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  1. Warlord Games' August Soldier of Fortune honours Audie Murphy, the most decorated US soldier of WWII who later starred in 33 Westerns including "No Name on the Bullet" and "Night Passage". Bloody show-off. l.d20.ninja/2p87euc2 #WarlordGames #AudieMurphy #WWII #BoltAction #History #Wargaming #Miniatures #SoldierOfFortune #28mm #MedalOfHonor

  2. Audie Murphy made some great westerns. The Duel at Silver Creek (1952) is not one of them. It does however look great and is fun in a movie junk food sort of way. Don Siegel directed so there's plenty of fine action. I enjoyed it.

    My review: dfordoom-movieramblings.blogsp

    #classicmovie #classicmovies #goldenagehollywood #1950smovie #1950smovies #western #westerns #DonSiegel #AudieMurphy

  3. Ride Clear of Diablo (1954) is a fairly standard revenge western but it's well-crafted and worth seeing for the fine performances by Audie Murphy and Dan Duryea as enemies who become unlikely allies. It did need a more memorable villain.

    My review: dfordoom-movieramblings.blogsp

    #classicmovies #classicmovie #1950smovie #goldenagehollywood #westerns #AudieMurphy #DanDuryea

  4. 4 westerns you need to see

    Law and Order (AKA Guns A'Blazin, 1932). The bleakest of all pre-1960s westerns.

    Winchester '73 (1950). James Stewart discovers his dark side.

    7 Men From Now (1956). Budd Boetticher's greatest film.

    No Name on the Bullet (1959). Very modern for the 50s.

    #WalterHuston #westerns #FilmMastodon #classicmovies #AudieMurphy #JamesStewart #AnthonyMann #BuddBoetticher #RandolphScott #LeeMarvin