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Title: Duke on the range
Review: I've already seen this under-rated John Wayne Western classic. Unjustly maligned at the time of its release because of its theme, "boys become men though a violent rite of passage" (echoes of Vietnam & Iraq) now can be placed alongside Wayne's other great films like "The Searchers" & "The Shootist". I am not normally a fan of Westerns or of the Duke because of his conservative politics but I have to admit this is one gem in Duke's crown. Roscoe Lee Browne, Bruce Dern (at his most villainous) and Colleen Dewhurst in a brief, but amusing turn as a madam are excellent. Mark Rydell shines in his first directorial effort at a Western. The visuals and sound in HD or Blu-ray (I have both but am ordering HD) is superb. Well I have the HD DVD version and the visuals are superb, do recommend you get this version since it is way cheaper than the Blu-Ray which is from the same master. One of the Duke's last great Westerns (along with "The Shootist").
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