Monday, September 23, 2013

The Hanged Man - Digitally Remastered



good movie video quality horrible
If this was digitally remastered they should take a class. The story is very good and the acting is good but the video quality was horrible.

Them what knows say that Steve was hung
This download is from TGG direct, a PD purveyor that on disc offers reliable DVD transfers of unrestored films at bargain prices, and they don't superimpose any annoying on-screen corporate watermarks.

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Underneath that red divot in the failed TV pilot THE HANGED MAN is Steve Forrest. Also here in a small role is Robert Mitchum's kid brother, John.

This film's curious premise is that an atheistic gunman somehow survives the gallows and in a reborn fit of cosmic do-goodery he roams the west looking to help folks in distress. His first (and it seems only) beneficiaries are a widow and child who are actively harrassed by an unscrupulous land baron (aren't they all, though?).

Forrest is alleged to have psychic powers but they're too intermittent to be relied upon. Bad guy Cameron Mitchell chews scenery, screen time and everything else save horseshoe nails and cactus needles. Sharon Acker as the "woe is me" female lead acquits herself as well as...

Them what knows say that Steve was hung
Niche market DVD purveyor REEL CLASSICS FILMS' product is "best available source," with quality that varies from only fair to acceptable. Extras are non-existent. Note that the "top 100 greatest classic films" editorial appears on all RCF red box titles whether the movies are good, fair or laughably bad.

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Underneath that red divot in the failed TV pilot THE HANGED MAN is Steve Forrest. Also here in a small role is Robert Mitchum's kid brother, John.

This film's curious premise is that an atheistic gunman somehow survives the gallows and in a reborn fit of cosmic do-goodery he roams the west looking to help folks in distress. His first (and it seems only) beneficiaries are a widow and child who are actively harrassed by an unscrupulous land baron (aren't they all, though?).

Forrest is alleged to have psychic powers but they're too intermittent to be relied upon. Bad guy Cameron Mitchell chews scenery, screen time and everything else save horseshoe...

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