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VHS : King & Four QueensIn association with Amazon.comstarring: Clark Gable, Eleanor Parker, Jean Willes, Barbara Nichols, Sara Shane directed by: Raoul Walsh  List Price: $19.98 Price: $2.69 You Save: $17.29 (87%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786302241198 Format: Color, NTSC ISBN: 6302241197 Label: MGM (Video & DVD) Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD) Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD) Release Date: September 01, 1998 Running Time: 86 minutes Studio: MGM (Video & DVD) Theatrical Release Date: December 21, 1956 Sales Rank: 16375 Related Items: Average Rating:
 Rating: - Fascinating if cynical WesternGable plays Dan Kehoe a weary and jaded conman who wanders into a nearly deserted town ,inhabited only by a woman gunfighter Ma McDade (Jo Van Fleet)and her four widowed daughters-in-law.These are the scheming and intelligent Sabina (Eleanor Parker);the sassy and unscrupulous Ruby(Jean Willes);the naive Oralee(Sara Shane)and the big 'bold and brassy ex chorus girl Birdie (Barbara Nichols).They are the widows of 4 outlaw brothers and kehoe tries to convince them that he was once a member of their ... Read More Rating:  - Entertaining, Different WesternRaoul Walsh, one of the greatest action movie directors ever, must have decided to turn the Western genre, which he knew well, on its ear. The King and Four Queens is not your typical Western, or your typical Walsh film. Gable plays fugitive Dan Kehoe, who ends up in a town with only five inhabitants, all women. Four are the wives of a notorious group of outlaw brothers who stole a fortune and hid it out somewhere in the town. The fifth woman is the boys' mother, played by Jo Van Fleet. All ... Read More Rating: - KING CLARKA desperado, Dan Kehoe (Clark) seeks refug in the little ghost town of Wagon Mound; only the four wives and mother of the McDade brothers (who are dangerous gunmen) inhabit the town...........A romantic Western with mystery and comic element therein, its an entertaining little flick; Gable shows us just why he is truly one of the screen's all-time great personalities. An amusing, fascinating and interesting albeit amoral and rather tawdry Western. The film develops as a superficially cynical excercise ... Read More Rating: - Maltin has it wrong. Good movie.Perhaps Mr. Maltin doesn't like amoral tales, but there is a lot more to this story than meets the eye. Gable's character is amoral. The wives (3 of the 4 are widows, not knowing which husband survived his criminal past) are amoral. And the bible thumping mother in law, protecting money stolen by her sons, has got to be seen as amoral. Very good character development. A taunt tale. Gable looks like his classic, powerfull self. The actresses, though basicly unknowns, put in fine performances - and are easy ... Read More Rating:  - Another BRILLIANT effort from Hollywood Auteur Raoul WalshRaoul Walsh may well be the most overlooked master filmmaker, aside from Mike Curtiz(who did win an oscar after all), from the old school of Hollywood.His style is subtly controlled, and to the untrained eye, invisible, a regular joe turning out hollywood studio pics. But view the man's films and you will see the forming of a cohesive, thematic, and highly personal style through which he tells us of ourselves. Top notch acting and screenwriting add to this astounding work of art. Browse for similar items by category:
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