which presents the specifics of trying to replace anarchy with order on the frontier. Henry Fonda, wielding his 'White Affidavit', is the itinerant hired-gun 'marshall', Quinn his somewhat too-admiring right hand man, and Widmark the redeemed thug. All three of these performances are good and contribute to elevating the movie. There are some other good characters colored with some complexity as they come to terms with advancing civilization, including DeForest "Bones" Kelley. The set design on Warlock is also pretty good and aids the overall convincing feel of the film. Undoubtedly a Good View and quite possibly a Must See due to the solid, quality, straight-forward, 1950s acting of the 3 leads.
Jed
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Cast: Richard Widmark....Johnny Gannon
Henry Fonda.... Clay Blaisdell
Anthony Quinn.... Tom Morgan
Dorothy Malone.... Lily Dollar
Dolores Michaels.... Jessie Marlow
Wallace Ford.... Judge Holloway
Tom Drake.... Abe McQuown
Richard Arlen.... Bacon
DeForest Kelley.... Curley Burne
Regis Toomey.... Skinner
Vaughn Taylor.... Richardson
Don Beddoe.... Dr. Wagner
Whit Bissell.... Petrix
Bartlett Robinson... Slavin
Date: 1959 121 mins.
Music: Leigh Harline